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I work at a hospital and I am also five weeks pregnant. I talked to my OB today and she recommended that I get it. There is a lot of talk about it because it's new. The RN I work with in Occupational Health says that she did research on it and it's made the same way as the seasonal flu vaccine. We recommend all pregnant employees to ask their OB before getting the flu vaccine.

YAY!!! I just found last week that I am pregnant!!! We are very excited! I am a little nervous about my first Dr. appointment though. This is my first baby so I'm nervous about what to expect. HAHA!! :thumbup:

Thanks! Im really excited! :thumbup:

So me and my beau were out of town a couple of weeks ago and I got really sick. I couldn't keep and liquids or food down. I was miserable! I finally made him take me to the ER. This was a small hospital and no one on staff knew much about the LB. They did a pregnancy test, blood work, and then a barium swallow. They discovered that nothing was going through my LB. My tummy was completley closed. The ER doc called my LB surgeon and he had to walk him through how to unfill my band. He poked me about 10 times before he was succesful. After 3 days of puking I finally kept a Sprite down. Yipee! Well, the pregnancy test came back negative so that was ruled out. We had no idea what happened why this happened all of a sudden. Last week I was really moody and decided something was up so I took another pregnancy test.....PREGNANT!! BINGO! That was what was going on all along it was just too early to tell. I am due in June 2010. My first appointment is Oct. 30th! CANT WAIT!!! :frown:

Hello, I used the Atkins shakes from Wal Mart. His office should have sent you an email stating what should and shouldn't eat. You might call them and ask them if you didn't get information for your diet. Good luck! I hope all goes well for you!! :smile2:

This was my doctor and he was great!! I highly recommend him. He is one of the leading surgeons in the LapBand.

I would approach it from the point of view that it's soley for your health. Don't tell them it's so that you can get skinny. Tell them you want to do it for health reasons. This will then leave room for you to say that one of the benefits is that you will lose weight. Hopefully if you approach it from that point of view they will understand. Just be careful to always remember that you reinforce that you are doing it so that you can be healthy. With being healthy comes the benefits of losing weight! YAY!:cursing: I hope that helps!

I also have UHC and they paid 100% of my surgery. I had to paid for the anesthesiologist. I just got a bill yesterday actually. It was $184.00. Not bad though. My dr billed my insurance $36,000.00 for my surgery and they got paid $3000.00. Big difference! All UHC plans are different though. The best thing to do is call customer service. This will give you an idea of what to expect. Customer service actually told me that I would pay almost $2000.00 out of pocket. I never did. So that's why I say at least you will have an idea.

Hi there. I went through Dr Richard Benavides in Richardson. He is well known surgeon in the area. In fact, I live almost 6 hours from Richardson and I have ran into several people here in town that have had the LB done by him. You can see his credintialing on his website. He's a great doctor and I highly recommend him. I am not sure of the cash paying cost. Thank goodness, my insurance paid for mine. I hope that Helps! :thumbup:

Hello. I too was banded in October and have only lost 20lbs. I felt a little discouraged until Friday. I had a fill of 1.5cc's and I can definately tell! I feel confident about this fill. This puts me at a total of 6cc's. I have already lost 4lbs!!! Just keep your head up. Losing is losing and some of us lose slower that others. I have decided that there is nothing wrong with that and I don't need to compare my self to others who are banded. I would rather lose than gain! I too felt normal...like I didn't have a band until this last fill. Then I went to eat and ate too fast. I threw up for the first time. :w00t: Well, now I know to slow down and chew my food. My NP told me that I should really start feeling and seeing a difference on my 2nd or 3rd fill. I am on my 2nd fill and IM FEELING IT! Good luck and chin up!

:ohmy: I am so glad that I came across this post! I was banded back in October and I have only lost 20lbs. I felt so discouraged that I didn't even want to show my "face" again on Lap Band Talk. Yesterday is the first time I have logged on in a long time. I have had one fill and my band is up to 5cc's. I am so glad, in a way, that I am not the only one that is having this problem. I go for my second fill on the 23rd of this month and I hope that it really helps. I am so scared of failure.:laugh: Thanks again for posting this and boosting my hopes!!!

I was in a lot of pain after surgery too. I was banded on the 15th of this month and I can tell you that I feel almost 100% again!!! The gas was the worse for me too! WALK, WALK, WALK!! As hard as it may seem or as simple, it really does help. My incisions are still tender but were cut really well. The biggest incision is where your port is. That's the one that hurt the most. The morphine didn't even touch that pain!! Hang in there!!! IT DOES GET BETTER! PS-THE GAS X CHEWABLE TABLETS HELPED WITH SOME OF THE GAS BUT DIDN'T TOTALLY ELIMINATE IT.

Hello Everyone! I am banded now! Whoo hoo! My surgery went well. I was just in a lot of pain when they wheeled me into the recovery room. They gave me two different pain meds. I had an allergic reaction to one and so I was given a shot of benadryl. That made me more drowsy on top of being high from all the pain meds. All in all, it wasn't too bad of an experience. I am just super sore! I hope it subsides soon. :wub: The hotel that they put us in was really nice and comfy! The doctors and all the staff were really nice! I am so glad I went through with the surgery!! Well, I just thought I would drop in and let you all know how everything went. Good luck to those being banded today! :biggrin: