Band Removal While Pg?

[katie78 0]

I want this thing out NOW, and there is a possibility I could already be PG. I do NOT want to go through a PG esp with a sore PORT for 4 yrs. Will a doc take the band out if I'm already PG???

[jayeedee 7]

You can have surgery while you are pregnant, but there is an increase risked of spontaneous abortion (miscarriage) in the first and second trimester.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3717642

[dcurt 0]

wouldn't you just want an unfill?

[katie78 0]

What I'm a little scared about is after 4 yrs I still have port pain. Fills are excruciating. I can only imagine what a baby pushing on it is gn to feel like. My doc is an idiot and the answer I got for why? Is " uhhhhhh I don't know why it hurts..."

I'm gng to switch to ppo tomorrow so I can go where I want and not have to see military docs.

I've been recently having reflux more often than ever and its concerning me.

I want more answers and the doc I'm seeing is not doing it.

[NWgirl 574]

Have you considered getting the port relocated?

[AlienBandit 10]

I would maybe try a port relocation before trying to remove the band if you are pg.

My port stuck out sooooo bad so I had it moved under my muscle but then fills became too painful and I nearly passed out each time.

So I had my port moved again after 16 months and now it is in a good spot, fills are a breeze ( my doc poked me and I didnt even realize it, I was still freaking bout the fill hurting and he said well im halfway done the fill already).

Where is your port btw?

[Humming Bird 275]

I wouldn't want to risk the baby's life or health with general anesthesia or even the other meds related to surgery. Have you taken a pg test?

[goddesscordelia 30]

Sounds like you've got to get your port moved and your fill removed. I'm not sure if the can move the port while u are preggers, mine was done first. I had most of the fill out at the beginning of my pregnancy and now my baby is 1, I'll be getting filled up.