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I say stay filled as long as you can. I'm taking from experience. Not sure if the rest of people who replied have ever been pregnant with the band, I have twice. First pregnancy with the band ended with a miscarriage at 20 weeks. I had lots of swelling of the band due to vomiting. In hind site I should have had an unfill at that point. By no means did the band cause the miscarriage. I went into preterm labor. 2nd band pregnancy I was completely unfilled immediately because I was convinced that I needed to be in order to maintain a "Healthy pregnancy." We'll that ended in a chemical pregnancy (early miscarriage.) An unfill is not necessary unless you can't eat and drink. For those who fell you need to eat more while you're pregnant I totally disagree. As you stated you only need an additional 300 calories while you are pregnant. You may very well skate through your pregnancy without any complications and I hope that you do. Lots of banded women do. Or you may have frequent stuck episodes and need an unfill. My suggestion is that you wait until that point. Trying to gain restriction after being completely unfilled is a b***h. I can't describe it any other way. Congrats and good luck

Great topic. I'm curious to read others responses. I had a complete unfill in April 2013. I was at 6.7 cc's before the unfill. I could immediately feel the difference within 2 hours after unfill I was eating huge portions. I did have slight discomfort from overheating but that was it. In all honesty 6.7 was probably too tight but I had great restriction and control. I'm now at 6.0. First fill was about 3 weeks ago PA gave me 5 cc's. had another fill Friday which brings me to 6.0. I still need more fills to get back to where I was feeling like I had restriction. I've gain 17 pounds in the last month. I've lost about three of those pounds. I feel like I'm not even banded I have NO RESTRICTION, I'm flying solo. I'm do exercise regularly and have gone back to basic, protein protein protein. My real problem is just bing able to eat too much.... I know that's the problem for all of us.

Yes this is normal. I did 6 months of supervised weight loss classes with a dietician, psychiatric evaluation, heart test then insurance paperwork was submitted. I was approved.

I know how you feel, on one hand your ecstatic to be pregnant and on the other hand your terrified of gaining weight. Look on the bright side if you've lost weight before you've proven to yourself that you can definitely do it again. Good luck

Hey All. Here's my story. I had a son in 2008. Was overweight for years prior to that. Gained 50 pounds during that pregnancy. In 2010 was banded. From 2010-2011 I lost a whooping 90 lbs, wasn't at goal yet, but had to stop losing because guess what......i was pregnant. Sadly I miscarried at 20 weeks, most devastating thing I've ever gone through. I had so many complications with my band while pregnant, dehydration, extreme restriction, nausea, constipation....you name it i had it. Well we tried to conceive again, it should be easy right? After all we had conceived before so easily. Welllllll dam, that's not what happened we tried and tried to no avail. Ohhh yeah at this point I was at goal, I was looking cute with a whopping 120 pounds off my body. I was now 5"10, 150 pounds. We ended trying Inter uterine insemination (IUI) in Nov 2011, that didn't work and we were out of pocket $300. We tried unsuccessfully to conceive for 4 more months, naturally. We finally were prescribed Clomid (ovulation drug) at tried another IUI, this time we were out of pocket $700. Well it was worth it because it worked. I am now 2 weeks pregnant. With IUI or IVF you know almost precisely what day your conceived. Up until this point my band had been pretty darn tight, restriction was at it's max level.... anything tighter and I wouldn't be able to breath, lol. I had a bad episode a week prior to finding out I was pregnant. I woke up choking, I think I aspirated my food, in fact I know I did. Lap bad nurse requested that I come in immediacy for an unfilled. Went in Friday, March 29 and was completely unfilled to avoid future complications during pregnancy. I now feel like I had never been banded. I can eat ANYTHING, im actaully thinking about food now.....it's horrible, I think I've gained like 10 pounds in 5 days. Emailed nurse, give me some of my Fluid back PLEASEEEEEEEE.

Yeahhhhh you're getting there. You look great. You even look younger. Congrats great great progress

Light leaf= litleaf

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The less you tell the better at least that's my experience. I told my husband and mother only

Day three took my heartburn pill and feeling GREAT

I found a real cure. Generic Prevacid (Omaprazole). I've been taking it for three days. It works great

Sorry for late reply. I go the support group in Mansfield at Mansfield Methodist.

