Since getting banded, I burp a WHOLE lot. Before banding I pretty much never did. Now pretty much after ever meal I burp. Real big ones. Very unlike me. It feels like they are coming from deep within my stomach. It's like after the last of the food makes it through the band that a massive amount of air escapes or something.

I have had zero complications with the band other than that... I'm not terribly restricted though since I'm losing weight still like this. I will be very happy to keep this as my only complication though... =) It's just... interesting.

Can someone please move this post to pre-op, post-op questions? I posted this in the wrong place somehow...

Actually, before the band I used to burp ALL the time it really got on my husbands nerves....Now, I rarely ever burp.

I'am glad to have found these remarks!! I hiccup more than burp, sometimes it feels good then other times it is very uncomfortable. This just started after my first fill last month.

When I get the hiccups lately theyre really strong...so strong they hurt...and they usually last for a few minutes...i'm hurting by the time I get done. I'd rather burp than that crap.

Oh hell yes! I'm a burping machine these days (3+ weeks post surgery). Relieving the pressure feels good, impresses my husband, and since I've been working from home a lot lately, doesn't embarrass me in front of my co-workers. :wink2: Certainly glad to know I'm not the only one, tho - I was getting concerned. :thumbdown:

I don't burp but I always do have the ridiculously loud hiccups. My poor cats sometimes jump a foot when I start up with those things.

I burp constantly! Or at least it feels like it! I burp after eating or drinking.

I used to burp quite a bit anyway, but they are very quiet burps (lady like ones someone said.) But I definitely notice it.

One reason I got the band instead of gastric bypass is because I know people with the bypass and it causes them to fart a lot more-- and horrible farting! I would much rather have burping than farting! :bolt:

No Doubt I'm with you. I just burp lol:lol:

Its funny now when I start hiccuping people ask me what I ate..

Initially post op I had the feeling of a burp coming up but it never really burped. Now I have burps and hiccups during and after every meal. And I agree I think it feels like it does it when the food passes through. Kinda like a corked bottle of wine.

I do burp more since being banded (7-30-2008). But it's a good burp! When I burp while eating and it usually means I had enough and I should stop eating! I am learning to listen to that burp and stop!

I have problems the minute I lie down for bed. I've been trying to stop all eating/drinking at least 2 hours before bedtime but that hasn't completely rid me of the long, constants belches...more than burping. Does anyone have this problem with Nightime burping? I know my band is rather tight, too. Please share your experiences.

Try to sleep a little more upright for a while. Also try chewing on some papaya enzyme before bed. Gas X may work as well.

Not eating 2 at least two hours before bed should do it. If I eat anything close to bed time, I burp it up and then I have o jump up and run to the bathroom. Same thing happens if I recline and eat. I have to completely sit up.

I was burping alot but after a fill that stopped.

I tell my husband it feels like they come from my knees. And they are l...o...n...g !

Im right here with you, its almost comical, I feel like im pulling out air from my toes...........lol:lol:

I have been burping non stop for the last couple of months. It started after a fill so I went and had an unfill. I continued to burp so I went back for another unfill but was advised that it was me that was making myself burp (never had this problem before banding) and since I had gained 4 pounds since the unfill, I should get the fill put back in. So I got a fill and I still burp. My husband says I sound like a bull frog! I am fortunate that the burping doesn't happen at night, it starts from the moment I awake. It happens when I drink, when I eat and sometimes it burns. Sometimes I feel like I am gulping air and that is why I am burping, at other times I have no idea why it is happening. It gets exhausting! I am concerned there may be something wrong but my doctor doesn't think so. I have started taking nexium but so far it hasn't done much good (not very consistent with taking it though) Does this ever go away? Can burping and feeling a burning sensation harm the esophagus over time?? HELP! Thanks!