Has anyone breastfed in the process of getting the band? my daughter is 10 months old and a great eater, so its not imparative that I continue but I would like to finish the last 2 months out like the American Academy of Peds suggests..

Heres my issue.. for the 2 week pre-op diet I was allowed to be on a diet of regular foods, low carb 1600 cal. becuase all the breast feeding studies say not to drop below that. then today (3 days before my surgery) my Nutritionist said she wants me to do liquids for 2 days before (I know nice warning!) I know its susposed to be low-carb but the low carb liquid diet I have has only 800 cal. you can see my delimma.. does anyone know how much Protein we can ingest in a day? because I am gonna have to have protein if I cant have carbs.

any suggestions for good liquid cals?

second.. I have to do clear liquid for 4 days after and I got Isopure and boost breeze for that but even if I drink 4 boosts, and 1 isopure with 40g protien I am still only at 1000-1200... ahhhhh

I am stressed out!! I cant wait to be 5 days post-op! and hopefully my milk supply wont dry up by then!!

(ps I have pumped a small storage of milk for the 24 hrs post op.. have to pump and dump 24hrs after.. the anesth says 72 hrs.. but I know he is just being very conservative)

Armywife, same here. Can't do dairy. I never even thought about that when reading about the shakes and what not.

Lots to think about. Just absorbing all this info right now.

i was just banded a wk ago. my lactation consultant said it was fine to nurse him that night which i did. i didnt take the hydrocodone b/c of nursing but instead took tylenol which was fine. my son is 12 months old and 21 lbs. i lifted him about 5 days after surgery and have been fine (although i have my husband do most of the lifting). good luck!

Hydrocodone, aka Vicodin, is fine to take while nursing, FYI.

im bumping this back up. i found the board by googling for lapband and breastfeeding. im at the beginning of the process, and nursing my 15 month old.

i do have 2 problems though, and yes, i'll discuss these when i go back to the doc :cursing: im at the lose weight to shrink your liver phase right now

anyway, my son is allergic to dairy, so we're both dairy free, and i cant to artificial sweeteners (aspartame, splenda, etc) they give me migrains and make me nauseus.

any good options that can accomodate those 2 things?

im going to answer my own questions since i just had my 2 week pre-op appointment. i dont have to do only Clear liquids pre-op, just a 5 day liquid diet pre-op, the 2 weeks of liquids (starting clear and working up) post op.

anyway, im going to pretty much be making smoothies using soy milk, frozen fruit, hemp protien powder, and im either going to get some veggie powder or add or put veggies into the smoothies too.

i nursed my then 12 month old every 2-3 hrs ALL DAY and ALL NIGHT at that stage in the game. on my liquid phase i drank the bullets (found at GNC but i'm not sure if they have/had whey Protein in them). i also made a lot of just fruit smoothies with fruit juice/ice/fruit (you can sprinkle Protein Powder too).

i just weaned my son a wk ago (at 19 months) and i had my lapband surgery august 18th. i did fine nursing and complying with the new way we have to eat! good luck!!!!

Hi all! I know it's been a few months since anyone has posted in this forum, but I just wanted to say I'm glad I found it! I'm being banded on August 17th and I'm exclusively nursing a 7 month old. I have had a lot of concerns about the pre and post op diets, but I really don't want to put the surgery off. Anyway, this forum has given me a lot of ideas about what to talk about with the nutritionist at my nutrition class coming up this Monday. Thanks! :bored: