HELP weight gain question

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In a message dated 7/1/2004 3:30:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

just_jennysilver@... writes:

well at almost 12 weeks I have already gained almost 5 pounds! I am really

nervous that this in not a good sign and I am freaking out.

Also I really started to show this week! I am worried that it is to early

for me to show but maybe I am wrong. I had a tummy tuck at the same time as my

bypass and I think that since my stomach was so flat is why I have started to

show.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

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Many of us WLS'ers having babies haven't even hit our goal weight.. hence the

lower weight gain or weight loss.

I would think that you being at a normal weight.. you would gain like a

normal woman.

I use the word 'normal' not to say we are not normal.. but well.. ya all know

what I mean!

5 lbs in 12 weeks is great...

You have to realize that you now have a placenta... and your amniotic fluid

and increase of blood volume.

I haven't hit goal yet.. still another 75lbs to go.... but I can tell you

that I am WAY to obsessed with the scale... it consumes me some days...

I was 10 weeks PO when I got preggers.. and in the last 20 weeks I have only

lost 18 lbs...

I say *only* because well.. my head tells me 'lose weight " .. my body says

eat...

Trust me.. my body wins out...

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K in Ft Lauderdale

Mommy to:

Noah - 10/14/02

Jonah edd 11/18/04

http://www.love-my-kids.com

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So, I will be 12 weeks on July 4th and I am flipping out! I had RNY bandded

gastric bypass in December 2002. I went from 256 lbs to 134lbs and was stable

at this weight for 4-5 months and I was very happy because this was 1 pound

below my goal weight. I heard that after WLS when you get pregnant you gain

very little weight, well at almost 12 weeks I have already gained almost 5

pounds! I am really nervous that this in not a good sign and I am freaking out.

Also I really started to show this week! I am worried that it is to early for

me to show but maybe I am wrong. I had a tummy tuck at the same time as my

bypass and I think that since my stomach was so flat is why I have started to

show.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

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Have you read my previous posts about this? I too, was starting to

freak out. After 2 miscarriages and the surgery, I had stabalized

(I'm 5yrs postop) at 130. All of a sudden I'm pregnant...and losing

weight for the first time in three years.

At my 14 wk appt, I was officially down 14 pounds. At my 18wk appt

(last wed) I had somehow managed to gain a mere 2 pounds. The doctor

was very happy about that and made jokes/comments like, " Okay - if

you're eating like a pig keep doing it because you're still 13 pounds

behind. "

Our baby boy is doing wonderfully, he was measuring small, but had a

recent growth spurt and is now right on target...if not 2 days ahead!

As for showing? I wrote about that too. I was losing weight,

collarbones sticking out bad again, but I was in maternity (and

strangers were noticing my belly) at 9wks!

I carried big with my first son which was before surgery when I

weighed 265#, doctor says with the c-section, RNY scar, then

secondary RNY scar from staff infection/going home with open wound -

that my tummy isn't going to fight growing.

So it sounds like I will look like I'm going to pop at 7 mths...just

like I did back in 1998 with my son.

Hang in there, make sure you're taking your vitamins, get plenty of

rest and nutritional food that you can keep down. Things should be

fine. Our baby boy is getting all he needs from me...I don't have to

eat a carload in order for him to grow and thrive.

Good luck

in Detroit