Update on Ob prob...Saw new Ob...

August 7, 2004

I was writing (posted) about my ob and everyone said i should try a

new ob. Well, my pcp agreed. She made me an appt for 2 days after i

spoke to her, when i was off. He was young and was part of a larger

ob practice, but this practice is very very near me. He is in a large

large building that has family practice, lab, xray/mri/ct, peds,

speech/lang, urgent care. My pcp is part of this office but her

office is nearby and she is mainly family prac docs. In Sept the

whole bunch will be moving to a HUGE huge building all together. I

live in a suburb of Albuquerque. ANYWAY...i was very nervous to see

someone other than my ob that delivered my first daughter. But, my

pcp said he is not listening to me.

The nurse did the usual things, had me pee in cup, bp, listened to my

story... She said that the doctor would figure out what is goin on

with me. She pulled up the labs i had done for my ob. The doc came in

to do an exam and my boyfriend made it for the appt. The doc

listened to me, did a vaginal exam (said my uterus is large) he

thought because of the fibroid tumors. He tried to listen to the

heartbeat but didnt hear one. I suggested an ultrasound, he agreed.

He decided right off the bat that i need to see a peri doc asap and

see him back in 2 wks. He did the ultrasound and the baby was movin,

he said using my uterus as a trampoline. It was adorable.

The peri docs fit me in fairly quickly. And the next day his nurse

called and ordered a whole mess of labs. I will be interested to get

a print out and post for you all. He read the labs that said my b12

was low, he said its at 198 and normal is 200. Said to wait on shots.

Well, should i stay w/this guy and dump my old ob?

2nd, i had a HUGE/sharp-like lightening pain in my rectum/vagina area

today, what the heck was that!?!?!

OH YEA, the nurse said my due date was not the 20 but the 21 and the

ultrasound said i was several more days out than the dating by lmp.

Oh yea, the " new " ob said to keep active, holy moly, i can barely

keep awake. After all my symptoms ive described (reminder: weak,

dizzy at times, have to sit when have that feeling, when i get the

spells feel like have elephant on chest/weight pulling me down, when

its bad i start to sweat badly--especially back of neck--predominatly

that is where gets sweaty, when really bad my tounge starts to feel

numb-like i just left dentist and had a filling, when REALLY REALLY

bad the lips get the same way) plus the fact that i am hardly able to

eat, always sleepy, have no energy, i am SO TRYING to just make it

thru a day--take care of myself.

Anway, i am rambling...

Yvonne/NM

Open RNY 10-22-02

292/145

1 daughter born 9-97

11w.6d pregnant

August 8, 2004

Probably the best advice that you can get is to do what is most comfortable

for you. I went back to the OB that delivered my first and he told me

essentially that pregnancy after RNY is no different than any pregnancy. He

will do

checks on all my labs frequently but other than that there is not alot of

difference. He said this pregnancy should be healthier without all that excess

weight. Like most people I was very worried when I got pregnant with this one

after having such an extensive surgery, but my doctor has done alot to ease my

mind. I think we expectant moms get all worked up and make things worse than

they really are sometimes. Just do what you think is right. You know yourself

better than anyone.

OpenRNY 11-15-02 (-140#)

#4 Due 2-8-05

August 8, 2004

,

This is also the attitude of the midwifery practice that I use.

(who helped me birth Joanne) also reminded me that women the

world over who are living with severe malnutrition still birth healthy

babies, and even with my RNY, thanks to the extensive supplementation

I do, I am not malnourished. Val reminded me that if I could breeze

through my pregnancy with Joanne and have a 5 hour labor at 289

pounds, that at 150 pounds, it's likely to be easier still for me.

Obviously, women who were infertile and/or had PCOS when they were fat

are likely to have issues during pregnancy. Each woman will be unique.

But if you had babies without too much trouble when you were fat, that

situation is likely to continue at a normal weight. Research on actual

RNY patients out of California supports this theory and indicates few

complications even for women who had difficult pregnancies/births when

MO and SMO.

Z

Open RNY 09.17.01

Re: Update on Ob prob...Saw new Ob...

To: ossg-pregnant

Probably the best advice that you can get is to do what is most comfortable

for you. I went back to the OB that delivered my first and he told me

essentially that pregnancy after RNY is no different than any

pregnancy. He will do

checks on all my labs frequently but other than that there is not alot of

difference. He said this pregnancy should be healthier without all that excess

weight. Like most people I was very worried when I got pregnant with this one

after having such an extensive surgery, but my doctor has done alot to ease my

mind. I think we expectant moms get all worked up and make things worse than

they really are sometimes. Just do what you think is right. You know yourself

better than anyone.

OpenRNY 11-15-02 (-140#)

#4 Due 2-8-05

August 8, 2004

Ziobro wrote: " if you had babies without too much trouble when

you were fat, that situation is likely to continue at a normal

weight " ====>>> I am the opposite, Pre-WLS pregnancy was a BREEEEEEEZE

@ 315#. Post WLS, 145# lighter, pregnancy nearly killed me. As we have

discussed before, I am the variance, not the *norm*.

Perhaps Oprah will take me up on my offer to let her do a show on the

*dark* side of pregnancy after WLS. lol

Would I get pregnant again after all of the probs I have encountered

since getting preg post WLS? in a heartbeat and thats all that matters

in the world to me!

Sheila

August 8, 2004

yvonne, i'm glad you went to someone new, he definitly sounds like he's better

then the other one and i hope he figures out what is going on soon. congrats on

being father along then you thought...good luck, jenn

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