Hi guys, i got banded 31st May 2008. I lost 50lbs in the first 6mths and then got pregnant. I didn't have any fills to allow me to eat enough so as not to restrict what was eating. I went off the rails and due to ill health and being bed bound, got into bad habbits and because i was pg, i kinda stuck my head in the sand.

After my son was born i was 14lbs off my pre-surgery weight :cursing:

I went for a fill but felt no restriction. I've only room for 1 or 2 small fills. so whats the point?

I'm doing slimming world and the weight is coming off again, but i want this band i paid for to work again.

Should I have my and drained, bar the first 5 mls and wait a month (sticking to slimmer world etc) and then start again?

Has anyone else done anything simular? did it work? I have to pay for fills and with a baby about i can't afford to waste money you know.

Thanks so much for any replies and or advice. xxx

You may get better advice posting this in the pregnancy forum rather than general. A lot of people stick to certain forums and not all of them.

Pregnancy with the Lap-band

I would think that you'd want to get the band filled until you get restriction. That's the only way it's going to work for you. You can continue to "diet" in the meantime, while you're waiting to get restriction. That's why you got the band, right? When you get to a certain level, the difference between no restriction and good restriction is only a small bit of a fill...

Why would you get what you have in the band drained out? (Not sure I understand, that's all.)

I wanted it drained as i don't have much capacity for fills in the future, so the idea behind having it drained was to let it settle down, whilst sticking to slimming world and then starting again.

have posted on the pregnancy board too, thanks x