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They say that loosing weight makes you more fertile, so that might help. But, I have heard that the shot has lingering fertility effects for a while. You might have to put your weight loss on hold for a while, I don't think they usually like for pregnant women to lose weight. Also, I found that the nausea and food aversions pretty much dictated what I was going to eat for the 1st 4 months, so sticking to a plan might be difficult (you probably already know this, since you've already had 2 babies).
Hey there im 1 months post op today :) reached goal about 6 months ago and happily maintaining :) loving my sleeve.
ill be trying in acouple of months, my questions are.
#1 restriction ??? what was it like while pregnant ???
#2 breast feeding ??? i heard you have to eat alot while u breast feed and with my first i gained around 40 pounds.
Thank you for the response & Congratulations on your pregnancy! I remember being treated very poorly while being pregnant as heavy as I used to be-doctors, nurses, everyone would just stare and were really quite rude at times. I was told I was going to miscarry, then I was going to have diabetes and my blood pressure was going to shoot through the roof, that my babies would be fat. Etc. etc-even from friends, family, strangers. It's like people think it's their duty to make you realize how fat you are-like I don't know already! Jeez the obese are mistreated and it's like that mistreatment is accepted in the world. It truly breaks my heart.
My biggest worry is not being able to conceive since I have been on the shot so long, and I have heard rumors. Also, I want to continue with my plan-protein, no carbs, eating as green as I can. I don't want to stop my weight loss journey, but this year is the best year for us financially, emotionally, and physically. I will be 28-young, yes, but I want to eventually go back to get my bachelors & then my master's degree. I want to have another child before I do all of this, and I don't want to put it all off much longer. Here's to hoping!
I had a gastric bypass about 2 years ago and weighed about 230 when I got pregnant. I was at the point where I was no longer loosing weight and had even put back on a few pounds. I have had 2 major complications with this pregnancy, a very large ovarian cyst that required emergency surgery when I was 11 weeks pregnant and gallstones when I was 24 weeks pregnant. The ovarian cyst was completely unrelated to my weight loss surgery. The gallstones may or may not be related to my weight loss surgery. I'm currently 26 weeks pregnant, so I still have about 3 months to go. One thing I will say is that even though I was down almost 100 pounds from my highest weight when I get pregnant, I still get treated like a really obese person by the healthcare providers. For example, they told me not to gain any weight during my pregnancy and they seem to be hyper-vigilant about monitoring me for gestational diabetes. I want to tell them that my body is actually quite happy with my weight where it is, there's almost 100 pounds that it doesn't have to carry around and all my obesity related co-morbidities are gone. So, even though you've lost 190 pounds, be prepared for them to treat you like you haven't.
Hello friends,
I had the sleeve almost 17 months ago and have lost about 190 pounds. I currently am at the smallest weight I have been since I was 10 years old, however I am just now at the weight that most sleevers start their journeys. (267 pounds.) Some background, I have 2 little girls ages 5 and 6. I was over 500 pounds with them. I was on the pill with Bell, and during that c-section they put the mirena in-just a few weeks later I became preggo with Ruby & they had to take the mirena out!!! I am now on the shot. My miracle babies for sure.
I had healthy pregnancies, no high bp, no diabetes, no issues at all. Both of my girls were healthy weights as well-7 pounds, and 7 pounds 10 ounces. I had to have csections as during my first I couldn't dialate past 9 cm. Anyhow, I have always dreamed of having a son. I would love to keep going until I got one hahaha but i doubt my hunny would like that idea. Ruby had colic so I didnt get to really enjoy her babyhood, and Bell was my first so I was terrified and then I got pregnant again so fast I didnt get to really enjoy her babyhood either. I just want to get the chance to enjoy my child as an infant.
I have a friend that had the sleeve and is having major complications. It scares me. What if now that I am healthier than I have ever been my body decides to put me through an awful pregnancy? Does having WLS make you more prone to complications? I feel like I have it too good, that maybe this time it will be full of problems. I know crazy right? I just would love to have another baby but am nervous that this time it won't be as easy. I also hear that being on the shot for as long as I have it makes it even harder to conceive. Well, I guess all I can do is pray and hope for the best once we do start trying. My shot runs out at the end of july/beginning of August and my doc says to wait at least 2 months after before actively trying. We will see how it goes....
