Hello everyone, I had my gastric bypass surgery in March and I just found out I'm pregnant last week. This is my first pregnancy so I am extremely nervous, excited and happy. My first question is about prenatal Vitamins. My ob/gyn prescribed prenatals for me, but I'm I supposed to take them in addition to my bariatric vitamins? I'm concerned especially with the Iron, since too much iron can be harmful to the fetus. I haven't had a Protein shake in month, because I can eat meat with no problems now. Should I start drinking them again, since the whole eating for two thing is impossible for me? Is there anything else that I should be doing as a post-bypass patient that is different than normal pregnant women? I still haven't had a chance to talk to my bariatric doc yet. I don't have an appointment till next February, but I did call to let them know...I'm waiting for a call back. Any advise would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

I recommend that you work with your nutricianist from your surgeons office. For the health of the child, losing weight during pregnancy is not desirable, because it deprives the little one from important nutrients and Vitamins. Generally weight gain at full term is O.K. if it is obtained from nutritious food such as foods with a high content of Protein and vitamins.

How many calories are you eating and what are your macros? You should not need to take both the prenatal and bariatric vitamins but compare the labels. Both my prenatal and bariatric vitamins have 800 mcg of folate, which is key early in pregnancy. You may need to up calcium depending on how much you are taking now and add a EFAs if you haven't already. My OB program had me add an extra 300 calories a day but I was already at 1300 cals. Congratulations momma!

I can eat anything already just in small child size amounts, bit I have no idea what my calorie intake is. I'm not worried about gaining weight either the surgery was more so that I could improve my health and get off insulin. But I haven't gained anything yet. That's not to say I didn't need to lose weight I w as morbidly obese, and have lost 100lbs so far(yay!) it just wasn't my main concern. I'm taking all of my bariatric vitamins except the multi-vitamin. I kind of replaced it with the prescription prenatals. Is that right or should I take both? I'm still waiting for a call back from my bariatric Doc. Hope I hear something today. Thanks for responding.

Just talked to my bariatric Doc, She just wants me to drop the Iron and Multi-vitamin, and she moved my appointment up. Thanks again her the quick responses, I feel a little less stressed.