Re: Questions...

[Guest guest]

Hi, I myself would wait and have your surgery first. You will feel ssooo much

better pregnant after losing weight that before. I have been on both sides

and this pregnany to me has been ssooo much easier than my preop ones. Also,

Once a baby comes it is harder to actually get the time or someone to watch the

child while youhave your surgery and recover. Another plus is that it seems to

be much easier to conceive after weight loss. There have been quite a few on

both my groups that have had PCOS and thought they would never have babies and

have been blessed with babies after surgery. Good luck with your decision.

God Bless,

Robin, NorthEastern, NY

EDD- July 27th, 2004

IT'S A BOY!!!!!!

Mommy to:

&

(twin boys 7 1/2),

Madison, daughter, 5 years and

Wife to Pup 15 years (October 31, 1988)

Gastric Bypass Surgery-

October 18th 2002

Start-378, current- 246(pregnant)

goal 170 after baby

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 4/5/2004 1:52:32 AM Eastern Standard Time, diva@...

writes:

Would you reccomend pregnancy before or

after the surgery? I feel that I will be healthier if I wait until after I

have the surgery. Can anyone give me there thoughts, concerns...

Thanks

Hey, great decisions on both accounts (the WLS and having kids). WLS is the

next best thing I have ever done behind getting married and having my children.

I would say that I have been pregnant 3 times before WLS and I weighed 218,

245, and 270 those 3 times (I'm 5'7 " ). If I had it all to do over again, I

would have had the WLS first. The first pregnancy was probably my easiest of

the

3 pre-WLS (but I was a relative light-weight).

Another thing...at 30 I would not worry too much about the biological clock

thing, at least not in the next little while. You have plenty of time to get

started with a healthy new life and still have healthy wonderful babies that

you will be able to play with and enjoy so much more at a smaller size. I had

my first child at 22, second at 25, third at 28, and really thought I was done.

I'm now 33 and having #4. In hindsight, this is the second one I am

actually prepared for emotionally, financially, etc. I really think the longer

we

wait for kids the better off we are (within reason of course).........that being

said, I would not trade my first two back in. My mother always tried to talk

me into waiting and said I would be much happier, but do we ever listen to

them? LOL

Anyway, good luck in both your WLS pursuit and your baby-making. Whichever

decision you make, I wish you the best. I would, if I planned on surgery

first, get busy with finding a surgeon close to you and get on his waiting list.

(Most good surgeons have waiting lists some 6-months to a year.....and that may

factor into your decision making also.) Please do your research on which

surgery is right for you and which surgeon is right for you. Also, don't take

his word on it for what he says his reputation is. Talk to his patients and

check his reputation out. This is a wonderful life-altering surgery if done

right, but can be a horrible experience if done by someone who is

inexperienced!!

Take care and my best wishes and prayers to you,

Mandi in Concord, NC

Postop Distal RNY

09/23/02

316 beginning/186 lowest/198 21 weeks/165 goal

Pregnant with #4

Mom to 3 boys 10, 7, and 4.

[Guest guest]

At 30 you still have many more fertile years left I would recomend

WLS first and then after 12-18 months try to concieve. I did the

oppisite - I went 3 years with unsuccessful fertility treatments

because I thought I would not be able to have a healthy pregnancy

post op. My boilogical clock was running also - I am now 37. It was

not until I gave up the hope of having children after 18 years of

marriage and 3 years of fertility that I actually considered WLS and

did my research. Imagine my surprize when I found out that I would

actually have a healthier pregnancy Post-op than weighing 270 lbs

having diabetes and hormonal issues due to PCOS. I wished I had WLS

10 years earlier. At 5 months out from surgery and 70 lbs lighter, I

accidently became pregnant. I had planned on waiting at least 1 year

post op to try but only one unprotected night gave me what all other

efforts could not. I am now 17 weeks pregnant and very healthy. I am

seeing a high risk doctor because of the WLS and my history of

miscarriage. Nutritionally I am right on and I feel healthy.

According to all of the tests they have run they tell me

statistically I have less of a chance of birth defects than a 20 year

old. WLS has made me so much healthier than I was in my 20's. I no

longer have diabetes and blood pressure is wonderful(it was

borderline before) My hormones are all in normal ranges and I have no

signs of PCOS at the time. Previously even drugs could not put all of

my hormones in order. The extra weight also makes pregnancy much

harder on many people(although I personally have nothing to compare

it to) So my suggestion to you is get WLS first have the baby(s) next

and then if you need plastics go for that last. Good luck making your

own decision though. - Diane

[Guest guest]

I am also new here...just browsing for information. A year ago I was

at 336 pounds. I knew I wasn't in any condition to consider getting

pregnant at that weight. In addition diabetes runs in my family, and

although I don't have diabetes, I knew that pregnancy can bring on

gestational diabetes. So, I opted to go ahead and pursue WLS before

getting pregnant. Incidentally I am 33 years old. I am currently at

216 pounds at almost 4 months post-op (I lost some weight pre-

surgery). My husband and I are hoping to plan to conceive sometime

around next February...to give my body time to lose most of, if not

all of my weight and to regulate from the WLS (I will be just over a

year post-op at that time and most docs recommend waiting at least a

year). That will put be just under 35 when our baby would be due. I

am currently looking at ob/gyn's so I can get a relationship started

with one who is able to handle high-risk pregnancies should mine be

one when the time comes. (I did not have a current ob/gyn that I was

seeing). I joined this group at the advice of

" flyinghighinga " so I could get info and see how others are

doing...since this would also be my first pregnancy. It's

amazing...I already learned that as a WLS patient we cannot do the

tradiational glucose test...I would have never thought of that before.

Christy