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hey guys!

im not sure if any veterans still get on here or not but some of you may remember me from my horror experience with my leak. if you never heard of me, you can go to the complications section of this site & read the post "i definitely regret surgery..... so far!"

well, let me start off by saying that i no longer regret surgery! took me almost 2yrs to be able to say that but its true! i was sleeved dec 20th, 2011

this surgery almost took my life but at the sametime, its given me life & now im able to give life to my beautiful baby girl.

i wouldve never conceived had i not lost all the weight.

i started off at 273lbs & im only 5'1.

before pregnancy, i went down to 130lbs.

i am now 145lbs & very happy, comfortable & secure with gaining the weight. if anything, i felt way too small at 130lbs so i was excited about some of the weight gain. :)

baby girl is due 03.18.14 & i cant wait to hold my baby in my arms. <3

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Congrats on your pregnancy and your weight loss!

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thank youu

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You rocked perserverance...so happy to hear your happy and awaiting you baby blessing.

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I'm a "veteran" as well and yes, I do remember you ! Whew, what a journey you've had :) Congratulations on both the weight loss AND the baby !!!

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You rocked perserverance...so happy to hear your happy and awaiting you baby blessing.

thank you! :)

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Congrats on your soon to be baby girl!! :) Truly a blessing

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I'm a "veteran" as well and yes, I do remember you ! Whew, what a journey you've had :) Congratulations on both the weight loss AND the baby !!!

hehe!! thank you love ;)

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Congrats girlie!!!

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hey girlfriend

course i remember you!!!!

what do you think???

I lost my memory with my weight!!!! :D

ooooops, i'm sorry - what was i saying??? :lol:

btw - you were sleeeved 5 days after me ;)

wow!!!!

lookin' good chic ;)

read your frequent/daily posts telling us your sad/bad experiences :mellow:

I can only imagine what a hard, horrible few months you had to deal with :mellow:

glad things finally worked out

You are now a happy, healthy successsful sleever, :)

Who deserves it more?? :rolleyes:

a new little jasleeve coming your way!!!!

how terrific is that!!!!

with you as her mom - how could she go wrong??? :)

much happiness and joy to you and baby girl :rolleyes:

enjoy your new healthier, happier, longer life

kathy

congrats

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Congratulations on your pregnancy and weight lost!

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hello my love! how are things with you? i pray all is well.

im so excited about my little baby girl. jasleeve jr lol. her names going to be jasnelle :) only 18wks to go! :)

hey girlfriend

course i remember you!!!!

what do you think???

I lost my memory with my weight!!!!

ooooops, i'm sorry - what was i saying??? :lol:

btw - you were sleeeved 5 days after me

wow!!!!

lookin' good chic

read your frequent/daily posts telling us your sad/bad experiences

I can only imagine what a hard, horrible few months you had to deal with :

glad things finally worked out

You are now a happy, healthy successsful sleever,

Who deserves it more?? :

a new little jasleeve coming your way!!!!

how terrific is that!!!!

with you as her mom - how could she go wrong???

much happiness and joy to you and baby girl :rolleyes:

enjoy your new healthier, happier, longer life

kathy

congrats

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Congratulations on your pregnancy and weight lost!

thank u!!!! ;)

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Congrats girlie!!!

thank you :)

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Congratulations on your new adventure!

I'm still sorry you had to endure such a rough start with your sleeve, but I'm sure happy that it is having a wonderful outcome! How exciting!

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