Re: Time For Me To Join--My Introduction -

[Guest guest]

Welcome, !

And congratulations on both your weight loss and the pregnancy!!

You and I could be twins, there are so many similarities in our

stories. I weighed almost exactly the same as you did the day of

surgery. Prior to this, I had many fertility treatments as well - I

didn't even ovulate with the highest dose of clomid at double the

length of time (10 days of the cycle)...I had to take progesterone

just to get a period every few months for about two yrs. It was a

heartbreaking time for us...

I had my WLS in May 2003 and again, you and I did very much the same

weight wise in similar length of time. I lost 105 lb in 8 months as

well. My surgeon said we could start trying to concieve after 9-12

mos post op. The funny thing is, I started getting periods every

month starting two weeks post op. My Dr warned me that WLS will

cause me to become " hyperfertile " no matter what my fertility status

was preop...It was hilarious having to use condoms for nine mos post

op considering my history, but we did...After the WLS, I would have

cycles every month, lasting 20-40 days, so it was hard to figure out

when exactly I ovulated...but I was ovulating...

We were cleared to start trying in Feb of this yr...and miracle on

miracle...We concieved on the FIRST TRY....I am right now 34.5 weeks

pregnant with our first baby, a little girl...at the tender young

age of 35yrs old...lol.

Anyway, ....just wanted to say hi, welcome and congrats. I

wish you nothing but the best in your pregnancy. You have gone

through alot to get here - IVF, tubal reversal, WLS - and I hope for

very smooth sailing for you with this pregnancy.

Hugs,

EDC Nov 10

> 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