weight gain, stomach sleeping & other 1st timer stuff :-)

[Guest guest]

I don't know of any book but just wanted to say the weight you will gain is

not fat, try nott o think of it like that. It is pregnancy weight. I gained 50

pounds even with this pregnancy I just had and lost 30 right off the frist 3-4

weeks. I know I ahve to work harder on the rest and still have not made it to

goal weight yet so I have that too but this baby is soooo worth it. I gained

much more than this for my pre WLS babies. Good Luck and try not to stress.

God Bless, Robin

Wife to Pup for 15 years

Mommy to-

and

(twin boys, 8 years) and

Daughter Madison- age 5 1/2

and new Mommy to-

Emerson Roger born

July 28, 2004 at 4:11 am

8lbs 7 oz, 20 1/2 inches long.

[Guest guest]

I just wanted to say that I slept on my stomach through out my whole first

pregnancy. I do now also. With the weight DONT GET ON THE SCALE DAILY!!! You

will be happier if you are not worring about it. I am 16 weeks preggy and

have lost 20 pounds since the pregnancy. I was 3 months out of gastric by pass

when I got pregnant. I have lost just over 100Lbs when I went for my 6 month

surgery check up. But so far I know everything is okay, but I dont weigh

everyday because I cant stand that I an losing weight while preggy. Everything

will be fine. Good luck.

Meridth

Wife to Larry (02/22/02)

Mother to Forrest (01/21/01)

Expecting #2 02/14/05

Gastric ByPass 02/23/04

370/268pg/175 goalweight

[Guest guest]

Hello again. You all are so wonderful, and I so enjoy coming in here

every morning to read what's going on. I am 18 weeks pregnant with

my first and have finally started to gain weight. I know some of you

have gone through this, but I am really having such a hard time with

seeing the scale go up. Do any of you know of any good books

regarding pregnancy post-WLS and how to deal with the mental stuff?

I get on the scale and I cry. I've gained 2.5 lbs so far, which I

know is perfectly fine, normal and good, but I'm so scared of being

fat again.

Second, if it's still comfy for me to sleep on my stomach, is it ok?

I read that I'm supposed to sleep on my left side, but no matter how

I start off sleeping, I end up on my back or my right side. I don't

want to hurt the baby.....I am thinking of buying pillows or tying

myself down when I sleep. Any thoughts?

And finally, and this really scares me, I don't feel excited or

joyful about this pregnancy. I always wanted a baby, and I want this

one, but all my husband and I do is fight right now and I have so

much stress in my life that I have no joy. How do I get that? I

want to be excited. Please help.

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[Guest guest]

,

I'm a first timer too, my daughter, Hannah, is 4.5 months old. As far as he

stomach sleeping I took the attitude that if I was comfy then it was ok, so I

went ahead and slept on my stomach. Believe me you will know when you are no

longer able to do it because it just won't feel good. I also didn't worry too

much about not sleeping on my back as I never had problems with my feet falling

asleep. They say if your putting pressure on your vena-cava (I think thats how

you spell it) while lying on your back that your feet will fall asleep. Well,

since that never happened to me I continued to sleep on my back as well.

The only advice I can give ya about not being excited is not to beat yourself up

about it. If you are fighting with hubby and stressing out its tough to focus

on the future. Being pregnant is stressful in itself, your body is changing

daily plus you and hubby know that your lives are never going to be the same so

those things are hugely stressful so don't feel guilty for not being excited

yet. I was just like you, always wanting to become a mommy, but when I did get

pregnant and things started to change I really started to morn the loss of my

old life and my freedom. Now that Hannah is here there are some times for a few

fleeting seconds that I long for the old days, but then my little angel smiles

at me and I think to myself I must be nuts! LOL!! Hang in there sweetie!

Axelrod

weight gain, stomach sleeping & other 1st timer stuff

:-)

Hello again. You all are so wonderful, and I so enjoy coming in here

every morning to read what's going on. I am 18 weeks pregnant with

my first and have finally started to gain weight. I know some of you

have gone through this, but I am really having such a hard time with

seeing the scale go up. Do any of you know of any good books

regarding pregnancy post-WLS and how to deal with the mental stuff?

I get on the scale and I cry. I've gained 2.5 lbs so far, which I

know is perfectly fine, normal and good, but I'm so scared of being

fat again.

Second, if it's still comfy for me to sleep on my stomach, is it ok?

I read that I'm supposed to sleep on my left side, but no matter how

I start off sleeping, I end up on my back or my right side. I don't

want to hurt the baby.....I am thinking of buying pillows or tying

myself down when I sleep. Any thoughts?

And finally, and this really scares me, I don't feel excited or

joyful about this pregnancy. I always wanted a baby, and I want this

one, but all my husband and I do is fight right now and I have so

much stress in my life that I have no joy. How do I get that? I

want to be excited. Please help.

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Children are a blessing, and a gift from the Lord. -Psalm 127:3

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I am going thru the same things you are as far as

dreading the scale to go up. I have lost weight

slowly and did not get to goal b4 this pregnancy. I

am only 9 weeks and haven't started gaining yet, but i

step 'lightly' as possible on the scale each morning

with a sense of dread. I really don't know what to

tell you, other than I know how you feel. It does

make me feel better that almost everybody I have

talked to post-op that has had a pregnancy says that

the pregnancy weight comes off in no time. So I am

optimistic that after baby my comes, I can eat

sensible and get back on track with my weight loss.

As for sleeping on your stomach, I don't think that is

a good idea at 18wks...You really need to start

getting in the habit of sleeping on your left side.

When I got farther along in my 1st pregnancy I made

myself a little nest so to speak out of pillows...One

tucked behind my back, a thin pillow under my tummy

and another between my knees, and a cuddle pillow.

Maybe if you did this especially with the pillow

behind you, it may deter you from rolling over in your

sleep as much.

And yes, I think you are pretty normal. When you are

pregnant you go thru a rollercoaster of emotions.

With my son, I was really happy and excited to find

out I was pregnant, only to start to feel worried

about it later on. I kept thinking...maybe this isn't

the right time, and maybe I should have waited ect

ect.

My husband and I also had our problems during that

pregnacy. I think you worry about how the baby is

gonna change your life/ relationship, and also the

financial aspect of it only adds to the stress. Don't

be surprised if your feelings change from day to day.

I sure hope you start feeling better soon.

Keep me posted.

Meredith S.

--- wrote:

> Hello again. You all are so wonderful, and I so

> enjoy coming in here

> every morning to read what's going on. I am 18

> weeks pregnant with

> my first and have finally started to gain weight. I

> know some of you

> have gone through this, but I am really having such

> a hard time with

> seeing the scale go up. Do any of you know of any

> good books

> regarding pregnancy post-WLS and how to deal with

> the mental stuff?

> I get on the scale and I cry. I've gained 2.5 lbs

> so far, which I

> know is perfectly fine, normal and good, but I'm so

> scared of being

> fat again.

>

> Second, if it's still comfy for me to sleep on my

> stomach, is it ok?

> I read that I'm supposed to sleep on my left side,

> but no matter how

> I start off sleeping, I end up on my back or my

> right side. I don't

> want to hurt the baby.....I am thinking of buying

> pillows or tying

> myself down when I sleep. Any thoughts?

>

> And finally, and this really scares me, I don't feel

> excited or

> joyful about this pregnancy. I always wanted a

> baby, and I want this

> one, but all my husband and I do is fight right now

> and I have so

> much stress in my life that I have no joy. How do I

> get that? I

> want to be excited. Please help.

>

>

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> edd 2/01/05

>

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