A little about me. I've been banded for almost 2 years. I've lost 115 lbs. I'm at goal I haven't had a fill in about a year and have acid reflux for about a year. It started after I got pregnant. I miscarried at 20 weeks and the acid reflux continued. I had an upper GI and nothing. I actually wanted another fill and my dr ordered the upper GI? She thought something was wrong and nothing. Anyway please please please try OMPRAZOLE. I've seen it at Walmart and Sam's Club for a while and never thought to try it. I've been using it for the past two days and WOW. What a difference. I used to wake up in the middle of the night choking on vomit or acid. I suffered from it throughout the day, particularly when I was hungry. The worst was at night when I lay down. I tried to sleep on several pillows to keep my head elevated and nothing. I tried to stop eating at least an hour before i slept and nothing. I troed Tums, that provided temporary reluef. This OMPRAZOLE is the ONLY thing that has worked. I know I'm not too tight and I know there is nothing wrong with my band. I refuse to get an unfill. I'm crazy and refuse to mess up a good thing. I'm comfortable with my restriction and wouldn't change a thing except for this darn acid reflux. I'm and going to post a pic of this medicine and keep you posted about my success or unsuccess with it. So far so good. You use it for 14 days straight. You take it if you suffer from heartburn/acid reflux at least twice a week. I feel like screaming I'm so relieved. Good luck and God Bless you.

A little about me. I've been banded for almost 2 years. I've lost 115 lbs. I'm at goal I haven't had a fill in about a year and have acid reflux for about a year. It started after I got pregnant. I miscarried at 20 weeks and the acid reflux continued. I had an upper GI and nothing. I actually wanted another fill and my dr ordered the upper GI? She thought something was wrong and nothing. Anyway please please please try OMPRAZOLE. I've seen it at Walmart and Sam's Club for a while and never thought to try it. I've been using it for the past two days and WOW. What a difference. I used to wake up in the middle of the night choking on vomit or acid. I suffered from it throughout the day, particularly when I was hungry. The worst was at night when I lay down. I tried to sleep on several pillows to keep my head elevated and nothing. I tried to stop eating at least an hour before i slept and nothing. I troed Tums, that provided temporary reluef. This OMPRAZOLE is the ONLY thing that has worked. I know I'm not too tight and I know there is nothing wrong with my band. I refuse to get an unfill. I'm crazy and refuse to mess up a good thing. I'm comfortable with my restriction and wouldn't change a thing except for this darn acid reflux. I'm and going to post a pic of this medicine and keep you posted about my success or unsuccess with it. So far so good. You use it for 14 days straight. You take it if you suffer from heartburn/acid reflux at least twice a week. I feel like screaming I'm so relieved. Good luck and God Bless you.

A little about me. I've been banded for almost 2 years. I've lost 115 lbs. I'm at goal I haven't had a fill in about a year and have acid reflux for about a year. It started after I got pregnant. I miscarried at 20 weeks and the acid reflux continued. I had an upper GI and nothing. I actually wanted another fill and my dr ordered the upper GI? She thought something was wrong and nothing. Anyway please please please try OMPRAZOLE. I've seen it at Walmart and Sam's Club for a while and never thought to try it. I've been using it for the past two days and WOW. What a difference. I used to wake up in the middle of the night choking on vomit or acid. I suffered from it throughout the day, particularly when I was hungry. The worst was at night when I lay down. I tried to sleep on several pillows to keep my head elevated and nothing. I tried to stop eating at least an hour before i slept and nothing. I troed Tums, that provided temporary reluef. This OMPRAZOLE is the ONLY thing that has worked. I know I'm not too tight and I know there is nothing wrong with my band. I refuse to get an unfill. I'm crazy and refuse to mess up a good thing. I'm comfortable with my restriction and wouldn't change a thing except for this darn acid reflux. I'm and going to post a pic of this medicine and keep you posted about my success or unsuccess with it. So far so good. You use it for 14 days straight. You take it if you suffer from heartburn/acid reflux at least twice a week. I feel like screaming I'm so relieved. Good luck and God Bless you.

