Hello all, I am new to this app, I am 3 months into my 3 months nutritional visits before getting my surgery and I just found out I am 4 1/2 months pregnant, my period was very irregular I didn't have it since November of 2013 so that's why I didn't think I'll be pregnant. Now I have to put my surgery on hold. I'm just curious, will I have to start over again? I'm from New York City and I was going to do my surgery in montefiore hospital in the bronx. I am kind of happy I'm pregnant and the surgery will always be there for me to do but I really wanted this and get healthy. Thanks for everyone's support

First, I would see if your hospital has a bariatric coordinator and ask if it could be scheduled after you have the baby. If not, call your insurance company. If you are going with insurance, do they require a "Center of Excellence" hospital?

Best wishes for your family and the bambino!

Congratulations on getting pregnant! I don't know the answer, but wanted to give you a hug and to tell you that everything works itself out in time. If you want the surgery down the road, it will happen...even if you have to qualify all over again.

-Raine

I had my surgery when my son was 4 months old. I was worried that insurance or my surgeon would deny me because it was so soon, but they didn't. I would recommend lots of help though if you decide to pursue this soon after your baby is born. It's been tough but do-able and so worth it! I was lucky though- my son is little so the lifting isn't bad and I healed pretty quick from surgery. Good luck to you and congratulations!!

I think the visits have to be within 12 months.

Congrats and I think that you should def get with your surgery center and come up with a plan for after the birth. That way everything is all mapped out for you and you can pick back up with it as soon as possible after the baby comes.

Edit: I noticed that you are near the end of your diet visits. Maybe what you can do is finish out your required visits so that you can go for approval. As an example: I finished my visits/requirements in February and was just approved for the second time (moved to a new city). So for me it's been 5 months already since I was in the supervised diet stage and my approval is good for surgery through October.

Edited July 22, 201412 yr by woo woo

I just want to thank you all for taking the time and replying back to me I do have my last appointment on July 25th , I'm going to still go and let them know what's going on. Hopefully they tell me I can do it after the baby is born