According to my paperwork, I can start full liquids tomorrow. One thing from the hospital said you should pass the gas before starting full liquids as opposed to clear liquids. Does that mean I have to be not bloated? Also how long will I look several months pregnant?

It took me at least one week for most of the bloating and gas to go away and another week to be completely down. I was sooo happy after the two weeks and I didn't look pregnant anymore, but that's about the time that the restriction left too!!!

I was too fat to look pregnant

I am almost two weeks - most of my bloating has gone away - and I agree, so is most of the restiriction - I am starting to get pretty hungry! I have been on full liquids for about a week and am on pureed food right now.

I looked sooo pregnant!!! Now I just look fat again. Down 9 pounds though!!!

It took me about five days to go from looking six and a half months pregnant to looking about five months pregnant. It was about two weeeks before I was back to my normal amount of fat and not looking pregnant.

I wanted to slap my husband who kept telling me....your not that swollen. You don't look that swollen to me...

All I could say was, How fat do you think I am....I look like I could give birth any moment!!!! LOL Well, after the first week, he said, oh wow, I guess you were swollen and bloated.

Ya think???!!!! LOL

It will go away!!!!

I agree that it took about the two week mark before I felt less bloated.

Tho I will say that I was REALLY bloated up from all the liquids from the IV in the hospital and I felt sloshy. That came down about the 3-4 day mark. Then the gas....OH the gas.....yeah, that took time to work out.

I'm still VERY gassy and wondering if this is going to just be a "thing" with being banded. Not as bloated, just seem to always need to break wind. Nice hunh? And here I was hoping that losing some lbs would help attract the men....hey boys, don't you want a gassy girl??!?!?!

I hear you on the bloated pregnancy look!! As there were no regular surgical rooms available at the hospital where I had my surgery, I was put on the maternity floor. As I was walking around the halls with my swollen tummy and pushing my IV pole, a man smiled at me and said "congratulations". I just smiled and said thanks! I am sure he wondered why I started laughing!! LOL