bandster_1007

wow, that is awful. i haven't gotten any hate messages, but i haven't posted much outside of the pregnancy board. i'm told not to go over 1500 calories, regardles. so, i'm trying to follow it.

i'm maintaining now, i lost 5 lbs one day and was down to 201, but it was back last time i weighed..so whatever that was....lol, but i've been a 206 for a couple of weeks now.

jachut, with my last one i carried just as you speak of..5 ft nothing..lol. i was so big at the end that i couldn't drive a vehicle. my belly would be up against the steering wheel, and i still couldn't reach with my arms. haha, which i wasn't heavy then, so i was all belly. i'm hoping this time is not so big, because i'm big everywhere else. :sneaky:

i'll def be a "is she pregnant or fat" person.

it will be hard to lost weight when you are that tight...usually, because you will resort to sweets and liquid calories due to your body needing calories. i would say you may need an unfill. baby food is not a solid. you need to be able to eat some solids.

army..you are right. i actually went for an unfill last week, and the doctor was actually upset that i had not come sooner. his staff told me it wasn't necessary. ha!!

i'm eating 1500 calories now. although, i am drinking orange juice..it is the only thing that i'm craving.

i'm so glad to hear that everything is ok with you, wheetsin. i can't wait for my first appointment. i'm starting to show now. just sticking out more kind of all over. more up top than down low.

mine has slowed down significantly also, and i was losing tons.

i went and had 1.3 cc's removed on Wedneday due to a total lack of nutrition. i have lost 5 lbs since then. i'm down to 201 now, from 228 (probably when i got pregnant).

dh mad..thinks i need to eat more, i think i'm eating fine now. i do feel better now that i can eat an actual meal.

thanks you guys. i went and got an unfill yesterday because if it weren't for liquid calories i was only averaging 200 calories in solid food, and it wasn't healthy stuff, it was just what i could get down.

since my unfill i have had roast (omg that was sooooooooooooo good), fruit and yogurt parfait (again..awesome), and cheesy bread..i know bad..i was picking it up for kid and babysitter, and was eating on the run.

the doctor that saw me yesterday was upset that i did not come in sooner. he said that my eating habits were not acceptable period. he said i needed to be eating at least 1500 calories a day and eating fruits, veggies, etc. he took out 2 cc's. the anxiety of eating is gone. i can eat a decent amount now, without eating a ton. i felt full for the first time last night since my last fill. that was comforting..made me sleepy. and i ate normal portion sizes, deck of cards for the meat, 1 small piece of a potato, 1/4 cup green Beans.

i have read in several places that ketones can cause severe mental retardation or low iq's in babies. i had ketones in my urine at my last doc appointment, so now i'm just trying to make sure to get myself out of ketosis.

i would probably do better. i just haven't been able to add them. i need to bring a gallon of milk to work.

OK, i had surgery 10/18/07. it took me a LONG time to get restriction, and i got it about 1.5 months ago. since i have lost 25 lbs. i have been pregnant the whole time but did not know it.

..little background…I haven’t had a period since October, and assumed it was from my body being in “shock”. However, in early February, I took a home test and it was positive. Then I took a lot more, including a dr. urine and blood, and I was not pregnant. Then 2 weeks ago, I confirmed it, at the dr’s office and at home.

Around here they don’t want to see you until you are “8 weeks +”…however, I have not had a period in months. So, I don’t know how far along I am. I know that my morning sickness is gone (I thought that was the band), and I’m showing. So based on symptoms I am going into my 4th month.

Ok, since I haven’t had a good fill for a LONG time, and since I was having nausea majority of the time since the last one, I’m sure the baby did not suffer nutritionally.

However, lately, I have not been able to eat what I think is enough. One ob doctor, not mine, she wasn’t in the office…says I need to be eating at least 1500 calories. Well, the only way that I can get 1500 calories is if I drink my calories, too…and that is not good.

What do you guys think? I’ve posted in the pregnancy section, but I haven’t gotten a lot of direct feedback, because all of our situations are different. I thought maybe some of the people that have been pregnant are not over there anymore.

I’m trying to decide, unfill or not, my band doctor says no need to get an unfill that I can do just fine?????????

i'm pregnant now, so some of my intolerable's may have just been morning sickness..but i have determined that i absolutely CANNOT eat bread.< /p>

MaryUm -----did you get an unfill?

wheetsin is right, it is a risk for a baby only (i want to say until they are 2, but that may be a stretch). it can be fatal for a baby, but we are fine to eat it..even during pregnancy.

in fact, honey is a very healthy natural food. probably should use it more often than not, especially during sugar cravings.

i was banded in october and i'm pregnant now, and i have no idea how far along i am :shades_smile:. so i'm not sure how long i waited, but not as long as i wanted to.

and i was taking bc and we were using withdrawal majority of the time, but i still got pregnant. ob says losing fat cells increases your fertility 10 fold. all that estrogen pumping through your body. after we have this one, i don't know what all we will need to do to prevent that from happening again.

i did not vote, because i have not had an unfill yet, but i am undecided.

