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My sister just found out she's pregnant .... HELP!!!!

Ok so my sister was just banded dec 5, 08 and she just found out yesterday that she's 2 months prego meaning that she conceived literally right after surgery. (I know what a dumb dumb) She hasn't told her doctor yet mainly because of fear and I told i don't know how this will affect her baby. So... basically I wanna know just how much trouble she's in. Thank you in advance!

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Deep breath.

She's not necessarily "in trouble". You can nourish a healthy baby with a lapband in place, plenty of people have done so. There's forums here dedicated to exactly that.

She wont be able to really start her journey until after her bub is born, that's the main issue. You can indeed lose body fat and still have a healthy baby, I've done so myself (but without a band) so she neednt be too distressed by that factor either - jsut eating well, exercising moderately and practicing good band behaviour for later will help her. She probably wont have her band filled with any saline until her baby is born.

There's nothing to panic about. Early on in the pregnancy you dont need any extra calories, in fact most people only need about 250 extra in the third trimester, eating for two is a bit of a myth. And with an unfilled band, she probably wont have much trouble eating what she needs to.

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Thank you Jachut!! I was really worried for her just because I know the doctor's stress not to get pregnant for at least the 1st year. I'll let her know what you said.:)

I don't think she will have any problems either. She will just need to put her initial weight loss on hold somewhat and might have to forgo initial fills.

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