A little about me. I've been banded for almost 2 years. I've lost 115 lbs. I'm at goal I haven't had a fill in about a year and have acid reflux for about a year. It started after I got pregnant. I miscarried at 20 weeks and the acid reflux continued. I had an upper GI and nothing. I actually wanted another fill and my dr ordered the upper GI? She thought something was wrong and nothing. Anyway please please please try OMPRAZOLE. I've seen it at Walmart and Sam's Club for a while and never thought to try it. I've been using it for the past two days and WOW. What a difference. I used to wake up in the middle of the night choking on vomit or acid. I suffered from it throughout the day, particularly when I was hungry. The worst was at night when I lay down. I tried to sleep on several pillows to keep my head elevated and nothing. I tried to stop eating at least an hour before i slept and nothing. I troed Tums, that provided temporary reluef. This OMPRAZOLE is the ONLY thing that has worked. I know I'm not too tight and I know there is nothing wrong with my band. I refuse to get an unfill. I'm crazy and refuse to mess up a good thing. I'm comfortable with my restriction and wouldn't change a thing except for this darn acid reflux. I'm and going to post a pic of this medicine and keep you posted about my success or unsuccess with it. So far so good. You use it for 14 days straight. You take it if you suffer from heartburn/acid reflux at least twice a week. I feel like screaming I'm so relieved. Good luck and God Bless you ALL

A little about me. I've been banded for almost 2 years. I've lost 115 lbs. I'm at goal I haven't had a fill in about a year and have acid reflux for about a year. It started after I got pregnant. I miscarried at 20 weeks and the acid reflux continued. I had an upper GI and nothing. I actually wanted another fill and my dr ordered the upper GI? She thought something was wrong and nothing. Anyway please please please try OMPRAZOLE. I've seen it at Walmart and Sam's Club for a while and never thought to try it. I've been using it for the past two days and WOW. What a difference. I used to wake up in the middle of the night choking on vomit or acid. I suffered from it throughout the day, particularly when I was hungry. The worst was at night when I lay down. I tried to sleep on several pillows to keep my head elevated and nothing. I tried to stop eating at least an hour before i slept and nothing. I troed Tums, that provided temporary reluef. This OMPRAZOLE is the ONLY thing that has worked. I know I'm not too tight and I know there is nothing wrong with my band. I refuse to get an unfill. I'm crazy and refuse to mess up a good thing. I'm comfortable with my restriction and wouldn't change a thing except for this darn acid reflux. I'm and going to post a pic of this medicine and keep you posted about my success or unsuccess with it. So far so good. You use it for 14 days straight. You take it if you suffer from heartburn/acid reflux at least twice a week. I feel like screaming I'm so relieved. Good luck and God Bless you.

Yes I know what you mean. I love Summer now. I even bought two pairs or shorts this week. Not capris but actual shorts.

I voted for ya. Good luck

Dr. Daniel Scott at UT Southwestern did my surgery. He and his staff areWONDERFUL did I mention Dr. Scott is WOBDERFUL. He's incredibly knowledgable and experienced. I can't say enough about his and his staff. Please contact them. They'll take care of you. 214-645-2900. I pray you find someone soon. God Bless

Unjury is a very popular protein powder for Bariatric patients. It comes in many flavors as well as unflavored. I actually ordered some unflavored Unjury but never opened it. If you'd like I'll send it to you. I'm way past the liquid phase. I'm at goal. I lost 110lbs. I had my surgery in August 2010. I went through the samething. I couldn't find one I liked at first. After a lot of searching I found some that were tolerable. My favorite protein shakes in order where Chocolate Muscle Milk, Amway Chocolate (had to order from Amway representative) Nectar and Easy Advantage. Isopure premixed was my least favorite. The Isopure powder was tolerable. My suggestion DON'T GIVE UP. Shop around until you find one that is tolerable. Buy samples, single serve, or small contaibers until you decide you've found one that's tolerable. Notice I said "tolerable." Yoh don't have to love it, just tolerate them for a short time until you get to the next phase.

Unjury is a very popular protein powder for Bariatric patients. It comes in many flavors as well as unflavored. I actually ordered some unflavored Unjury but never opened it. If you'd like I'll send it to you. I'm way past the liquid phase. I'm at goal. I lost 110lbs. I had my surgery in August 2010. I went through the samething. I couldn't find one I liked at first. After a lot of searching I found some that were tolerable. My favorite protein shakes in order where Chocolate Muscle Milk, Amway Chocolate (had to order from Amway representative) Nectar and Easy Advantage. Isopure premixed was my least favorite. The Isopure powder was tolerable. My suggestion DON'T GIVE UP. Shop around until you find one that is tolerable. Buy samples, single serve, or small contaibers until you decide you've found one that's tolerable. Notice I said "tolerable." Yoh don't have to love it, just tolerate them for a short time until you get to the next phase.