I think I can officially join the club!

May 12, 2003

I have been a lurker to this board for several months now. I was

mainly interested in others stories and use all your posts as a

resource tool for when I was ready to have a baby. I will be 11

months post op on May 29th and I have lost 140(from 380 to 240)

pounds so far. I went from a 30/32 to a 14/16 and 18/20 (depending on

what type of clothing it is). I have been on a heinous plateau for

several months and my weight loss has definately slowed way down, but

I am still losing inches so I am not all the concerned about it. I

have resigned to the fact that I am not going to be one of those

super-skinny post op patients and that is ok with me. Even though at

times I get envious.... I would do this all again a million times

over. I am 30 pounds from my surgeon's original goal. I think that

after I have the excess skin removed that I will be a lot, if not at

goal...but that will wait until after I have kids. I take tae kwon do

3-4 times a week and am very active.

A month ago my husband and I decided that we would stop using birth

control and would start to try to conceive. I figured that by the

time we actually got pregnant that I would be past 1 year post op. We

had intercourse twice last month when I know I was ovulating (I

mapped it out as I am a very research oriented person). I was

scheduled to have my period on May 10th. I was joking aroundwith my

sister-in-law about taking a pregnancy test on Mother's Day just to

see. ( I had chatted with a woman that had started trying aroundthe

sametime and her test was positive. And many women in the room said

you could have a positive test 10 days after you have ovulated).

Well....I took a test last night and it was positive. I took another

one this morning and it was positive too. I am excited, but a little

scared too. This is my first and I am a little over whelmed at the

prospect of having a baby. I have an appointment with my OB/GYN this

Friday.

So.. it looks as though will be joining the " mommy to be " club.

Please keep your fingers crossed and say a little prayer that I have

a healthy pregnancy without complications.

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