Question:
If i am 8 month post op and i accdently got pregnant how is that going to affect me?

Has anyone out there gotten pregnant a short time after rxy? and if so what can i expect? i have done great i've lost 130 pounds!!    — enchanteddiva (posted on December 13, 2007)

December 13, 2007
I didn't get pregnant after having an RNY, but I have two boys. If you are pregnant or you are thinking about getting pregnant I think you should take prenatal vitamins and plenty of folic acid. You also try to take in more calories. You need to gain some weight while pregnant. Good luck to you.
   — DK35

December 13, 2007
I was told NOT to get pregnant for 2 yrs after RNY... So the best thing to do is call your surgeon and they will give you the answers you need. Good luck... Elisa
   — Elisa S.

December 13, 2007
Its happened in our support group although NOT recommended quite a number of healthy happy childern have been the result. Formerly infertile women tend to get pregnant easily after losing the weight. You need close follow up with your surgeon and nutronist. The baby will tend to take what it needs from mom so vitamin supplements and the like are critical. If your pregnant CONGRATS! A bundle of joy for you!
   — bob-haller

December 13, 2007
Congratulations Julie on your weight loss and also on your pregnancy!!! Things will be fine, like everyone has said, just check in with your surgeon and get to your GYN. Again, CONGRATULATIONS!!! PatriciaAE
   — PatriciaAE

December 14, 2007
Julie you need to (if you have not already) contact your surgeon. I would be more concerned about the baby than you right now. You are going to have issues, and I think the sooner you see your surgeon and get hooked up with a good GYN doctor the better. If you had an open procedure, your incision will be at risk, if it was a lap procedure, then the main issues will be the nutrition for yourself and your child. Remember that you don't absorb everything for just yourself, that means less will get to that precious baby OR even less will get to you. Eat right, keep exercising and drinking water and milk, but see that surgeon right away and stay in close contact with them. That baby is precious and you want to give your baby every chance to be healthy. Take care. Patricia P.
   — Patricia P

December 16, 2007
I got pregnant 9 months post op!!! I was surprised and had lots of emotion... excited about our 4th baby but concerned about the nutrition for the baby and also concerned about my weight loss. I had lost 90 pounds before getting pregnant. During my pregnancy I gained about 15 pounds. My doctors had me double up on the prenatal vitamin and I had labs drawn throughout the pregnancy. It was hard. I was very tired and I had a hard time getting in all the nutrition and felt like I was eating all the time (which messed with my head). I craved carbs/sugar all the time and it was a tough battle. My baby was born with a right clubbed foot, this runs in my husbands family and doctors say thats what caused it. But deep down I wonder if it wasn't my lack of nutrition? Otherwise the baby was healthy and I made it. I have lost 10 of the 15 pounds so I have 5 more to go to get to prepregnancy weight. Then I still have 45 original pounds to lose. I'm afraid I missed out on those 9 months of losing weight and I wonder if it will ever happen now? My other main concern was nursing. I have nursed all my kids to 12 months. My baby is currently 4 months old and so far I'm able to nurse, but again I have to eat all the time to keep my milk supply up. My nutrition at this time is horrible. I just had my labs done and I'm seriously deficient in B-12 and prealbumin!My recommendation, having been through it, is to wait if you can.
   — landrycm