Amanda Hammock

Thank you, FluffyChix!!

Green Tealael, Thank you so much for the reassurance! Your weight loss journey is incredible!

Hi everyone! I am not a gastric sleeve patient myself, but my husband is due to have the surgery the end of this month or the beginning of May. We are both experiencing a mix of emotions (nerves, excitement, fear of the unknown). My main fear (other than the normal fear when a spouse has a major surgery) is that I am due with our second child the end of May. That is only a three or four week buffer between his surgery and my VBAC/repeat C-section/our daughter's birth. He has wanted this and has been trying to get it in the works for a year, so he's simply seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, but I am very worried about having these two stressful events so close together. Could anyone give me some reassurance? Also, how long did it take before you recovered? I think he is mainly thinking of the physical recovery, but I know there has to be so much that one has to deal with psychologically after a surgery like this. I just don't want our sweet girl's first few weeks to be a dark time for him, and of course I want all four of us to feel supported and loved during this time of huge changes.