Hello all.I have had the band since October 2004. I have lost about 40 pounds. I wish i could have lost more but its stil in progress. I am now 5 months pregnant. i have not gained anything as of yet. I am actually losing weight. Currently i weigh 243 i started at 283. I am happy but i thought i would have lost more by now. I guess i should get in the gym alittle more. I must admit going to the gym is not something i do all the time. But i do eat less. I no longer eat thick break or alot of hamburger meat. I also do not eat that many sweets. I drink alot of OVALUTINE in the morning. It gives me almost all of the vitamins and minerals that i need for the day. I also take my prenatal vitamins. If anyone has ?'s about being pregnant and having the lap band feel free to email me. I will sumit pictures as soon as i can. God Bless.:clap2:

Congratulations! I love hearing about all of the babies that are due around here. Lots of LapBand babies on the way!

Congratulations, I'm happy for you. Take care of yourself.

Hello all. I am 5 months pregnant and couting. I am due May 30th 2006.

Congrats to the BOTH of you! I just love it when bandsters get pregnant. It helps me to have faith that one day it may be me:0)

Congratulations on the pregnancy. I too am expecting a little one around July 4th.

i was banded 1/25/03 found out i was pregnant 5/03 had my baby 1/04. was 242 when banded was 212 when by son was born and healthy, beautiful 6 lbs 10 oz. my second son was 10 lbs and c-section.

i just had my third fill and am ready to continue my journey.

ana

242/190/150

How did being banded affect your respective pregnancies? Did you get unfilled? Was it difficult to get adequate nutrition?

Thanks!

i never got an unfill during my pregnancy. my midwife and dr were very thrilled with my pregnancy, they had been with me the other 2 times. just to make sure my dr run a lot of tests and was very impressed with everything, was only a little anemic but that also happened with my other pregnancies.

interesting side note, i had severe nausea and vomitting with first 2 boys and none, nothing with my last son post lapband.

ana

Oooh! I hadn't even considered the vomiting that comes with pregnancy! Not too wonderful for the band. Yikes! Anyone else have this trouble?

Stupid question... but are there any chances they can mess up the band when they do a c-section? Like accidently cut it or something? LOL I know totally random question but I was thinking about this the other day!

:clap2: How wonderful for you....glad to hear everythings going well. :clap2:

Stupid question... but are there any chances they can mess up the band when they do a c-section? Like accidently cut it or something? LOL I know totally random question but I was thinking about this the other day!

No chance whatsoever...

The general advice is to have your band un-filled to accomodate sufficient nutrition during pregnancy -- it is necessary to document your intake and make certain you get sufficient Protein and fats. Take supplemental Biotin. But I suspect it can be done during without it -- just let your ob & surgeon know and have them monitor you carefully.

If you breastfeed, you can lose a lot of weight producing all that "baby forumula" --- Just focus on sufficient protein and fats, and keep on your pre-natal Vitamins and biotin.

Your band is nowhere near where they cut you for a caesarian. There's no way they'd accidentally cut the tube or anything.

I am currently 28 weeks pregnant and I had band surgery back in 01/07/05 and found out I was pregnant back in August, I was so upset because I was already down from 243.5 to 203 but as of today I have only gained 14 pounds which is great and I know feel better about being pregnant. I also had severe ms with my other 2 boys but none with this one, I can't wait to have my baby.