Another MGB baby on the way!

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Hi y'all..I wanted to let you all know that in

about 7 months there will hopefully be another healthy

post-MGB baby among us. I am about 10 weeks pregnant,

and so far everything is looking very good...my dr.

did an early ultrasound and I heard the heartbeat this

week, so it is finally starting to seem real.

I got pregnant at about 8 months post-op, unplanned

(wanted another but had planned to wait a year as Dr.

R. suggests) but my OBGYN does not feel that the

surgery poses any greater risks at all. My weight loss

had slowed and I was losing less than 5 pounds a month

(I have gone from 267 on 9-14-00 to 155 today ...

woohoo!!!). Overall, she thinks I will have a much

healthier pregnancy because of the weight loss from

the MGB, compared to the last time around (I have a

son who turned 2 the day I had my surgery).

Statistically, I am at more risk because of my, ahem,

advanced age (I turned 38 in May).

Although I would have preferred to wait a few

months, I am happy to be doing this now, because I am

pretty darn sure I am going to need some plastic

surgery, and I wanted to wait until I was done with

childbearing so as not to stretch everything back out

again. I am going to be one hot 40-year-old mama

toting around a couple of young 'uns!

Couple of medical notes, for those of you who are

considering having children. My doctor immediately

took me off the three One Source, and the extra

Vitamin A supplement I was taking, and put me on one

prenatal vitamin daily. I found out that more than

10,000 IU of Vit. A a day for pregnant women has been

linked to birth defects. (Lots of info on the 'net

about this; I can send links to anyone interested.)

Each One Source has 5,000 IU. Now maybe we don't

absorb that much, but no one knows for sure, and it's

certainly not a risk I was going to take. So I would

encourage anyone thinking of getting pregnant to talk

to your doctor, and maybe find a multi-vitamin with

less Vit. A (or a prenatal) and start taking it BEFORE

you start trying to conceive. I continue to take fish

oil, calcium citrate and an extra B complex daily.

Also, one bad thing about the timing is I was

scheduled to get my EGD right when I found out I was

pregnant (I have had a couple of bile reflux episodes)

but have had to postpone indefinitely because my OB

would prefer I do not do it while pregnant unless it

is emergency. And since I had to convince both my PCP

and the gastro guy that I should have it in the first

place (both were nice about it, but made pretty clear

they were just approving it to ease my mind, lol) I

didn't consider it an emergency.

Anyway, sorry to be so long, but I know this is a

topic a lot of us are interested in. I'll keep you

posted on our progress.

mgb 9-14-00

267/155/probably a little bigger for awhile!/135

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