I'm new here. I just made the decision to go for it with the lap band. I'm a 31 year old mom of 8 month old twin girls. I've always struggled with my weight, but after a 3 year battle with infertility and now finally having my gorgeous little girls, I'm ready to DO something about my weight. I want to be around for a long long time with them, and I have got to get my weight under control.

I've dieted for years, and it's never worked, so I'm hoping the lap band is the solution for me! I have my first informational meeting on 11/20, and hope to be able to get insurance to cover the procedure.

Welcome! And congrats on your decision to have the lapband. I have struggled with infertility for about 3 years too and the whole time knew I needed to be working on my weight while we were pursuing infertility treatments. It started to come down to us doing IVF and I personally wasn't ready to do that, especially at my heaviest weight I had ever been. So we decided to put the babies on hold and concentrate on this...I was banded Sept 18th of this year. I had to do a 6 month supervised diet also. So between my band and my previous diet, I have lost 50 lbs! I can already tell my cycles have regulated and I am hoping we are able to get pregnant on our own when we are ready to try again.

Anyway, good luck to you on your journey!! It is the best thing I have done thus far! Take care!!

I had my lapband 6 weeks after having a c-section with my first son... i actually had no problems getting preggo... got preggo the 1st month trying... but i did use a fertility monitor thinking it might take a while due to my weight and thyroid... congrats to you! I love my lapband and you owe it to your lil ones to be thin and full of energy! My lil man is now 5 months and i cant wait to be the thin active mom i should be! My sleep apnea is killing me and i cant wait for it to be gone!!! Im down 30 pnds since my surgery and 55 since i had my baby May 29th!! Good Luck!!:w00t: