Time For Me To Join--My Introduction

[Guest guest]

First let me say what a wonderful group of ladies you are! The

support is overwhelming here and that is great. Since I am new, I

will be calling on lots of you for answers to my paranoid and

absolutely insane questions........ha. ha.

I live in sunny Alabama and had a lap RNY on 7/30/02. My heaviest

weight was 267 and I dropped down to 162 pounds in about eight

months, so that is a total of 105 pounds lost by me. I never thought

I could feel so good about myself again. While I was heavy, I went

through two IVF treatments that failed (I honestly believe it was

because I was obese--I wasn't even having my periods at that time).

My tubes were tied in 1992 after the birth of my son and we

considered a reversal, but I was too " fat " for the surgical

instruments. Well, after the failed IVF's, I decided that the only

healthy way to have a child was to lose weight, get my periods back

to normal and have my tubes untied. So, I had the WLS in Jul. 2002

and my tubes untied in Jan. 2004. After seven months of TTC, I am

finally pregnant.

At my first prenatal visit, my OB/GYN suggested that I see a

nutritionist and she surmised that I would probably gain a total of

15-18 pounds. I am officially ten weeks pregnant and very miserable

with morning sickness. I have been prescribed chewable prenatal

vitamins that are only as big as a peanut...they are very tolerable.

The doctor also suggested that I eat a children's chewable vitamin in

addition to what she prescribed. She was very honest about there not

being very much data out there about pregnancy after WLS and I was

only the second of all of her patients to be in this particular

situation (mind you this is a large, urban city with the medical

field predominant).

Anyway, that is my introduction and I look forward to gossiping with

you all!!!!!

in Alabama

WLS 7/30/02

267/162pg

EDD 05/05/05