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Worried about Gastric sleeve with a 12 month old baby?

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elaina831    28

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My surgery date is set for March 28th. I'm really nervous about taking care of my 12 month old son afterwards.he weighs 26 lbs. (Yikes)!has anyone been thru this or have any knowledge of any problems I might face?I guess I just need some reassurance or some guidelines.

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KristyVSG    8

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I have a 13 month old baby.. i just had surgery on the 16th.. its really hard. You need someone to stay with you and help with your child. You will not be able to carry them. Remember take care of yourself because even if you feel okay your insides are not. Trust me my son cried and called out to me and i went to grab him and hurt myself.. I understand a mothers love but please take care.. good luck :)

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taramarie523    116

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I'm so nervous about this too! I have a 6 yrs old a 2 1/2yr old and an 18month old. The 18 month old is still in a crib needing to be picked up etc. they also love to jump on me. It's a concern. I have csection and probably lifted way to soon also.

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jhbeck    29

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You will not be able to lift 20+ pounds for 4 weeks. Not to change a diaper. Or put the baby in the crib. Or the car seat. Or in the shopping cart. Talk to your surgeon so you really understand the risks of ignoring the weight restrictions.

I started the process with a 2 year old. And due to the lifting restrictions I ended up waiting a year. That turned into 18 months because my insurance requirements changed. But for me, it was smarter than giving myself a hernia and an extra trip to the OR.

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choicemun    111

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I am too worried about this I have 10yr old, 8yr, 4yr and a 9month old so is going to be crazy. On top of that my husband works out of town even though he is taking 6weeks off my 9month old is way too attached to me so is going to be interesting.

Good luck to you all. 8 more days [emoji85][emoji85]

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taramarie523    116

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I had originally started the process 2 years ago. I was all approved by insurance and then found out I was pregnant (total surprise unplanned) so obviously I had to hold off. My approval was good until right after I had the baby but I didn't want to

Rush another surgery fresh out of pregnancy with a newborn. So my approval expired and my insurance has since changed. I went back to the same surgeon I was approved for last time I did my NUT and psych eval and now I find out my insurance doesn't cover this particular surgeon. So now I go this week to a seminar with a new group that's covered under my plan and now hopefully I can get this going with out any more set back. My husband will be taking some time off to help with the kids and my mom as well. I just have to make myself used to getting help and not

Over doing it with the kids until I'm fully healed.

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Sharon1964    2,530

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Start getting the young ones used to it now. Say something like "mommy has an owie tummy" when they want to jump or climb on you.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

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