:frown:I was banded Nov 09' at 277. Got down to 210 as of June. Found out i was pregnant and now am 15 weeks pregnant. This was not planned. and i am a little dissapointed i still had 60lbs to go till goal and this is a HUGE road block. and i am not so sure i am ready to be a mom.. either way..it's happening. any advice

I just had my baby girl 1 month ago, and some advice I would give you is worry about the health of the baby first and foremost..I know it is hard seeing the pounds come back but honestly eating right and making sure your baby is getting all the right nutrition it can is more important...Just take one day at a time and enjoy being pregnant because once you have your little one you will miss being pregnant..

I am sorry you are scared and not sure your ready to be a mommy, but honestly I don't think anyone really is ready per say..I planned my little girl and was scared the entire time thinking the same thing..I just ate what I wanted and made sure I took my prenatals..Best of luck and please keep us all updated..also I would suggest going to a website called TheMommyPlaybook.com, they have an excellent board there to talk to women that are going through the same thing and at the same amount of weeks as you are..they helped me a lot and I learned a lot..hope this helps :cursing:

Edited October 20, 201015 yr by aSpen

I was banded Dec 09 and I'm due April 7th! i am nervous too, I want to loose another 40 after the baby weight...

How is the pregnancy going?

I was banded in 2004 had my daughter in Jan 2010 my advise breastfeed!! It burns aloooot of calories...

For those who have been pregnant with the band did you have Fluid taken out? I've been having problems eating the past few weeks and my husband has demanded I get my fluid taken out. I have an appt on 2/1 to get 1cc taken out but my dr hasnt had experience with pregnant women and the band so Im a little worried

Im due 7/27/11

hi

Everyone I am due May 1

I was banded in feb of 08,

ive been at goal for a 2 yrs and now at 6 months pregnant i have only gained about 2 lbs:(

starting to get a little worried but the dr is saying that im fine and people gain to much weight when pregnant so im trying to eat more but you know how these bands are.

anyways good luck to you all

I was banded in 2006 and got pregnant in 2008. I'm really straining the mental archives here, but I'll share what I can to help. Don't quote me on my numbers, they may be a little off as I don't journal or really pay much attention anymore.

I was about 50 lbs from goal when I got pregnant (I know that's still significantly overweight, but I was down about 170 lbs total, so Drs were fine with it). I was comfortably filled, and hadn't had any adjustments in over a year.

I had no nausea, morning sickness, etc. with my pregnancy. These were things I had worried about so it was a pleasant surprise.

In my first 15 weeks of pregnancy, I lost almost 30 lbs. I cannot account for the loss other than saying it was just my body. Metabolism, hormones, etc. doing their own thing. I did not change my eating habits, or exercise, or restriction, etc.

My OBGYN wasn't alarmed, but didn't like it. I was given until 22 wks to stop losing weight before he either wanted me to get an unfill (I didn't have much restriction at the time) or start purposefully eating more calories per day. Eating to try and avoid weightloss... like that won't jack with your head. But the weightloss stopped on its own and at my 21 wk appt I had gained a small bit of weight - I think about 2 lbs. Enough to make OBGYN happy. BTW, I had a + FFN test so I had to go in for NSTs twice a week. So my weight was being monitored about every 3 days, and they were watching me like a hawk.

My daughter was born in October and the following February I went in for an unfill. I only had maybe 1 - 1.5 cc at that point, and they took me down to (I think) 0.25 cc. I sought the unfill because I was tired of not being able to drink Water when I wanted to (sometimes could, sometimes couldn't -- my "routine" of what I could usually tolerate when was completely amiss), was tired of refluxing all night long, etc. In the time between delivery & unfill I gradually got tighter and tighter, and my restriction manifestations completely changed. To this day, life with my band is completely different than it was before pregnancy. I'm not saying 100% it's a result of pregnancy/childbirth, but I can't say it isn't. It's not uncommon for people to have to chase restriction post-birth, even if it was a breeze before -- and I know several women who never attain that sweet spot again.

My daughter is about 2.5 y/o now and I still haven't gotten a fill. I'm just now to the point of considering it, but my restriction is so completely erratic that I'm really torn on the decision. Largely I get by thanks to an ongoing absence of hunger, just enough restriction to give me an occasional reminder when I eat like an ass, and the most effective exercise of all - a toddler.

Oh, I eventually gained about 60 lbs with my pregnancy. Not what I wanted, but not as bad as I was afraid of.

I'm currently about 15 lbs heavier than when I got pregnant, and about 10 lbs heavier than when I got my post-childbirth unfill. I have pretty much maintained this weight for the last 2.5 years. I'm happy to be maintaining, but I want to maintain a lower number. In the last 6 months I've probably dropped about 7 lbs. I have 0.25cc fill, but still have restriction. It's just wacky & annoying.

I'll also add that I'm fat in a different way than before my daughter. I swear my hips permanently widened during childbirth. At 15 lbs heaver, I'm about 1.5 sizes larger than I was. 15 lbs for me pre-baby would be the difference between "it fits" and "I can get myself in it if you give me a meat tenderizer and some tape." It would not be the difference between something fitting comfortably, and not even being able to pull something past my hips.

HTH