Hi lady’s,

I am 3 years post op of Gastric Banding and I’m hoping to get pregnant in the coming year or so.

My questions are, I am concerned about the port positioning on my stomach. It is based only about 5cms from my belly button (positioning: to my left side and up). I have experienced pains before and torn a stitch or 2 over the years from to heavy exercise I do and I’m concerned the positioning of my port will course me, even more, grief down the line when I go to fall pregnant.

I’d love to get some feedback from others as I’m considering getting either the lap band removed altogether or maybe re-positioning the port to a safer location.

Hi there. I had my daughter 5.5 years ago with a 5 year old band. I had no issues with my port at all.