Guest guest Posted November 23, 1999 Report Share Posted November 23, 1999 , You are going to be a wonderful Mother! Congratulations, I am so happy for you I cried! You are my hero . . . Your success in both weight loss and spirit is an inspiration to many . . . Vicki in CA In a message dated 11/23/1999 5:34:58 PM Pacific Standard Time, drasley@... writes: > From: " D. Rasley " < > > > > Or maybe I should say what I have gained. I have harped on this topic > constantly. This is not a race against the clock or others for losing > weight. This is for about everything we gain because we have the surgery. > > Today I gained something vastly important. I am surprised that Olwen didn't > hear me scream. I have been feeling a bit cold -- like I did when my body > was in hyperdrive. A bit down. So I went to the doctor who administered a > test at my request. The test is one I have always gotten a negative response > on -- I have tried for over four years to get a positive -- pausing only for > a year after surgery. Today as a matter of fact I almost walked out before > hearing the response because I just knew it would be negative. I am glad I > stayed. > > The nurse came in with the results and asked me one question: Explain why > you took all this time to lose all this weight when you are now going to > gain it back. I just stared at her as she said the words I have been dying > to hear -- YOU ARE PREGNANT! I screamed and then burst into tears. I cried > for the longest time. I am officially five weeks pregnant. > > Before surgery, since i got married in 1995, I have tried to have a child > only to be thwarted by PCOS -- poly cystic ovaries. I tried clomid. I tried > insemination. It all failed. I wanted to adopt and my husband didn't so i > turned to WLS to fix me. Now a little under 14 months post surgery I am > pregnant. I am going to be a mother before my next birthday. I am WITH > CHILD! I am PREGNANT! > > Thanks to this surgery my hormones corrected themselves and my ovaries > started functioning normally. Yes it is because I lost weight but it is not > because I hit a certain magic number. Rather it is a gain I have made. I > have gained my fertility. I am going to be a mother -- a dream I have had > for as long as I could remember. > > After going to my PCP I then went to my reproductive endiocrinologist (RE) > who performed a blood test -- not to prove I was pregnant but to check my > hcg and progestin levels. They have determined based on last menstrual cycle > that I am five weeks along. I am early but I am pregnant. And I haven't > stopped crying or laughing since. > > Cheer with me. And realize that this is more important to me than any number > on a scale. I may gain weight but I am gaining something more important -- > a child. Thank God! please cheer with me and say a prayer please. > Rasley > mailto:drasley@... > BTC, Columbus, 10/7/98 > Start: 348 pounds > Gained: Health Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 23, 1999 Report Share Posted November 23, 1999 , Congratulations! What a wonderful Thanksgiving you will have. This is just another of the wonderful benefits WLS. Reading your story makes me even more proud of what we all have done! Bob Altman Biliopancreatic Diversion (A Very Distal RNY) on 10/8/98: Loss=206 lbs) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 23, 1999 Report Share Posted November 23, 1999 THANK YOU! i AM SO THRILLED AT THIS POINT! Rasley mailto:drasley@... BTC, Columbus, 10/7/98 Start: 348 pounds Gained: Health > Re: What we gain... > > > From: Elfeline@... > > Dear -- > > Congratulations! The tears are flowing right along with yours. > I like your > perspective on what we've all " gained " due this surgery--I love > being healthy. > > My prayers are with you for an easy course and healthy child! > El > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 24, 1999 Report Share Posted November 24, 1999 I am very proud of this surgery. I am very proud of what I have accomplished and I am just crowing about getting pregnant because I was told I would have a very difficult time. Well I got it! Officially. Now i just gotta get through the next 9 months without driving hubby crazy. He is asleep now -- well it is 3 am - and I am up because i just had to have a sugar free ice cream. Guess this is the start of cravings?? Rasley mailto:drasley@... BTC, Columbus, 10/7/98 Start: 348 pounds Gained: Health > Re: What we gain... > > > From: RAltman813@... > > , > > Congratulations! What a wonderful Thanksgiving you will have. > This is just > another of the wonderful benefits WLS. Reading your story makes > me even more > proud of what we all have done! > > Bob Altman > Biliopancreatic Diversion (A Very Distal RNY) on 10/8/98: Loss=206 lbs) > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 24, 1999 Report Share Posted November 24, 1999 CONGRATULATIONS DENISE! I am so thrilled for you. And you won't gain it all back. You will gain a child and you will lose weight still. Alice LAP RNY Sept 1, 1998 dr. Champion, Atlanta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 24, 1999 Report Share Posted November 24, 1999 Congratulations !! I only wish that this surgery could have been perfected years ago. But look at the benefits now. I know you'll make a wonderful mom! Carol Richmond, VA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 24, 1999 Report Share Posted November 24, 1999 Dear , CONGRATULATIONS!!! MAZEL TOV!!! BEST WISHES!!! May you and your husband be blessed with a happy, healthy, intelligent baby who will bring you years of new adventures, joy, and a different way of viewing the world. May you learn as much from this creation of yours as the baby learns from both of you and all your family. May you soothe the injuries (physical, emotional, and spiritual) with love and kindness and tenderness. May your tribulations be minor. And may you live a full lifetime with your child. Regards, in Charlottesville, VA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 27, 1999 Report Share Posted November 27, 1999 thank you so much! I feel so blessed by this pregnancy. I appreciate your warm words to the bottom of my heart! Rasley mailto:drasley@... BTC, Columbus, 10/7/98 Start: 348 pounds and infertile Gained: Health and I AM PREGNANT! > Re: What we gain... > > > From: taggie@... ( Binney) > > Dear , > > CONGRATULATIONS!!! MAZEL TOV!!! BEST WISHES!!! > > May you and your husband be blessed with a happy, healthy, > intelligent baby > who will bring you years of new adventures, joy, and a different way of > viewing the world. May you learn as much from this creation of > yours as the > baby learns from both of you and all your family. May you soothe the > injuries (physical, emotional, and spiritual) with love and kindness and > tenderness. May your tribulations be minor. And may you live a > full lifetime > with your child. > > Regards, > > in Charlottesville, VA > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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