hi everyone. i'm new here. my husband and i are both considering the surgery. he has already started his pre-op testing and doesn't have a surgery date yet but hopefully soon. as far as me, i'm really torn.

we want to get pregnant and i'm at the point where if i were to get pregnant at my current weight i could be at risk for gestational diabetes as well as other things. besides my weight i'm pretty healthy, normal blood pressure and sugar.

my question is this? should i keep trying to lose this weight on my own while trying to get pregnant, or wait the 1 year post op to have our family. we really don't want to wait but not sure what we should do.

any thoughts?:confused2:

I got the Lapband on April 10, 2008 and my husband had gastric bypass on April 21, 2008. I joined LA Weightloss back in November 2007 to lose my required weight pre surgery (which was only 13 pounds) and dropped 55 pounds before my surgery. I would look into that being you want to get pregnant. It really works! I still went with my band to use as a tool to help get the rest off and to keep it off. You can do it by eating the right foods and exercising! Then after having kids you can consider it. Good luck! Take care.

-Dawn (Minnesota):crying: