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Well, everyone's body is different, Some doctors may error on the side of caution and move their patients through the phases slower so they don't develop complications. However, to answer your question specifically, my doc had me on two weeks of liquids pre-surgery, two weeks of liquids post-surgery, soft mushies for the third week. *IF* I could handle it, I was allowed to try solids on week 4, which I was able to do. I was eating solids by week four, probably because not having anything of substance to chew was driving me crazy by that point. I've also noticed that here the US there seems to be a focus on telling people not to drink while eating, where it doesn't seem to be that big of an issue in other countries.

I'm 37 and pregnant with my 1st. so far no complications and baby is healthy and developing well. i lost 150 pounds before getting pregnant. i doubt i'd be able to say same if i had been at my original weight. i still have 100 + pregnancy regain to get to goal, but so far so good. i had the surgery because i wanted to have a healthy baby. i don't know if i could have said the same two years ago pre-surgery. i think the chances of complications would have been far higher weighing significantly more than i do now. bear in mind the percentages that they use for over 35 aren't saying that one in five babies is going to have a problem. it's a higher risk certainly than someone in their prime at say, 25, but the risk is not so much greater at 34 versus waiting a year or two post surgery until 35 or 36. i believe the benefits of waiting outweigh the risks of rushing. edit: waiting to get pregnant and having the surgery now is what i meant. not sure if that was clear or not.

i'm in a similiar boat, where i only have half my restriction right now. i'm a 10cc band i've got roughly 3cc. i have some restriction (though not much), but i'm able to eat whatever i want without getting stuck typically. it's an odd feeling because prior to getting pregnant bread was out, steak was out, etc, not that being unable to eat bread was a bad thing. i don't know of doctor's who actually put fills in during pregnancy though. i know someone else was talking about it above, but my doc personally wouldn't. he wanted to take it all out but i fought him on it. i may end up with more being taken out before the end but i'll cross the bridge when i get to it. the weight gain is hard to watch, at least it's been hard for me to watch. i was within 100 pounds of my goal weight (i hadn't been this small in over a decade...it was quite the feat) and to watch it start creeping back the other direction at the pace it was was very very difficult. it did eventually level off though. instead of watching the weight jumps between doctor visits, i'm back to 1 or 2 pounds (thank goodness). be mindful of what you're eating. a food journal really helped during that time when i was visiting my nutritionist. we were able to look at what i was eating and determine there really wasn't much to change and that my portions were fine. my body was adjusting to pregnancy, though if i don't watch what i eat like a hawk, i can eat too much food in one sitting =/ hang in there.

I wish I could have. Unfortunately I was getting stuck on almost everything at roughly around 10 weeks, so I had to have some of the restriction removed. I still have restriction between meals, but if I'm not careful I can eat WAY too much. So the numbers have gone back up some. Not a drastically huge amount, but enough that I'm back to avoiding scales.