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Hi all!

I am new to this group, so I wanted to take a minute to introduce myself

and give you a brief background. My name is Jen, I'm 34, and I live in

Palo Alto, CA (on the peninsula south of San Francisco). I had

laparoscopic RNY on March 14, 2003, so I'm about 16 months post-op. I

have gone from 261 (on a 5-foot body) to 156 and I'm hoping to lose

another 20 pounds. I just found out today (via home pregnancy test)

that I am pregnant!! My hubby & I have been trying for about 6 weeks to

get pregnant. I have a 6-yr-old daughter named Kaitlyn.

If we have a boy, we are going to name him Davin - Davin is the

middle name of my husband's best friend, and is my husband's

name. We don't know what we would name a girl, but Kaitlyn is voting

for MoMo!

I am a tad apprehensive about this pregnancy since having the surgery,

but so many people - doctors, nurse practitioners, etc. - have stressed

to me that women carry out perfectly normal pregnancies after gastric

bypass surgery, so I'm pretty comfortable with it. Mostly, I am very

excited about this pregnancy!!

I look forward to reading your posts and participating in all your

conversations!!

Hugs,

Jen

261/156/135

2 weeks pregnant!!