Ok, so what exactly is PBing? I was watching this thing on YouTube and a woman was talking about "spitting" after the lap band. Is that the same thing? I ask because I'm only 3 days post op, but after I eat (ice pops and broths mostly) I get this thing were I feel like I'm going to burp, but I don't always. Sometimes I do, sometimes it stops before it comes out. Nothing "fluid" ever come up either, it's just a strange feeling. I know it's from the band because I never got it before, but it's weird and I want to know what it is.

Hey NY ~ I think I'm doing the same thing. I was actually about to post a question asking if anyone knew, but I thought I would do it here since our symptoms are similar.

I think PB'ing is when you actually "vomit" something up, or atleast something comes up, food maybe? I think it stands for productive burp.

This thing I'm doing is so strange. It happens at no particular time. I get this feeling that I'm going to burp or hiccup maybe, and then I feel pressure coming up in my throat, but I don't burp or hiccup, it's just this strange feeling. Like you, I didn't start doing this until after the band, actually just in the past few days, I was banded last week.

Does anyone have any idea??

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What the two of you are feeling might be residual air from your surgery. They pumped you full of air during surgery and it could be feeling like it wants to come up.

Usually PBing doesn't happen until after your first or second fill. It is very distinctive, it feels like you've eaten something that is too big and won't go down, your mouth waters like you are going to throw up, sometimes you do and sometimes you wait it out.

I have been told that the PB stands for "Productive Burp". So far I've never PB'd but I do burp way more than I used to prior to the band. I've only just had my first fill a couple of weeks ago and that has not seemed to make an impact on my hunger or volume of food I can eat.

Good luck to you!

OMG, the most embarassing thing just happened to me at the store. I went food shopping for the next stage with my father this morning and while walking down an aisle I got that same feeling again like something was gonna come up, I let out this huge burp which was so loud and

un-ladylike. Three people in the aisle turned around to see who it came from. I whispered sorry, grabbed my mouth in one hand and my stomach in the other and quickly waddled away. It was so embarassing, but I couldn't stop it. Please tell me that will eventually go away.