So finally had some time to sit down and write it out. After weeks of assuming that our little lady would come early, since her brother had come at 37 weeks, and I had been having contractions off and on, I finally gave up and said maybe not. Her due date was June 8th. I had my 39 week appointment on May 30 and at that time when checked I was still at 0 cm dilated and barely starting to have a thinned cervix. I was getting to be pretty miserable. Even though I was not that big in the belly the swelling in my one leg from the past clot, sciatica, and everything else was taking its toll. My last day at work was on Friday, and I planned to take the following week to rest. My doctor said if she did not come on her own by due date an induction would be scheduled for the 10th. I wanted to avoid that if possible because most people I know had bad experiences with it and several ended up with c-sections. I was hoping to go for a drug free delivery but the thought of pitocin, etc freaked me out. Anyway, Saturday, June 1st me and my MIL who is here from Morocco went to do lots of shopping and errands and on a whim I picked up some raspberry tea as had heard it could help, if not to do contractions, it can "ripen" uterus. I had a cup that night with two tea bags and then went to bed. Early Sunday morning I woke up to some mild contractions. I took a bath, cleaned house, etc I also prepped a cheesecake and put something for dinner to slow cook. Hubby and I then decided to go to a movie while my MIL watched our son. At that point, contractions had kind of stopped so I decided to drink another cup of tea and also had some cinnamon dissolved in ho****er...I was gonna try as many old wives tales as I could, lol
I dropped my son and MIL off at my Mom's house and then headed to meet hubby at the movies. We watched the movie, and I did not have but one or two contractions the whole time. Afterwards, hubby went to help a friend with an errand. I made a pit stop at grocery store and then headed to pick up my MIL and son. As I parked and got out of my car, headed up driveway, felt a "pop" and my water broke in my Mom's driveway! I waddled up the drive to the door and was met of course by my MIL and Mom freaking out. LOL Called hubby and told him to head back and meet me at hospital after swinging by our house to get my things. At this point, still only minor contractions if that. With my son they broke water in hospital and that was when pain was bad. At this point it is about 5pm. I get to the hospital and am all checked in and settled by about 530. they check me and I am 4cm. My doctor is on call and swings by and says they are going to start Pitocin because contractions were irregular and not strong.
They then try to start an IV and hell begins. 8+ sticks, no luck, to include one attempt by anesthesiologist. The one they got ended up blowing the vein. I and nurses working on each hand. At this point contractions were getting pretty bad and I was asking to be checked because felt like things were moving. Nurse said only 4.5 but thinning and at that point I was thinking no way am I gonna do no drugs because these are one after another and pain is really bad and I have 6+ more cm to go. Sons labors was 18+ hrs! Doctor even said no one will give you a medal. But the catch was that I could not have any pain meds til they got the IV and got me hydrated. I said all I wanted was the Demerol, but they said no can do. They did send off bloodwork with some of the blood they drew but said 20+min for those results before meds as well. I was in agony at that point and freaking out because I have a pretty good pain tolerance level. Again I asked to be checked and was then a 5+.
The IV mess went on for about 45 minutes and then finally they said if you want the epidural we will give to you, forget the IV and pain meds. Given that I had all the blown veins, my concentration on trying to focus on delivery etc was shot I said ok. they sent for anesthesiologist and he started to prep. He said we have to wait until you have a break in contractions....but I wasn't. They were one after another. I had to be pulled up to sit in the bed on side. I asked to be checked again but the nurse, who I did not care for at this point, said she had just checked me and I was 5 and if I wanted epidural I needed to basically suck it up. (yeah she got a complaint later!) Anyhow, as I am sitting on the edge of the bed, trying to be still, and "suck it up" I had so much pressure and pain and wanted to throw up and pass out....and then I felt something and lots of fluid was gushing down the bed...hubby freaked out, pulled back the drape, and the baby's head was out! I nearly fainted and just fell back on bed as they begged me not to push...too late. One more contraction and out she was...no doctor or anything and the anesthesiologist said well I barely ever get to see this part! He also said if I plan on another baby that I needed to come in ASAP otherwise would have a baby in the parking lot! LOL I joked that the fear of Pitocin is what did it! So I ended up with my drug free delivery after all. It all happened so fast that hubby did not cut the cord or anything.
Alia Yasmine was born Sunday, June 2nd at 840 pm (3 hr labor!) weighing 7 lbs 13 oz, 20 inches long, and beautiful! She had tons of hair as you probably saw in the past pics that is a mix of red and brown like her brother. She is the opposite of him it seems and we are doing great. She is BF well and sleeps for 3-4 hr stretches at a time. I gained 40 lbs with pregnancy which shocked me, but as of today which is 3 weeks (tomorrow) I am down 33 lbs and hope to have the rest of by end of my 12 week maternity leave. I have some stitches that are healing but once I have my post partum check hope to start walking and using my jogging stroller. My TT that I got just about a year ago seems to be holding up and stomach is close to flat but has a little more to go. Not sure if the breastlift will hold up with BF but it is worth it to me. It is much easier with less excess skin to deal with this time.
Anyhow, that's my story, the good, bad, and ugly of it all. So blessed and happy to have our little lovebird here to enjoy as we all love her, even big brother who has been great!
Clomid was a bust for me, I was resistant, even at 150 mg dosage. I did several rounds in addition to taking metformin with it. I have PCOS so was trying to get cycle regulated. Femara was what worked for me in conjunction with some other meds. I also found the side effects (hot flashes, moodiness, etc) with Femara were no where near as bad as they were with Clomid.
