Question:
Is it safe to get pregnant after having gastric bypass???

   — [Anonymous] (posted on April 29, 2001)

April 29, 2001
It is safe top become pregrant after WLS, though not immediately after. Most doctors recommend not getting pregnant for 1 1/2 to 2 years after surgery. To get pregnant earlier than that may lead to complications from malnutrition.
   — Jeannet

April 29, 2001
Hello---- I talked to my doctor about pregnency, and he said 18-24 months, So you are totaly healed, and you are done or close to done lossing weight, Because you have to take more iron and more vitamins. People have became pregnent as they lose weight due to how much your hormones and body is changing.... So My doctor told me to wait till I was 18-24 post op to consider having a baby.... GOOD LUCK to you!!!
   — kiara26

April 29, 2001
I have a friend who got pregnant after WLS and she did great. This was her 4th child, but the first pregnancy that she actually got to experience because with the others she was always so heavy that she couldn't feel much. And the best part for her was after she had the baby (with only a 15lb. weight gain) she lost all her weight and an additional 10 lbs!
   — Amiee O.