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First off, congratulations!! Second, store your scale away, and relax. You will be fine. Make sure your dr knows your concerns, try to keep as normal a routine as you can: exercise if you did before, drink your Water, take your Vitamins and most of all (did I mention this before) don't stress. The band is not going anywhere. It will be there when you need it again. also, check out todays babyfit at spark people. It helps you with what to eat and keeping fit during pregnancy. Again, congratulations and good luck to you!! Mikki

Hi everyone. I had to share. I am not sure if I am laughing or crying, but I think I am taking it all in stride. This is my second pregnancy and as of today I am 8 weeks and two days along and guess what? My tummy is growing. A lot. It was NOT flat to begin with (heh, heh, wouldn't that have been nice) but it is definately bigger. Today I look pregnant. Even my husband said so. I have no clothes because all of the clothes I could fit last year I have given away as they were too big. So, I am going to hit Target Maternity this weekend. I don't feel too bad as I was in maternity clothes at 10 weeks last time....but really? The pregnant stomach already? The bright side--I get a new wardrobe! Here is to hoping you alls tummies stay flat a little while longer!

Babycenter.com talks about showing earlier. I don't think other people would notice I am pregnant....well maybe they would. They would be able to know that I gained weight though and maybe suspect I am pregnant. Fairy is right, its due to being pregnant before. Its as if my back fat has been pulled to the front or something. My pants are tight. It isn't a "bump" just a general mass that is rounder than it was lets say 8 weeks ago lo I don't think that it helps that the only thing that helps me quell the relentless, constant, sickness is mashed potatoes and gravy and tortilla chips and salsa. If I eat another piece of ginger anything I am going to vomit and we don't want that. Truth is, I can do without sweet stuff altogether. Fairy--Girl, go get you some maternity pants!! You will feel soo much better, and truthfully, they have some at target that are called 0-9 months and they look like "regular" pants. You really won't be able to see the panel if they have one at all. you will be a lot more comfortable. Just wear your regular shirts and no one will know you are stylin' in the maternity gear. heh heh

Wonderful outlook! Beautiful and so true. Congratulations on your babies. What a blessing.

I know exactly how you feel. I am 55lbs away from my goal when I found out I was pregnant. I have not been on the scale in over a week and I am afraid to do so. I find I don't know what even to eat anymore. My weight is already beginning to shift to my front. My tummy is already getting bigger. And I am terrified and mortified all at the same time. It is a head game. It is hard to switch your mind it to the "its ok if I gain weight" mode. I gained 18lbs with my last pregnancy. That would be all well in good if I hadn't started out at 214lbs. Not sure if I have any advice just to say that I understand and you are extremely lucky to be only 6lbs away from your goal weight. the truth is, you won't gain 67lbs this time, and what you do gain will hopefully be gone shortly after your blessed event. And then, if you breast feed you will lose those 6lbs in no time. I have decided to not weigh myself except for once a week. Maybe. Hang in there, and I can tell you that if the morning (noon and night) si!ckness hits you, you won't care about the weight gain. You will eat whatever makes you feel better!! LOL Good luck and congrats on the baby

Jpet, thanks for the information. Its such a great time, but I wish I could transfer some of this to my DH. Is that mean? LOL I feel so badly for him. With my son I did nothing for three months. I don't know how he and my daughter even ate. I think all of the fast food places fed them throughout that summer. I am so not proud of that. This time I am going to be better. I had such good intentions of exercising still. I did up until last week when the nausea hit. I am going to make myself go walking today before it gets away from me. I think running might be out of the question for now. I hope you are right that it all stops at 12 weeks and 1 day haa haa. Wait, why am I excited about that?? I am only 7 weeks and four days, that is still alot of time.

