Getting band April09 but TTC Aug/Sept09???

TeganRheana · February 21, 2008

Hey there, well I have an appointment with the specialist in April to discuss when I will be getting the band. Looks like it will be April next year ('09) which really can't come fast enough for me - If I could have it done tomorrow - I would!!! Anywayz, problem is - we were going to start TTC around August/Sept next year ('09) which now I am not so sure is a good idea...thinking it may be better for me to wait until April ('10) to start TTC as it would have been a year with the band in....I am really unsure about what I should do - of course the health of myself and my baby is no#1 so just wanted to know what you all thought - would you wait that extra 8 months or would you start TTC when you originally planned to??? Also, who has become pregnant soon after getting the band in and had a non-complicated-healthy pregnancy, and how soon was it that you became pregnant??? Also - did you need an unfill and if so - what did this involve doing?? Thanks!!!!

Zannie · March 20, 2008

Choose one or the other. Why get banded when PLANNING to get PG? You will have it in place, but not get any of the benefits of the band because they just unfill you anyhow so your baby can thrive. So don't PLAN to do both at the same time.

I was at exactly your point in Aug‘04 when I said to my DH that I needed to DO something -- either get cracking on TTC #2 (infertility treatments req. for #1, so i did not presume #2 would be easy), or get rolling with the Band. He picked TTC. Fine by me. :Dancing_shocked:

Talk to your doc, to a nutritionist -- they will tell you NOT to get PG so soon after the Band. You just waste your time, and risk stunting your progress in terms of the band. You'll just have gotten into a grove with the weight loss only to need an unfill & halt the whole thing. It is not recommend getting PG until 2 years post-op, which is when your weight loss really ends. Sure, there are people who get PG before then anyway, but many of those are accidental pregnancies because with weight loss, your fertility can change (my problems with PCOS appear resolved, for example). Why PLAN for it?!? Make up your mind & stick to your choice.

Better to get behind one or the other thing and give it your all. IMHO :thumbup:

[i say [i]screw Aug'09[/i] -- get PG sooner rather than later, and get banded when the baby is about 6-months old! That still gives you plenty of time to plan the banding & one less thing to stress about during pregnancy. And by 6-mo, you've got the Mommy thing as down as it's gonna get in those 1st 2 baby years! :Dancing_tongue: Unless you'll be nursing -- then get banded the month Baby turns one! Don't ya love how I've got your whole life planned out for ya! :success1:]

mel_25 · March 20, 2008

I had the same concerns as you about pregnancy and the band. I really want to get pregnant, and I've had my band for 2 months so we're not ttc right now, but we will eventually. I've asked lots of questions about this one, and my dr. told me I could get pregnant as soon as I want. Everything I've read says wait at least a year, but my dr. says that getting pregnant sooner won't hurt anything. However, he did say its generally easier to lose weight that first year, just because people usually have more motivation and are in the weight loss mode mentally. But he told me over and over that the pregnancy decision was a personal one, so I could do it with in the first year if I want to. I was kind of surprised by that, but I'm just trying hard to lose weight now, and probably start ttc between sept and Jan 09 ( I was banded Jan 08). I figure I'll just see how my weight loss goes and play it by ear for the the whole preggo thing. But I was happy that my dr. said it was totally up to me as to when I want to be pregnant again.