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Hi there, I am a newbie with a March 22 surgery date. My question is for those that have had surgery already and have children or care for children. I am a Nanny and take care of a 25 lb 2 year old and a 16 lb 7 month old. I took two weeks off for the surgery plus a weekend. My surgeon was a bit evasive about weight restrictions and pretty much said that I cannot really do any damage. I was just wondering how people have dealt with picking up their kiddos and caring for them...

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My orders are no lifting more than 10 pounds for 6 weeks.

HW 312, pre-op (lap-band) 294, pre-op (RNY) 255, surgery date 2/11/13, goal weight 154, current weight 240

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I had my surgery on 1/24/2013 and I have a 20 month old who is about 24lbs and my doctor just said no heavy lifting 30+ for 4-6 weeks. There was no way I was in any shape to take her of her the first week my sister had to keep for me. After oh about 10 days it got A LOT easier I was just sore but still could do everything for her I would still get ran down pretty fast but I just pushed through it and by 2 weeks out I felt some what normal. Hope this helps!!

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I babysit as well. The first day I babysat which was 8 days post op I went to the er for extreme pain due to lifting the baby (7 month old) but I did have open surgery so take that into consideration. I would not do any heavy lifting early on.

SD:1/28/13 HW:358 DOS:338 CW:310

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I babysit as well. The first day I babysat which was 8 days post op I went to the er for extreme pain due to lifting the baby (7 month old) but I did have open surgery so take that into consideration. I would not do any heavy lifting early on.

SD:1/28/13 HW:358 DOS:338 CW:310

Oh you poor thing! How are you doing now with everything?

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I had my surgery on 1/24/2013 and I have a 20 month old who is about 24lbs and my doctor just said no heavy lifting 30+ for 4-6 weeks. There was no way I was in any shape to take her of her the first week my sister had to keep for me. After oh about 10 days it got A LOT easier I was just sore but still could do everything for her I would still get ran down pretty fast but I just pushed through it and by 2 weeks out I felt some what normal. Hope this helps!!

Oh good that you felt pretty normal after two weeks. That is how long I took off. I bet it was hard to be away from your little one for so long. How are you feeling now?

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Oh you poor thing! How are you doing now with everything?

I'm ok now. Having open surgery sucks. The baby had whacked me in the stomach with her bottle and caused a stitch to open on that day. The lesson I learned was to allow your body to heal cuz we as women try to be superheroes and do it all.

SD:1/28/13 HW:358 DOS:338 CW:310

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Great question I have a 15 month old, and wondering the same thing. Glad I have the hubby at night and mom close durning the day. For help I tend to push my limits all the time.

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