I am just now 30 weeks. I had my band emptied due to at fiirst being pregnant with twins and my age and well over all I was extremely high risk and my OB actually did not want to deal with any complications. I get to my band doctor and he only takes out 4cc's in my 8.7cc fill which was my sweet spot.

Issue now is being able to eat what I wanted and even gained 40lbs so far I am finding that I am getting stuck now just like as if my band was at restriction can this be possible..meaning restriction with no restriction does that make sense to you ladies? It's almost wierd Ilike it but hope that I don't do nothing to the band. All this as I am getting further along any experiences alike?

I'm no expert but it seems to me he should have removed all of the fluid, if not, almost all.

I am 37 weeks and never got unfilled, although I have heard a lot of women have restriction problems as they get further along in their pregnancy...because everything gets tighter up in your stomach area from the baby growing...I don't have any suggestions other then calling your band doctor and asking if you might need to get unfilled more...Hope you get the problem fixed, getting stuck is not fun...

when i got banded, I always imagined it would be like my third pregnancy. My daughter was breech and sat really high, i could barely breath and eating was uncomfortable. I'd eat two bites of something and be really really full.

Banding feels exactly like that did to me. Its very common to not be able to eat a lot in the latter stages of pregnancy. I couldnt bend over without whatever was in my stomach coming out my nose either. All that AND I barely had a bump, that's how far and deep inside she was.

So even though I'd tend to be thinking you need another unfill, it may not entirely solve the problem. It might just be the pregnancy. Its also unlikely to be any real problem with the band, just a problem with extra restriction.

Its probably up to you whether you unfill more or not - it depends what you're managing to get down. You need nourishment of course, but as long as you can manage that, you probably dont need to gain more actual weight now.

I had to get a partial unfill when I found out I was pregnant because my band tightened. At 20 weeks, I'm starting to feel it tighten again. It's common. Most people don't need unfills while others do. Each person is different