Re: TTC after WLS? kinda long...please read! Thanks!

[Guest guest]

I had many years of infertility before surgery and then out of the blue (

quit the clomid) i got pregnant for indentical twin boys in my own. I had taken

clomid with IUI's almost for 8 straight years before that without success. Then

I tried one round of those shots that cost 2500.00 for one cycle and no

success at all either, that was a IUI too. Anyways, 6 months after I quit all

treatments and spent more time praying to god i got pregnant with my twins and

did

not even know it until I was 10 weeks, lol.. I was shcoked to say the least.

ANyways, after they were born i fugured I would NEVER get preo again so i never

took anything and I did NOT get pregnant again so when they were almost 2 I

decided tot ry Clomid one more time with an IUI and it took first try for my

daughter, another shocker for sure. I still did not take anything for a long

time and got a cyst on my ovary that the ob put my opn birth control pills to

reduce it and after being on the pill for 4 months and then quitting them I

became pregnant and Miscarried and that was when my dd was 3 1/2 and then I had

my

GBS and went back on the pills just to be certain I would not get pregnant

and I stopped taking them at 8 months postop and got pregnant again and had

another miscarraige, this was 2 years after the first MC to almsot the day. Then

3-4 months after that MC I was pregnant again ( surprise) with the one I am

carrying now who is due next month, a boy. So I ahve to say I got pregnant much

faster after the surgery since I got repgo 2 times within a few short months of

stopping the BCP. I would recommend though that you wait a cycle or 2 after

you stop the pills to TTC so your hormones regulate back to normal. The doc

thinks that is why I MC both the times after the pill, not that it will happen

to

you, alot of people get prego stopping the pill and have no problem, but with

my screwy system... ANyways, good luck to you. I would start taking folic

acid now before you concieve since it helps to prevent birth defects and they

recommend starting it before conception if you can. Can't wait to hear your post

that you were successful

God Bless,

Robin, NorthEastern, NY

Age- 41

EDD- July 27th, 2004

IT'S A BOY!!!!!!

Mommy to:

&

(twin boys 8 years),

Madison, daughter, 5 years and

Wife to Pup 15 years (October 31, 1988)

Gastric Bypass Surgery-

October 18th 2002

Start-378, current- 246(pregnant)

goal 170 after baby

It's a BOY!!!!!

Emerson Roger

[Guest guest]

Thanks Robin for your response! I got PG with my daughter right after

stopping BCP's and with my 2nd PG too but that one ended in MC as did my 3rd a

few

months later. Both times I had low progesterone levels that's why I was using

Progesterone Supp at the end on each cycle just in case. I called this

morning and actually have an appt to see my OB/GYN next Monday so I will see

what he

says.

Thanks, again and congrats on your babies!

Pam

[Guest guest]

Hey there!

Pam- I had been TTC almost 4 years before my surgery.. I had 2

pregnancies during the 4 years, both ended in M/C. When I stopped

the fertility treatments prior to my surgery - I was on 4 vials of

Gonal-F, and HCG booster and support boosters..

I had my surgery last July. Last January - I met with my surgeon and

we talked about me going back on the infertility treatments since I

was still not ovulating on my own. he agreed to go ahead and let me

try - as we both assumed that it would take me a while to get pg

again - and we had wanted to do a couple of cycles before beginning

IVF.. So, in Feb 2004, I started at a MUCH lower dosage of the Gonal-

F.. 2 vials.. and had the HCG boosters.. also started on

Progesterone Gel.. Lo and Behold - got pregnant! So yeah.. even

though I had lost 97 pounds and was within 3 pounds of my goal

weight.. I still wasn't o'ing on my own.. so I had to go back on the

fertility treatments. But - it worked!!!!! So I am happy as heck!

Ya know!

Good luck to you and if you want to email personally - please feel

free to do so!

Trish

> Hello all! Everyone here has given me a lot of hope that we will

be

> successful this time. I posted my intro a few weeks back…but just

a

> reminder…we have 1 bio daughter who is 10 years old, and we

adopted

> our son who is now 3 years old. We were TTC #2 for over 3 years

and

> had 2 mc's in the beginning. I had my WLS 18 months ago.

> We my question to you all is did you do anything special this time

> around? For example if you had infertility before or mc's and did

> things like clomid or progesterone support did you do them this

time

> around? I am going to make an appt today to see my OB/GYN to ask

him

> but wanted to hear what you all did. Before I took metformin

because

> of my PCOS and it did help my cycle to regulate (without it I

would

> have no AF for months). I don't take it now because I have been

on

> BCP's (which I hope to stop soon!). Also we did clomid without

> success (I don't really want to go that route again unless we have

> to). And I took progesterone supp to help prevent PG loss (but

never

> became PG again).

> Thanks for reading! Hope to be in your boat soon! I have lost 3

lb

> to my 10-20lb goal, and then we will start TCC again!

> Pam