randa8218

I just had my baby 3 1/2 weeks ago, got on the scale today and I am the exact same weight that I was when i got pregnant. I was so excited to see that. Of course it would be better if it was less, but that will come in time I'm sure.

It depends on your dr if you have to have your band unfilled. My dr said I should at 35 weeks just in case I needed a c-sec. But I wasn't having any problems and did not get it unfilled. I did have a c-sec and did not have any problems with my band being full still.

I'm planning on going in for my first fill after the baby on monday so hopefully the weight loss can continue.

I had a c-sec 3 1/2 weeks ago. It wasn't planned, so my band was filled. I had no problems what so ever.

So tomorrow will be one year. I have lost 65 pounds to date. I'm just wondering what the average is that people loose over the first year. Im hoping I can loose another 65 pounds over the next year and I will be at my goal weigt!

If your dating is off at all, it can throw the AFP test off. So make sure that is correct also.

I also got the lap band in hopes of having a healthy pregnancy down the road. We aren't preventing pregnancy right now, so we will have to see how things go. Before I had surgery we had tried for a year and nothing happened since I wasn't ovulating. I also work for an ob/gyn so it's hard to see all my pregnant patients and not be pregnant myself when we want it so bad, but it will happen when it's suppose to i guess.

Dr Hansen is great also he is in sandy at alta view hospital

try beneprotein. I got it online at walgreens.com. It's about $11 with shipping. I have been using it in my morning smoothies for a couple of months now and it seems to do the trick. It was actually the protein powder the nurse at my dr's office suggested, she also has a lap band.

I have a weird thing going on with my bp. I have never had high blood pressure. it was 122/80 2 months before my surgery and ever since march it has been 150's/90's and then 2 weeks ago it was 170/102. I am not on bp meds, but i just thought it was really weird that i would get high blood pressure when I have lost 40 pounds. Who knows??

i didn't know that he has support meeting, I would love to go though do you have any further info on it?

I work of an ob/gyn and we have seen the same thing a few times. since you haven't shaved in a long time it could also be something called a bartholin's cyst. Look it up on web md or one of those and let me know what you think. But I have heard they are very painful. I wince everytime my dr does the lidocaine injection, it looks awful.

I'm 24 and i was banded nov of 06. I started looking at the lapband when i was 19 or 20 but couldn't get it until now. Love it though have lost 30 lbs so far.

I am in the same boat as you. i am 24 and been married for 1 year, we have been putting off having a baby because of my weight. Anyone with any info, i would love to hear it. I got the band in nov and have lost about 30 lbs.

There is a cookbook called eating for life, it has some pretty good recipes in it, and they look simple. You should check it out.

i live in salt lake utah.

I've been doing pretty good. I have only had the nurses do my fills, so I don't know how it was before that.

well, i think i have had 4 or 5 fills. Right now I am kind of in a rut not loosing very much right now. I know a coworker who had GB done 2 months ago and has lost 45 pounds, but I thought that was kind of a lot of weight to loose in such a short amount of time, so it's not too healthy. I to need to loose a lot of weight. I started at 355 and would like to get to 180, but i would be happy with 220.

I live in utah, got the band in 11/06. i saw dr hansen in Sandy. He was great. there are two dr's in his practice there is dr hansen and dr alldredge. I didn't meet dr alldredge. But Dr hansen and his staff are great. All of the nurses in the office also have the lapband so they really know what you are going through. They have a website it is svsurgical.com if you have any other questions about him, let me know i am happy to answer any for you.

Hey you had to same surgeon as i did. I see Dr hansen in Sandy. I was banded on 11/20/06. What do you think of him??

I'm new to the site, but I was banded on 11/20/06. I am down 30 lbs. Starting weight was 355 now at 325. I am wondering if 30lbs is average in 5 months or not.