I am considering getting the sleeve and have made my intial consultation appointment for 06/09. I just got married and was wanting to have children (or at least start trying) within the next year but I didnt want to be at this weight during pregnancy. I was told by my friend, who also had sleeve, that you had to wait at least one year after surgery to get pregnant. Does anyone have any suggestions or advice of whether I should try to have children before or after the surgery? Any personal experiences?

Thanks

I have pcos and I was and still am waiting to have the sleeve done. I was over weight when I had my son I got up to 30 weeks before I got Gestational Diabetes. If I could have waited I would have. But now that I have my little man here I won't do it any other way. Again if you were my friend I would tell you WAIT!!! but if the call to be a mother ti calling. It's your call.

I have pcos and I was and still am waiting to have the sleeve done. I was over weight when I had my son I got up to 30 weeks before I got Gestational Diabetes. If I could have waited I would have. But now that I have my little man here I won't do it any other way. Again if you were my friend I would tell you WAIT!!! but if the call to be a mother ti calling. It's your call.

Thanks for the reply! I dont mind waiting, I just dont want to wait that long. I will be 31 in september and wanted to have children before the age of 32 or 33. I know this gives me time to do this if everything runs smoothly. Whats funny is that I am actually a labor and delivery nurse so I know all the complications that come with being overweight and pregnant, Im just trying to figure out what the best plan of action is......thank you again for your advice it helps

I'm not 100% sure of the answer, But I've read plenty of stories online regarding other woman who went through with the sleeve then 3-7months (some earlier) later got pregnant and did just fine, other then having to see a nutritionist and really paying attention to their bodies during the pregnancy.

I have a friend who had gastric a few years back, 4 months in she got pregnant. She obviously didn't lose a lot of weight or nearly as much as she would have after the surgery due to the pregnancy, but that's the risk she took and her choice.

For me, I'm pretty much in the same boat I have a daughter from a previous pregnancy who will be 5 this November and needless to say I feel as though time is running out to have another one. I really didn't want to have two kid's so far apart in age but it's the hand I was given. So weather were suppose to or not I'm giving myself 6 months past my surgery date which is September 8th till we try again, I look at it like this I'd rather lose 60lbs and become pregnant then gain the 60lbs on top of where I am now.

My youngest daughter, now 5, is a lap band baby. I got pregnant with her 6 months after having the band done. I am a revision and LOVE the sleeve. I can't give any opinion about pregnancy with the sleeve but with the band I can say I did not have any issues. I ate nutritious food, took liquid Vitamins (EXPENSIVE) and did everything the OB Dr said and had a healthy 8.8 lb baby girl. I will also say that although age is a factor that needs to be considered, I was 33 for my first daughter and 43 for my second. There is a great advantage to being an older mom and with my very energetic 5 year old, I am so thankful to be thinner and able to keep up with her. My advice for whatever it is worth to ya.....get the sleeve, wait until you are down to goal and then get pregnant. You will be healthier for pregnancy, able to be more active with your baby and be like me....kick ass right along side all those younger moms

My insurance makes you sign a contract and you have to have a reliable contraception method, like IUD, shot, or have long term successful history with the pill. You have to commit to 2 or 3 years... I can't remember which cause you also sign a contract for plastic surgery and that's for either 2 or 3 years.

I'm pre-op still and have not sent in my papers to the insurance yet, But I read through their policy and was given the paper work by the surgeon of things I need to get done, Not anywhere do I have to agree/sign to anything like that. But all insurances are different.

I mean there is a reason they are making me do that. Probably safety... Probably to achieve full success prior to potentially messing up an extremely expensive surgery that my insurance is willing to pay for.

I mean I am almost 30. I want kids. But I wouldn't want to risk the success I could have with the surgery by waiting a couple years. Wouldn't you want to see everything you can be? Instead of stalling or possibly even reversing the potential of being what you dreamed of?

I hear soooo many stories about women becoming bigger then what they were when they started. A lot of people mentioned becoming pregnant.

I am not dissing anyone's choices but if your not 100% committed to seeing the full out come of the surgery... And waiting the two years it could take to see where your skin is at or your final weight, if your not 100% invested... Why do it?

There are several complication risks to having babies while being larger. There are complications and risks post Bariatric surgery... But much LESS research and stats exist for post Bariatric pregnancy. If having a baby in the next year or two was a priority I would do it before surgery.

With that being said, think about the folks who say their personalities and lives have changed so significantly that they might not have wanted post surgery what they initially want pre surgery. You could change your mind... I mean I don't know any of you, but you could. I anticipate myself to be completely different.

But I feel like a lot if us will do anything to be healthy and who are we kidding... To be skinny and why risk that dream for something that could just as easily wait and additional year or two?