I lost 6lbs 9oz
By far the cutest weight lost to date:
Some of you here have already become accquainted but since I have a moment of his sleeping I thought I'd introduce him over here.
His name is Owen. But he seems to respond equally well to turtleface and peanut pie.
He is my fourth kiddo, and the only boy. He sleeps like a champ but only because being smothered in sister kisses keeps him awake all day long. He was born on September 1st 2011 at 3 in the morning a day earlier than his due date and arrived in just four hours.
Just some info for women wondering about pregnancy post-DS:
I was two years out from surgery, I saw my midwife (who delivered the last two of my girls) who was very familiar with RNY patients and had even said she was hearing more and more about the DS. It helps that she works for the same medical group at a sister hospital as my surgeon.
I got quite a few more ultrasounds to make sure he was growing well and proportionately. Got labs done and iron drawn separately twice just to be on the safe side. Aside from feeling like I needed to eat the house down and doing so (I plowed through breads, crackers, cookies, ice cream, and cakes, and probably six or seven 30g protein shakes a day) I had no issues. I put on only 12lbs total but he was well within a healthy weight, especially for the size of babies I generally have; my heaviest baby even when I was heavier was only 7lbs 12oz so 6lbs 9oz was perfectly in line with that.
I am back in my pre-baby jeans, and well they may actually be a size too big. I'm breastfeeding, and he's growing great, he had gained his hospital discharge weight by his five day appointment. It's a little harder to remember to get those 600 to 1000 extra calories (recommended extra calories for a BFing mama doubled) a day without such present cravings and a couple times now I've felt light headed, headachy and grumpy and cured those feelings with a sandwich.
All in all it was a fantastic, perfect experience, with not a single issue.
Some of you here have already become accquainted but since I have a moment of his sleeping I thought I'd introduce him over here.
His name is Owen. But he seems to respond equally well to turtleface and peanut pie.
He is my fourth kiddo, and the only boy. He sleeps like a champ but only because being smothered in sister kisses keeps him awake all day long. He was born on September 1st 2011 at 3 in the morning a day earlier than his due date and arrived in just four hours.
Just some info for women wondering about pregnancy post-DS:
I was two years out from surgery, I saw my midwife (who delivered the last two of my girls) who was very familiar with RNY patients and had even said she was hearing more and more about the DS. It helps that she works for the same medical group at a sister hospital as my surgeon.
I got quite a few more ultrasounds to make sure he was growing well and proportionately. Got labs done and iron drawn separately twice just to be on the safe side. Aside from feeling like I needed to eat the house down and doing so (I plowed through breads, crackers, cookies, ice cream, and cakes, and probably six or seven 30g protein shakes a day) I had no issues. I put on only 12lbs total but he was well within a healthy weight, especially for the size of babies I generally have; my heaviest baby even when I was heavier was only 7lbs 12oz so 6lbs 9oz was perfectly in line with that.
I am back in my pre-baby jeans, and well they may actually be a size too big. I'm breastfeeding, and he's growing great, he had gained his hospital discharge weight by his five day appointment. It's a little harder to remember to get those 600 to 1000 extra calories (recommended extra calories for a BFing mama doubled) a day without such present cravings and a couple times now I've felt light headed, headachy and grumpy and cured those feelings with a sandwich.
All in all it was a fantastic, perfect experience, with not a single issue.
HW/ SW/ CW/ GW
453/380/160/165I'm pretty sure bacon tastes as good as thin feels!
*Feel free to call me "Pen" or "Nic" I'll even answer to "hey you" *
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