Pregnant at 3 mo post op New member

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Hi - I am so glad I found this site. I am a member of

Obesityhelp.com and several people refered me to this group. It is

so comforting to see other people having healthy pregnancies. I know

even on this board that not many people get pregnant quite as soon as

3 months but I have seen some.

I am now 4 mo post op & 6 weeks pregnant. I just went today for my

HCG quant and progesterone level screen blood work. 6 yrs ago I got

pregnant quite quickly and unexpectedly with our 1st son. He was

born in Dec 97' After he was born I got 1 depo shot so I would not

get pregnant " right " away. But we did want to have our kids close

together. God had other plans.

I was diagnosed with PCOS after Matt was born. It took about 2 1/2

yrs to get pregnant again and that included having my fallopian tubes

flushes, my ovaries " drilled " and taking several rounds of clomid and

glucophage. Unfortunately I lost that baby due to a trisomy 16 (Gene

problem). I also had a progesterone difficency and probably could

not have sustained that pregnancy anyway as they like the prog. level

above 30 & my was a 7.

After the miscarriage, which was very hard - somehow I never thought

about how hard something like that would be, now that I've

experienced it, well I don't wish it on anyone. Anyway - that was

late September 00' The day I dreaded more then anything was April

23rd, the due date of the baby I'd miscarried. I prayed so hard to

God to let me be pregnant before that day came as I did not know how

I'd bear the hollowness. In Jan we started clomid again and up the

dosage. I got pregnant in March and was born Dec 01'

My WLS was on October 15th 2003. I've lost approximately 75 lbs. We

did not use a formal methosd of BC because I honestly assumed we'd

have to try at least a little to get pregnant again after everyrthing

we went thorugh to have . We avoided sex around my ovulation

times but obviously that was not enough. My biggest fear is making

sure the baby is nutritionally sound. I don't know how many calories

I need to consume - and How I will get them in. I assume I'll do it

with protein shakes. After that my concerns lay with myself and

everything I am putting my body through. How will the weight loss

work now? How much harder will this make losing weight - will I ever

get below 200 now? lol.

This is already more information then you need but if you want

my " full " story it is journaled on OH

http://www.obesityhelp.com/morbidobesity/profile.phtml?N=V1068352105

I wish everyone a healthy pregnancy.

Kathy V.