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I have had no fill in my band since I found out I was pregnant.. I had some tightness throughout the pregnancy.. but now now 7 weeks post pregnancy I am tight and today I even pb'd! its crazy.. I can eat normally most of the time but get tripped up on the normal things like when i have a fill.. like bread.. so weird.. I hope everything is alright and its just hormones or something. I go in for a fill the 8th of Jan.

Thanks Heather.. I scheduled a fill for Jan 8th.. I think I am going to follow weight watchers because they give you extra points for BF and tell you how much to eat to lose a lb a week.. :biggrin:

Hey all you Breastfeeders out there.. I am dying to get a fill because I am wanting to eat everything in sight.. did anyone have any problems with milk supply after getting filled?? I was hoping to wait 3 months because I wanted the milk supply to be good and established before I got a fill.. but I think I am not going to wait because I dont want to gain more weight. I think as long as I keep my fluid up and can eat at least 1200 cal I think I am ok..

Danitra, I had my fill completely out because I get very sick with pregnancy and didnt want to throw up with the band. I think as long as your gaining and not losing .. and not sick you can keep your fill or adjust it slightly as you go.. congrats! I just had my baby 7weeks ago.. :thumbup:

whoops I misunderstood! well my first was a C and I think getting from point A to point B is the important part.. beautiful healthy baby boy to show for it! :redface:

Emj~ people dont know that I have it as well.. My husband knows, my parents, and one of my friends. When people notice I eat less I just say that I am doing portion control to lose weight which is not a lie. :w00t: when I have those oops moments when something is not going down well I just say I am not that hungry or not feeling well and that usually puts an end to it. Or I usually say that I need to use the rest room and excuse myself and wait till its resolved till I go back. I cant wait to get tightened. but I am waiting awhile for breast feeding reasons. I just want to make sure I have a good supply before I start cutting way back. I am going to try weight watchers because they give you extra points for nursing and I want to know how many calories I need to maintain BF and lose.. so once I know how much I can eat then I will get tightened so im not hungry. my advice is dont let worrying about what people might say about what and how your eating stop you from using the tool that you have. sometimes I think that I think people are thinking more about it than they actually are, you are becoming a healthier, happier you

Congrats!!!! what a beautiful little man!!!! glad you were able to avoid the "C" :biggrin:

Hey all.. sorry for the delay in news.. my son Josiah was born on 10/28/09 after a 5 day labor!! it was insane but I was able to have him vaginally after having a c-section with my first! so it was a great thing! He was 9lbs and 21 inches.. I am doing well and almost healed. and my son is growing!! he gained 10oz in 10 days!! I am trying to attach a photo of my daughter and Josiah.. hope it works!

today is my due date and I am 50% effaced and dialated to a 1 with a soft cervix.. truely hoping this baby comes soon!

oh.. I lost 33lbs with the band before I got pregnant thats what that meant.. I have gained about 38lbs this time around.. and I am so thankful to have the band to help me when I am all done.. I will probably do weight watchers at first before getting tightened again becasue I am BF and I want to make sure before I start messing with the band that I have a good milk supply going.. and then I will get tightened.. also I am self pay and my year of covered fills was put on hold when I got PG so I only have 6 months of covered fills left.. so I want to make sure when I get my first one I am ready to start using my 6 months! I think I gained more in the beginning this time just because I went from eating bandster style.. (1/2 cup) to eating more at one time.. so just the natural influx of taking in those extra calories my body wanted to store them at first.. then it started to slow way down.. so most of it I gained near the beginning to middle. with my first I was so sick.. I threw up every day for 7 months so eating did help and so did ginger altoids.. I sucked on them all day long with this one.. I cant even touch ginger.. I guess its association with being sick last time.. this time around salty things and sour things helped me.. so a small amount of a salty snack would curb the nausea and I would water down lemonade... like 1/3 lemonade 2/3 water in a huge glass and that helped too.. however I also took nausea medication this time around that wasnt available as a generic with my first.. so that really helped. I would use that on my really bad days or when I had to really function. but mostly eating a small high protein snack every 2 hrs or so really helps. If you over eat or dont eat cause you feel sick.. youll feel worse. hope that helps!

Newlife.. Congrats on the pregnancy! just hang in there with the gaining thing.. try to eat healthy and eat small frequent meals and dont watch the scale to closely. pregnancy brings on all sorts of weight gains without rhyme or reason so if you keep track of the scale you may get really frusterated.. theres water weight, doubling of your blood supply, added fat that you body uses to balance your growing tummy.. and lets not forget the placenta, baby and aminotic fluid!! having something in my stomach was the trick for me too.. if i even got close to being done digesting I would turn green!! try to eat high protein things that take longer to digest.. carbs will go right through you and youll have to eat again sooner.. with both my pregnancies I ate a lot of lean cusine type things.. portion controlled and helped me stay full. Obviously you have to eat what you feel like eating too.. meat was hard for me the first 4 months so I ate peanut butter, beans and granola. good luck!! and remember every pregnancy is different!!

They are measuring your fundis height (the top of your uterus) its not that big of deal.. and it doesnt really say anything about when the baby is coming. Some women have a jump in fundal height at like 30-34 wks.. and some women just grow slowly and consistantly.. I always had a burst of growth and then it slowed down.. it all depends on how your baby grows and they are all different :thumbup: sometime a high fundal height can tell the size of the baby.. like if your child will be large or small.. sometimes it can just be how you carry (high or low) and sometimes it can alert the doctor that their is too much amniotic fluid.. but that is usually not the case :eek: hope that helps.. I am still sitting here PREGNANT and trying to be paitent..

YES I am so ready. I have been having menstrual like cramps so I know somethings happening.. but who knows. I will keep you posted!! Hang in there.. I felt the same way past 32 wks.:thumbup:

I was 6 months into the band when we got preggos with number #2.. We were not trying persay.. but we were stopping it either :thumbup: anyhow.. I had just gotten a fill and I normally lose like 1-2 lbs in the day after the fill and I gained 6!! I was like something is wrong.. so I took a pregnancy test like a week later on a suspicion because I had been having some pain in my ovary area and we were pregnant! you're weight gain and band tightness could be hormonal from your body ovulating.. since its like a week after your period. but you never know. I just know this time that I knew so much sooner because had I not been watching my weight I might have not picked up on it. as it was I knew 7 days before my missed period.

Hey Renee, Hang in there! ya the end is the worst! although I am tired and really want to meet my little one. chasing my 2 year old gives me a feeling that its ok if the baby stays in a little longer! :bored: I cant imagine having both! Also I am starting to get nervous about labor.. not necessarily labor itself.. but being exhausted when labor starts! I have my 36 week appointment tomorrow and I know my midwives are wanting me to do acupucture at 37weeks to get my body going on this labor thing :smile2: I am trying for a vaginal after cesarian so they want me to have my best fighting chance of going into labor since I cant be induced.. it freaks me out that it could even be sooner than 40wks!! anyways. I will try to post pictures.. you'll have plenty to do at the hospital for 3 days.. like sleep and goo over your little man!!