My new baby boy

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Hello,

I don't usually write, and since my little boy was born 5 months ago, I

hardly get to read, but thought I'd drop a line on my experience, as mundane

as it was.

I had an open RNY 2.2 years ago and went from 323 down to 200 before trying

for baby#2. I would rather have waited to reach goal, but I was 43 at the

time and felt I couldn't take a chance waiting longer.

My appetite definately increased during the pg, but I only gained 10 pounds!

Now, 5 months after 's birth, I weigh 205. I can feel the difference

in my appetite as time goes on, and I knew to expect that after a couple of

years, there might be more of a struggle than the early days of dropping

weight by the tons. Now I'm jumping back on the saddle and joining a health

club (something I haven't done in about 8 years), and will sneak away in the

wee hours of the morning to do something good for me. I still have the goal

to lose another 50 pounds (I'm only 5 feet tall).

The pregnancy was so different from my daughters, when I reached an all time

high of 370 pounds. I was so uncomfortable and barely able to walk at the

end. When I would try to get off the examination table, I need a couple of

people to help me. This time I was in control of my body through the entire

pregnancy. In my 9th month I was amazed at my energy level, ability to bend,

take care of my daughter, etc. I had thought that it was pregnancy itself

that made me so miserable the first time around, but it was the weight.

When I had my daughter, I was unable to get down on the floor with her to

help her roll over or sit up. Other people would do it for me. I could

barely carry her up a flight of stairs or across a parking lot. And I had no

energy. This time, I can leap tall buildings in a single bound!!! I am 44,

so make that several bounds, actually. But what a HUGE difference. I am so

grateful for this surgery and the gifts I have received. Unfortunately, I

also gave birtth to 2 hernias (my third bout with hernias).

My only advice is that if you can wait to reach your goal before becoming pg,

do it. From my experience, it's more difficult afterwards. I'm sure this

has to do with individual differences. I was really slowing down with weight

loss before becoming pg, and the pg just brought it to a grinding halt. I

have no regrets. If I remain at this weight the rest of my life it will be

okay, because I'm able to function fully in the ways I need to enjoy my life

with my husband and kids. But I'm going to work on losing more for my health

and my general feeling of well-being and confidence.

Sorry for babbling - thanks for reading and I wish success and happiness and

the patter of little feet out there to all of us who are either trying to

become pg or awaiting the event. Take care all,