Question:
I was wondering..how long do you have to wait before your

body is strong enough for a pregnancy..i have heard two years and i have also heard that its not a wise thing to do after having wls no matter how long you wait. I have a 8 year old daughter and in time I would love to have another will it be too dangerous?    — tylerswife (posted on September 5, 2001)

September 5, 2001
Ive heard a year. My surgeon recommended 2. At my consult, we agreed on 18 months. Pregnancy is not unhealthy post op. As a matter of fact, many obese women with fertility issues became pregnant post op and carried successfully! Good luck to you.
   — Jeannet

September 6, 2001
Lots of people have surgery and later become pregnant. Two Yahoo! groups might be interesting to you... one is about pregnancy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OSSG-pregnant with 383 members, and one is about breastfeeding right around and after WLS... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OSSG-breastfeeding with 16 members, but only 6 weeks old. :-) Please check these groups out; you will find a wealth of wisdom contained there!
   — Julia M.

September 6, 2001
1 year, darlin. And you can still have a perfectly normal pregnancy and a perfectly healthy baby. Good luck!! : )
   — Heather W.