my problem is my doctor's office seems to think that i should have no problems going on eating 700 calories per day. my doc/ based on symptoms/ guesses that i am going into my 4th month....and i have lost 25 lbs all the while being pregnant, if that is true.

my ob doctor says i need at least 1500 calories per day. i'm not sure if i'm getting that, and i'm trying to decide what to do. my bp and blood sugar just stabilized and i would hate to hurry up and put the weight back on and then have to deal with those problems again.

i've been having a lot of cramping too, but it just stopped. i haven't had any bleeding though.

i hope that everything goes ok for you when you get to the doctor. i've actually heard of a lot of people that go through that, but everything turns out fine.

my doctor is seeing me 3/31 for the first time, and my dh (call him that because we have been together for a long time), but we are making it official on 3/29...big wedding and everything, planned in less than 3 weeks

ob doc thinks i'm finishing up my 3rd month based on symptoms.

i finally lost weight..down to 205, but i'm also pregnant..

BE CAREFUL LADIES, EVERY FAT CELL YOU LOSE MAKES YOU EVEN MORE FERTILE!!!

i don't know if i believe my doctor's diagnosis of pcos. he did it from symptoms. but here's the thing. sure, i'm hairy, heavy, and have been diagnosed with insulin resisitance, but 2 times in my life i have suffered from amenhorrea (no period), and each time i got pregnant.

explain to me how in the world it is that i get pregnant when i am NOT having a period.

at the beginning of last month my doctor was telling me that my current 7 year old was a miracle, and that i would more than likely need fertility drugs for another baby, and then i needed a hyster....well, now i'm pregnant, not even a full 2 months later, and i'm pregnant..no drugs....and no period.

wow, i guess i missed that you were pregnant. i read your posts all the time, but i didn't know that you were in your first trimester.

i have a 7 year old, and i didn't get sick with him at all, this one is a bit different. i'm just now getting over a 3 day Migraine with no meds, and i haven't eaten hardly a thing in those 3 days.

i know my doctor is going to gripe at me, but my ob doctor will not ever know my actual prepregancy weight, because i don't know it.

i think i'm at the stage where i'm supposed to gain at least 1 lb. a week, or something like that.

when did you find out?

I'm pregnant, and i have no idea how far along i am. from a post that i put on here freaking out thinking i was, i'm thinking i got pregnant beginning of january. with that said, i'm not real sure what i think my pre pregnancy weight was, but i would like to see how everyone else did.

so, please post your conception weight (estimate), your delivery weight, and your current weight.

this will help me i think.

i'm currently 204, last week i was 209, i think when i got pregnant i was 221. (I haven't been keeping much down).

yes you did read on another thread that i am pregnant, but we have no idea how far along i am. i have an ultrasound scheduled for 3/31.

my husband is happy too. (the whole..i don't want kids thing..wasn't true)..which we have a 7 year old already.

i'm having an awful time with being pregnant, Migraines out the whazoo, and i cramp like crazy, you know those stretching cramps.

according to my ob doctor, when you lose fat cells they have estrogen, and it pumps your body up with estrogen, and makes you very fertile while losing weight.

this is the reason i go pregnant, birth control and everything.

umm OB wins and your surgeon should know that! Track your calories can you get in 1500??

yeah, my fill loosened up, as if a by miracle, this last week, and i can drink and eat "normally", you know deck of cards for meat sized servings. i feel so much better.

now i'm having awful Migraines and i can't do anything for them.

i haven't had time to read through this thread, but i need to.

i have a question, my band doctor says no unfill, my baby doctor says that i need a minimum of 1500 calories a day.

what do i do????????????????????

thank you guys. i haven't had my first doctor's appointment yet, but i did ask my band doc. they said they used to unfill for every pregnancy and the women would gain 100 lbs. being obese, my ideal weight gain is 15 lbs. so, i'm going to try to stick with thtat. i think i've been preg for at least the past month and i've lost 20 lbs. i've read that you need to eat 2200 calories when pregnant.

i can't wait to meet with my ob/gyn to find out minimum calorie requirements and Protein requirement.

i know that the baby takes it from the mother, but it still worries me. my first son is 7 now, but i didn't know that i was pregnant until i was 4 months (i didn't have periods then, and i didn't have them this time either..crazy huh?) well, i was struggling with anorexia again, so i wasn't eating then either. when i got pregnant i was fine with eating, but i only gained the recommended weight (i was not heavy then). my baby turned out healthy-ish too. he was jaundice really bad and got down to 3 lbs, but they never said that was due to early diet.

my band doc called last night and told me to do what i can to avoid throwing up. so, i'm sticking with Protein drinks and solid Proteins in the evening for now. hopefully i'll be getting enough nutrients and Vitamins from my prenatal.

OK, so i'm pregnant. some of you may have read my thread from the beginning of february where my doctor said i would need fertility drugs and that i needed to hurry to try to have one and then get a hysterectomy.

well, i haven't had a period since my surgery, and now i'm pregnant. and i tested negative the beginning of last month (i had one positive, but a negative blood and a negative dr. urine).

so, here i am...lost 20 lbs in the past 4 or so weeks, and now i'm pregnant...and i'm not hardly eating anything at all.