RE: Tammy

[Guest guest]

Lynda,

As an older woman who is thinking of one day having children, thank you for

that. You said that eloquently and makes a ton of sense!! Thanks.

Tammy

I'm so happy for you about your pregnancy, congratulations!

Yes, you are right about heavy women being generally less fertile as

a population than women who are of a more normal weight. It is a

delicate subject, and I wish the fertility specialists would come

out and actually discuss this fact with women of substance. This

would save them much mental anguish trying to get pregnant and money

in fertility treatments that may never work until they loose a

substancial amount of weight and their hormone levels drop to normal.

Don't worry about your age. I had an older mother and never even

noticed she was so much older than my friend's mothers; this just

never occurs to a child, as a parent's age is irrelevant to

them...love, security, nurturing and nutrition are what a child

requires, and this can be given by the mother no matter what her age

[or even inabilities due to physical limitations of their body...my

mother was not only older but she was crippled, and it never

bothered me that she couldn't do the play stuff other mothers could

do...in fact, later on when I was 7 years old, I was proud of myself

when I could support and help her when she had my brother when she

was far into her 40's.]Just another thought for the day, Lynda

[Guest guest]

Tammy I am so excited for you. Will keep you in my prayers for a safe

pregnancy and delivery of a beautiful healthy baby. Nice to see folks that have

wanted a baby for so long to finally be blessed. All in God's time is how I was

raised and I truly believe that. You take care, keep up the good work and God

Bless!!

Laurette

4/23/04 open RNY

309/290/265/150

[Guest guest]

Lynda,

Thanks for the note of confidience, I am really scared being my first

pregnancy and also having been only 7 months post-op. I know at the

time I was receiving the fertility treatments, I was so depressed

because I was at my wits end when they told me it was my weight (that

was before I even heard about this Gastric Bypass surgery). So this

surgery not only saved my life but because of it, I can now give

life. Me and my husband prayed and prayed for a baby and finally, it

will happen.

Thanks for writing,

Tammy

> I'm so happy for you about your pregnancy, congratulations!

>

> Yes, you are right about heavy women being generally less fertile

as

> a population than women who are of a more normal weight. It is a

> delicate subject, and I wish the fertility specialists would come

> out and actually discuss this fact with women of substance. This

> would save them much mental anguish trying to get pregnant and

money

> in fertility treatments that may never work until they loose a

> substancial amount of weight and their hormone levels drop to

normal.

>

> Don't worry about your age. I had an older mother and never even

> noticed she was so much older than my friend's mothers; this just

> never occurs to a child, as a parent's age is irrelevant to

> them...love, security, nurturing and nutrition are what a child

> requires, and this can be given by the mother no matter what her

age

> [or even inabilities due to physical limitations of their body...my

> mother was not only older but she was crippled, and it never

> bothered me that she couldn't do the play stuff other mothers could

> do...in fact, later on when I was 7 years old, I was proud of

myself

> when I could support and help her when she had my brother when she

> was far into her 40's.]Just another thought for the day, Lynda