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How do i get back on track with my lapband now that i have a baby.....

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msheavensent    1

msheavensent
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Ok everyone it's been a long while since i have been on here and that's because i had a baby now 10 months ago, it was only 4 months after my band which was my first surgery that i ended up pregnant my baby is a blessing but now trying to do all the things i was doing before the baby like exercising, preparing my foods and eating right has went out of the door my band doctor said i need to have all the saline taken out to eat enough for the baby and me while i was pregnant, which after that i heard some woman didn't have to have that done so i don't know.... but it just seems like i can't get back on track i lost all my pregnancy weight so i was back where i left off but i just can't seem to eat correct or exercise like i was when i had more then enough time before my baby......Also it seems like i can't get to my proper fill without throwing up either cause i'm eating the wrong foods, not chewing enough, or just i'm too tight ! SO can someone please give me some advice ! I know my problems but i just can't seem to correct them HELP ME PLEASE !!!!:unsure::confused::thumbup::confused::lol:

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becca77    0

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msheavensent i'm right where you are. I just had my li'l girl on April 5th and now I'm starting over. It is really hard but I keep coming to these boards for support and I pretty much pretend like I'm newly banded. I have to remind myself of all the band rules again. I am getting another fill on Thursday and I think I am really close to my sweet spot again. Being on maternity leave makes it harder because I am at home and think about food all the time. I am trying hard to excercise more and drink lots of Water.< /p>

Good luck.

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Hey ! you and I have the same story. I was banded on July 10, 2006. Had a baby surprise and delivered my handsome and awesome son on June 24th 2007. He just turned 11 months old! Anyways. when i found out that i was pregnant i did not want to get all my Fluid out of the band. i gained a lot of weight with my other two children. But, i did have to have some removed because i was too tight. When my baby was 6 weeks old i went back to be filled. started working out more (kept working out during my pregnancy) * also, before i was pregnant i think i lost 25 pds with the band. anyways, i have lost 60 pds since i went in for my fill. (i've had two fills since Evan's been born) now, i weigh less than i before i had my first child. Actually, i havent been this small in about 10 years. (im 5'4 started out at 221 and am now 161) i still have a way to go. i know that i do NOT need another fill, i think i might actually be too tight, but i don't want to take any out.

i don't know if this has helped you (i type kinda spastic!) but i just wanted to tell you to hang in there. get another fill if you don't think your at the right spot and start working out again! you'll get there! good luck!! if i can give you any more info or help just let me know!!:)

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msheavensent    1

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:thumbs_up:Thanks so much to both of you, yes i just need to jump back into it and stop making excuses (cause that's what they are) it's just that i don't live alone like i did when i first initially got the band so it made it easier to cook for only me now i have a family, my boyfriend and our baby.... but i can't get to my right filling spot, I hate throwing up:ohmy: but people are still telling me i'm losing weight i don't know how but i can kinda tell in my clothes,:sad: i think i'm losing inches if anything nothing else. However I do need to start exercising again, i don't at all but working a full time job and a baby full time where do i find the time:confused:.... Again thanks for the advice and it really does help to come on here and know i'm not the only one going through this... i went by the book when i first had my band cause like i said it was my first surgery but when i got unfil during my pregnancy that all went out the window.....:eek: lcain25 Thanks so much and Congrats on the baby and your weight lost, and becca77 hang in there i'm pulling for you and wish u luck like me !

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