Pregnancy or gastric sleeve surgery?

May 04, 2012

Hi
Im new to this forum and Im very excited about the possibility of a gastric sleeve surgery! I just had a consultation today with Dr. Zare and he confirmed that Im a good candidate for the surgery. I have had diabetes for 10 years and it has just been so hard to lose weight. Im 38 years old and have a 3.5 year old who was born at 29 weeks, weighing 3lbs. He stayed in the hospital for 2months and it was just so terrible. He is now healthy and wonderful and I want to have another baby. I know that if I get pregnant at the weight I am today(234lbs), it will be a high risk pregnancy and Im likely to have another preterm baby or at least there's a chance of that happening. I want to be healthy and have the surgery in order to decrease risks to a future baby due to my weight BUT if I do that then I will have to wait 18 months after surgery before getting pregnant. By that time I will be 40 and you all know that the older a womens is the higher chances of stillbirth, miscarriages, and birth defects. Im not sure which is the greater risk my weight or my age? 

If anyone has some words of wisdom, I have some very eager ears waiting...

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