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Congrats! That's so exciting!

I would hope the weight you were when you met your partner would play a role in how well your relationship does with the changes of surgery, that's a scary thought.

I'm also so concerned about my relationship with my husband, he wasn't 100% on board when I first started considering surgery, though he's beyond supportive now.

Thanks! We wont be EBF, as he will be over a year by the time I have surgery, I am hoping to have it down to once or twice a day.

My point was just there are safe alternatives for pain relief & anesthesia isn't really an issue. I haven't even spoke with the surgeons yet, as I am waiting until we return to Phoenix because I live in BFE WV & the nearest surgeons that I would feel comfortable with are over two hours away. I do plan to speak with them, I was just wondering if anyone had experience with it first hand.

From what I have researched & what I was told when my gallbladder was removed by the time you wake from anesthesia the majority has left your system, it's not something that lingers. Once you are awake enough to hold the baby you can nurse, & there are also plenty of pain medications that are 100% safe to nurse on, percocet for one, so that's not really my concern (as per LLL & Kellymom.com) it's more sustaining my supply, by 12 months he wont be nursing full time like he is now.

Keep me posted! I'd love to know!