I am 29 and I have wanted to have a baby for many years, I have had a few successes at getting pregnant but because of my weight they ended in miscarriages. My new OB/GYn says that she can prevent those miscarriages this time but its best for me and baby to lose weight. So i have set a goal to lose 100lbs before december and i have 52lbs more to go, hopefully i can lose more than a 100lbs, What are thoughts getting pregnant a few months before the 1year the band doctor says i should weight?

I am 29 and I have wanted to have a baby for many years, I have had a few successes at getting pregnant but because of my weight they ended in miscarriages. My new OB/GYn says that she can prevent those miscarriages this time but its best for me and baby to lose weight. So i have set a goal to lose 100lbs before december and i have 52lbs more to go, hopefully i can lose more than a 100lbs, What are thoughts getting pregnant a few months before the 1year the band doctor says i should weight?

I am also 29 and wanting a baby, but my dr said I needed to wait at least 18 MONTHS before I even start trying. I don't really want to wait that long, but I definitely don't want to be pregnant at my current size for health reasons. My dr did tell me about patients who get pregnant a few months after surgery accidentally and they were ok but they really suggest against it. I don't think it would be a big deal to do it before the one year mark, but personally I would want to be able to focus on myself a little longer to make sure I can be the person I need/want to be when the child comes along, you know? Either way, good luck to you.

I got pregnant 4 months after being banded. Me and baby are just fine. I was able to get all my baby weight off and get back to losing weight in no time. My baby was actually born one day before my band anniversary.

I got pregnant 4 months agfter getting the band too and so far I am having a good pregnancy. I have no complaints.. I have gained 14 lbs. I really hope I can lose that weight after giving birth...

I had a very intentional pregnancy (with IVF) 7 months after having lapband. This was my one shot and I took it. Do whatever is going to make you happy. My pregnancy is going great so far

I had a friend get pregnant 6 weeks after being banded, and was fine.

The reason they suggest waiting (and my Dr also recommended 18 months of waiting) is because of several things. Some want you to wait because you're still healing. others don't want you to aggrevate the band with vomiting (morning sickness). The main reason I've been told is because the first 12-18 months you are losing rapidly and it might be unhealthy for you to be pregnant while losing that quickly.

I waited a year before having my IUD out, and we are TTC now. I feel my weight loss has slowed to a safer level.

Thanks to All, you guys are so encouraging. I can' t wait to get pregnant. I think we are going to wait till around oct-nov.

Good luck on your weight loss journey and your TTC journey. I was banded on 2.22.10 and got pregnant in October of '10. I was about 8 months post op and had lost 75lbs. My surgon knew ahead of time that one of my main reasons for this sugery was so that I could have a healthy pregnancy. When my husband I felt we were ready, I asked for my surgons "blessing", she told me that she was very proud of my success and my loss, as well as my health conditions improving, and gave me the OK to get pregnant.

So here I am starting my 3rd trimester of pregnancy I am due at the end of July and baby and I are doing great

Well, I just found out yesterday I'm pregnant (about 4 weeks now). Yay!

Laura - Congrats. I hope you have a happy and healthy nine months!!

Well, I just found out yesterday I'm pregnant (about 4 weeks now). Yay!

Aww...congrats on the baby AND your weight loss success!

My doctor says to wait 1 year. You are only 29 believe it or not you have the time to wait.

We hubby and I tried to get pregnant ( W/ a second baby ) for about 6 months and nothing happened... Finally i decided to go back to school and work on getting lap band. I am being banded June 30th.. ( 10 days! ) I want to lose about 100 pounds before getting pregnant again. I remember how heart breaking it was to try to get pregnant and each test coming up negative. It seemed as if all of my friends were getting pregnant and i wasn't. At times i felt jealous of them. I remember getting on facebook and crying when i would see my friends status' saying they were pregnant... : (

Hopefully within a year we can start trying!

My doctor told me clearly that a year has nothing to do with it. If I get pregnant and my OB/GYN says I'm healthy enough to have a healthy baby and everything is good then I have his blessing. He is aware that it is not so easy for some of us to get pregnant and when the blessing comes, it comes. If we need to unfill, we'll unfill and start again after the baby is born.