FuriosMommy

I'm looking for others that had their arm lift, breast augmentation and lift all in the same surgery? I'm scheduled for the first week of June, can't wait! I do however have 3 little ones at home (3.5 year old and 1 year old twins). How was the recovery for you? Any tips or pointers? For the BA part, how did you decide on size??? Thanks so much!

Hi ladies, I just wanted to chime in on this topic. I'm currently 11 months post op from my sleeve and I am just about 7 months pregnant with twins. My surgeon advised to wait 12-18 months which was the plan. We were using condoms and apparently my body decided to function that month and now there will be 2 more. We're excited to be having twins, but it certainly wasn't planned. Luckily at the time my weight loss was slowing down and my Vitamin levels were all great. The twins are big and strong and growing very well. At the time of getting pg I was down 80lbs. I was so sick in the first trimester that I lost an additional 20lbs. As of today I have gained 2lbs from my conception weight. My doctor would like me to gain another 10lbs, so we'll see. As far as PCOS prior to having my sleeve I never ovulated on my own. I did spontaneously one month when I was at my highest weight of 338 and I conceived my son. After my son was born in August 2009 we decided not to prevent pg because it took me 2 years to conceive him. From August 2009 to January 2011 I didn't ovulate once that I know of. I had my surgery on 1/4/2011 and started using ovulation tests just to see if my body was responding to the weight loss. I never did get a positive ovulation test until the day the twins were conceived. Of course we had already DTD and used a condom, but after seeing that bright positive ovulation test later that day I just knew it had happened. But all things considering things are going really well. I've been really lucky to have such a healthy pregnancy so close to having my surgery. Luckily with VSG we don't have malabsorption issues so if we do end up accidentally getting pg close to surgery it's not the end of the world. It's not recommended, but would be as bad as say RNY or DS. From my first prenatal visit on my doctor wasn't worried in the slightest. I've seen the same OB for 8 years now and she was my acting primary to help me get my VSG. She wasn't concerned. She knew that carrying twins so close to VSG but being 80lbs lighter would be far better than being pregnant close to 350lbs again. I'm scheduled for a repeat c-section on Feb. 7th to have these munchkins then I'll be back on plan trying to lose the rest of my weight. I'm tall so my goal is 175lbs. I haven't gained much with my pregnancy, but I still have a long ways to go to reach my weight loss goal. I would recommend getting as close to goal as possible before TTC. I just think things would be easier after.

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Checking in and changing goal... My initial goal didn't seem all that unattainable, however as the time gets closer things just aren't going as swiftly as I like. SN..............Starting Wt........Current.......Goal.......Lbs to Goal Furiosmommy .......262..............249..........235........... 14

Checking in! SN..............Starting Wt........Current.......Goal.......Lbs to Goal Furiosmommy .......262..............254..........230........... 24

Checking in! SN..............Starting Wt........Current.......Goal.......Lbs to Goal Furiosmommy .......262..............258..........230........... 28

Ibejjo, did you try the chocolate or the vanilla? Walmart.com only carried the chocolate so that is what I bought. I'm curious to know how the vanilla is, but Walmart doesn't have it.

I'm in! I messed up the Easter challenge, so I'm back to try again! SN..............Starting Wt........Current.......Goal.......Lbs to Goal Furiosmommy .......262..............262..........230........... 32

Great post, I think tracking is so important. Sometimes on the weekend I don't track and towards the end of the day I'll think "I wonder how much protein I got today.." I like using the Fat secret calorie counter app on my smartphone. No excuses to not track my food!

I would call both. Check in with the surgeon's office to make sure everything was submitted when they say it was. Then check with the insurance company. Good luck! Just like senior said, be nice, but be persistent.

Well... yes and no.... I'm not sure if it's just you or if you have a family to shop for, so this is what I do. I have to shop for myself, Hubby and our toddler. I still buy a lot of the same things for them so I really don't spend less on actual groceries possibly a little more. I buy a lot more protein now. But I am also a big couponer so I'm always looking for the best deal. But, we eat out far less. Far less for us is once a week down from 3 or 4 meals out a week. If it's just you, I think you will have a decent amount of savings on your hands!

I know what you mean! My lane bryant 22's got way too big, and now my 24's from JcPenny's fit, and I can fit into Old Navy 20's (not plus). It's so hard to keep up with sizing, that's why I don't have a size goal! And I have to ask what exactly does "30 day shitters" mean? That just sounded too funny.