pregnancy soon after surgery

December 30, 2002

Dear ,

Hello. This is Shoshannah, and I would like to congratulate you. You have

lost so much weight, and you are having a healthy baby!

Why is it that the doctors tell us not to become pregnant for at least one

year post-op? Have there been tragedies with women getting pregnant (too

soon after their gastric bypasses) in the past? Are you one of the lucky

ones who is doing great anyway?

My doctor did not even want me to try to get pregnant after one year post-op

even though I went from 290 to 168 at 5' 10 " tall. He had the nerve to tell

me to lose another ten or twenty lbs over the next six months and then start

trying. I told him because of my advanced age it could take me awhile to get

pregnant. I am 41 now. I was 40 then. So he said " okay " after I begged

him. You know what? It took me seven months after that to get pregnant. I

am now a little over three months along. AND, I never lost another pound

during those seven months. Therefore, even if I had NOT been trying to get

pregnant, that would have been a royal waste of time since I did not lose any

more weight.

I think he was wrong to encourage me to be " model thin. " I will show you

what I looked like at 168 lbs. <A

Anyway, I am so happy for

you that you lost all that weight and are having a healthy baby!

Take care,

Shoshannah

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