Fertility after VSG

July 18, 20179 yr

I had struggled with falling pregnant for around 4 years did anyone's fertility improve after surgery did you fall pregnant when you couldn't before?

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July 18, 20179 yr

i was menopausal. Not a concern or issue for me. Thank God. The morning sickness would have really been even more awful after the sleeve. It felt like morning sickness for two years all day long. Lol

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July 18, 20179 yr

I have known of ladies though that after losing a lot of weight got pregnant very easily

One lady got pregnant immediately after being on Opti fast and losing over 80 lbs. I do believe that losing weight helps with fertility and especially after being on a protein shake fast. I wouldn't think it'd be advisable to get pregnant within the first year after the sleeve. But that should be a question for your doctor to answer.

I would think that if someone had the gastric bi pass surgery that the baby might not get the proper nutrition or probably the mother would suffer with malnutrition most likely.

Again follow your doctors advice

I am glad i did this after i had all my children. I wouldn't have wanted to risk this ...getting pregnant after surgery.

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July 18, 20179 yr

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I have known of ladies though that after losing a lot of weight got pregnant very easily
One lady got pregnant immediately after being on Opti fast and losing over 80 lbs. I do believe that losing weight helps with fertility and especially after being on a protein shake fast. I wouldn't think it'd be advisable to get pregnant within the first year after the sleeve. But that should be a question for your doctor to answer.
I would think that if someone had the gastric bi pass surgery that the baby might not get the proper nutrition or probably the mother would suffer with malnutrition most likely.
Again follow your doctors advice
I am glad i did this after i had all my children. I wouldn't have wanted to risk this ...getting pregnant after surgery.

Thanks
I'm aware that I shouldn't get pregnant during the first year as my spealist advised me I was just wondering because I'm curious to see how people went about it and what there outcome was if it made a difference etc

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July 18, 20179 yr

There is an entire forum on here about pregnancy and vsg.

https://www.bariatricpal.com/forum/427-pregnancy-with-gastric-sleeve-surgery/

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July 19, 20179 yr

I struggled with infertility in my 30's - I lost weight and started ovulating again and was able to get pregnant. That was long before my vsg surgery , but I wanted to encourage you. Being overweight can cause polycystic ovaries and losing weight can resolve that issue.
In my case I only had to lose 20 pounds to get my ovaries working again! I now have 4 beautiful kids!
Good luck!

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Hw 223, SW 217 CW 200 GW 135

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July 21, 20179 yr

The form I signed before getting sleeved yesterday had on it to be aware that fertility can be very high after sleeving. And the nurse said she had 4 patients recently who got pregnant without trying.

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July 21, 20179 yr

14 hours ago, GotProlactinoma said:

The form I signed before getting sleeved yesterday had on it to be aware that fertility can be very high after sleeving. And the nurse said she had 4 patients recently who got pregnant without trying.

Yep... lots of surprise babies. My surgeon recommends switching to a barrier method like IUD until your weight is stable.

I have an IUD but I'm so anxious about getting pregnant I'm trying to convince my husband to get a vasectomy lol. (Not planning to have kids.) So far he's a no go. :lol: Hopefully the IUD does the job!