I am getting banded for multiple medical reasons, the least important being infertility. However, my doc is fairly sure that once I shed the extra pounds, viola, baby on board.

Now I know the literature recommends 2 years inbetween being banded and being pregnant; So aside from that, is there anyone here that has been pregnant after banded? How long were you banded and how did the pregnancy go?:crying:

Do they just unfill your band so that you can eat 'normally'? Can you even eat 'normal' with the band there, even unfilled?

Those are great questions! There is a whole thread about pregnancy with the lap band. Check it out, I found so much great info. From what I read you usually do end up getting at least a partial unfill during the pregnancy. I find eating with my band is pretty normal, it all depends on how tight you keep your band, and how well you chew. Good Luck!

Thank you! I will have to search a little harder to find it.

My friend had a surprise pregnancy 7 months after being banded. She thought she could only get pregnant with fertility drugs, since that's what she had to do for her first two pregnancies. She found out all she had to do was lose some weight and she was no longer infertile. She hasn't had an unfill yet but she was told as soon as she can no longer consume 1800 calories per day she has to get a partial unfill.