band might have expanded due to morning sickness now what???

shilohsmom · January 22, 2009

got a lap band, then got pregnant 9 months later, during pregnancy I had awful mornign sickness for 4 months and I tossed my Cookies every day all day, I could hear the band and my stomach felt like it was being wrung out like a wash cloth then poof, I was starving and could eat or drink more than I should have been able to... I did not get the lap band liquid taken out when I got pregnant at my surgeon and obgyns reccomendations ( so I wouldn't gain too much) but now I can eat too much and I'm hungry. I had been reluctant to get another adjustment after he was born because I am breastfeeding but now that he's 3 months I think the breastfeeding has been established enough that I can hopefully continue even after I tighten my band again. the problem is, I am not sure a fill will help since I never got the liquid out in the first place. is it possible during all the morning sickness my band slipped or stomach stretched? during my pregnancy my port was all over the place and we could see it protruding always in a different spot. I am just wondering if it is messed up or hopefully It can all be fixed with a fill.

next baby I will certainly be taking the liquid out as soon as I get pregnant!

eejaydiva · January 22, 2009

Much as I hate to be the bearer of bad news, I think you definitely have at least 1 big problem with your band. If you had constant morning sickness for 4 months, I am amazed your band doc did not give you an unfill. Constant vomiting is the leading cause of band slippages and I think you better get some immediate medical advice on why it suddenly seems you have no restriction. I wouldn't be surprised if he had to give you an Xray or Upper GI scan to check the status of your port and band's placement.

Was your band doc aware of your vomiting? I am just struggling to see how a band doc would allow you to have such a great chance for a band slippage...:biggrin:

Good luck and keep me posted.

HeatherO · January 24, 2009

Well, you will never know unless you go in and get checked out. You probably would want them to do a fill under fluoro to at least check things out. Sometimes pregnancy does affect the restriction in the band and most people are tighter, some are looser and many fluctuate in between.

Did you lose any weight during your pregnancy? Sometimes weight lost leads to some fat lost around the stomach and a looser band.