Surprise Pregnancy

[Vala 0]

I was diagnosed with PCOS last fall, banded in Feb. I lost weight slowly but steadily. My cycles came back after surgery and I was declared free of PCOS in June. I never had cysts but my endo said that I still had PCOS.

Well, last week I was feeling like crap, tired, cranky and my boobs really hurt. Not aunt flo either. I took the test and it came back positive. It seems that I am currently 6 weeks pregnant. Shock, that is all I can say! I really did not expect it to happen.

Talked with my doc about things. He wants me to keep what fills I have in my band and aim to not gain any weight. That will be interesting. Have any of you had luck doing that?

[oliviasmommy 0]

Congrats! I have not had pregnancy with the band yet but plan on trying after the new year

[thefitmother 0]

That is great news Vala!

I was banded in January of this year and was told yesterday that I no longer have the cysts on my ovaries and no sign at all of PCOS!

I hope to have good news on the pregnancy front soon!

Congrats again!

Bella

[crzytchr 3]

I was diagnosed with PCOS last fall, banded in Feb. I lost weight slowly but steadily. My cycles came back after surgery and I was declared free of PCOS in June. I never had cysts but my endo said that I still had PCOS.

Well, last week I was feeling like crap, tired, cranky and my boobs really hurt. Not aunt flo either. I took the test and it came back positive. It seems that I am currently 6 weeks pregnant. Shock, that is all I can say! I really did not expect it to happen.

Talked with my doc about things. He wants me to keep what fills I have in my band and aim to not gain any weight. That will be interesting. Have any of you had luck doing that?

My friend has her C-section scheduled for tomorrow. She was banded two weeks before me in July '08. She kept her entire fill the whole time. Her ob/gyn said as long as she could eat 1800 calories per day, she wouldn't have to get unfilled. She has gained I think maybe 15-20 lbs with the baby and that will all come off when she has it.

Oh, and this baby was a big surprise! She had to go on fertility drugs for her first two pregnancies, so she never dreamed she could get pregnant on her own. In fact, she has a set of twins that were 11 months old when she found out she was pregnant with this baby. Good luck!

[Jachut 487]

Not with a band, but my third pregnancy at 35 was a complete surprise too (but what a blessing!).

I was 104kg or somwhere around 220lb when I fell pregnant and I was worried about getting fatter.

My doc said that as long as I ate really WELL, the the calories werent an issue, that it was fine to diet moderately and lose body fat, just not starve my body of nutrition. A healthy, normal pregnancy only requires about 200 calories a day extra and only in the third trimester anyway, and it does not require your body to lay down fat. Especially when you've already got plenty.

You can expect to gain about 6kg at the minimum for baby, Fluid, extra blood etc, but if you're losing fat at the same time, you can negate that gain.

I managed to not gain any for the pregnancy by following weight watchers and allowing about 30 points a day. I got home from hospital 25lb lighter than I'd been when I conceived and I had a gorgeous 8lb baby girl to boot. I ate really well for that 9 months and have often since wondered why i coudlnt just do it all the time, but as usual for me, it all went way wrong during breastfeeding and over the years my eating habits got worse until I ended up deciding to be banded.

But that pregnancy was like being banded anyway. Eliza was very very high and very very breech the whole time I had the most revolting heartburn and reflux and couldnt eat more than a half a cup of food at a time before feeling stuffed - in fact I truly had better restriction than I do with a band.

when I got banded, I secretly hoped and prayed it would be like being pregnant with Eliza and for me, it actually is - without the reflux of course.

So I cant really claim to be made of sterner stuff than the next person or gloat about how easy it was not to gain weight during pregnancy becuase it was kind of a special case.

during my first 2 pregnancies I only gained the recommended 8-12 kg (20-30lb) and that disappeared by the time I left hospital so I'm also not a pregnancy gainer, my body seems to handle it well. Dont even ASK me about breastfeeding though, that's when I piled most of my excess weight on.

[Vala 0]

I am due to get a fill on the 5th of Oct. and will probably go ahead with it.

I had not lost anything with my last two fills, stayed exactly the same. I have never had any issues with the band being too tight. I can still eat plenty. That makes me think that one more fill might help keep me from getting out of control with pg weight. I really don't want to end up with gestational diabetes or any other complications related to being obese.