Its funny, I came on here to whine about my all day sickness or to at least find something that helps and here was this post! I will try jolly ranchers. I did preggo pops with my son but found them to be really sweet. Funny, I can not handle candy sweet stuff at all these days, but ice cream makes me feel better for a little while. I heard mixed reviews on ginger but I did do it with my son and all was fine. My dad scared the heck out of me about it so I wouldn't get real ginger only real ginger ale. a compromise. Thanks for the tips. Fairy, I wish I was you and did not experience sickness. Mine didn't end last time until I was about 14 weeks. I don't think I can take 7 more weeks of this. Who am i kidding? Yes I can and I will and I will be thankful since that is the only way I even know I am pregnant. We haven't told our parents yet. We are telling them next Friday when we all get together and go to dinner. I don't know how I am waiting this long. Wow, this was long. I hope all are doing well. Good luck mommies! Now, the next thread should be "what are we doing about our clothes.." Have good days.:cool2:

Hi Heather, just read your post. How regular are your periods? Sometimes, you can be pregnant and just test too early. If there is a Dollar Store or Dollar Tree close by they sell pregnancy tests and they are acurate. (trust me. The dollar store test told me both times!) Relax as much as you can and then get thee to a dollar store and test again. Good luck and baby dust.

Hi everybody. Well, now that the sheer shock has warn off, I am ready to join the pregnancy board! LOL Just got a call from the dr yesterday to confirm what three HPT's already told us! I am so newly pregnant if not for the test and the constipation, I wouldn't even know it to be true. So, we are adding to our family, we have two other children. I have finally come to grips with becoming pregnant 8 months post op (condoms only work if you use them EVERY TIME) and being 40lbs from my goal weight. But this is a blessing. We were planning on trying at the beginning of next year after my one year anniversary, but God decided that was too long to wait. Feeling good so far, no issues. Praying no morning sickness like the last time UGH. I haven't told my surgeon yet, waiting for my first drs appointment to see where we are. I am eating normally and healthily, and have decided to throw my scale out. I don't feel like stressing about it! I hope all is well with everyone else and happy and healthy pregnancies to all.

Hi everyone. I have never posted here, didn't have the need until now. While only an HPT has confirmed it,I do believe I am pregnant. I am in shock. I do not know why since Dh and I did not do the right things by b/c last month, but I was under the mistaken impression that since I had fertility issues in the past my 44lbs weight loss would not be that significant. Well, I ws wrong. I am terrified! Terrified of telling my dr since he was adament about waiting for two years. Terrified that I will have to stop jogging which gives me pleasure or that I will be too tired to do it. I am horrified that I am concerned with the weight gain I may experience because for the first time in a long time I like the way I look. We were planning on starting in the beginning of the year but now, I guess not so much. I don't want anyone to think that I am not happy about this. I am ( I think) but right now I am just in shock. I haven't even told my husband yet, although I told him I really thought I was pregnant two days ago and he laughed and said I wasn't and to stop spazzing since I am so irregular. I guess I need for someone to tell me the obvious. I am a grown up and my doctor won't holler at me ( too much) and that I am not really going to gain 70lbs (only gained 18 with our son pre-band--he is now 18 months) and that really, worse things have happened. Thank you all for letting me vent. Mikki

Thank you, Esmerelda. I feel better. I told my husband, who is thrilled although he understands my concern. I don't think I am going to gain all of the weight back, and you are right. This is a blessing. I should really enjoy it. This time will be a different experience than the last time. Not that it was bad, because it was great. Just I will be a little smaller and maybe look a little more pregnant instead of just overly round LOL. This is a blessing. My first appointment is October 9th. I am excited. We are going to be adding another child to our family. We are blessed. Thanks again. I will take your words to heart. Now to go eat something. I have not eaten a thing all day! Stress has made me NOT HUNGRY! that must surely be due to the band LOL

Thank you all.I know what both of you say is true. I am just shell shocked I guess. I feel pretty stupid since there is always a possibility and we didn't take precautions last month.I think we both just assumed it wouldn't happen since it didn't happen without help with our son. i am going to give myself a day or two to digest the information and barring something silly like my not being able to keep anything down I will call my fill doctor to let him know the situation. I am pretty sure I can keep jogging. I will ask my doctor. God knows what he is doing, even if the rest of us don't. LOL

Thank you Apple, although, I would not be completely honest if I did not confess that my reasons for going public to help keep me on track. The extra fear of having to have surgery to lose weight and then I miss my shot is what helps keep me going. You know, like when its 7:30pm and there is 100% humidity and you know you have to go running and you want to make excuses as to why NOT to go...and then you think, people know that I have started this, I gotta give myself a shot to get to the finish line and maintain.:smile:

Hi everyone. Well, let me make this as short as possible. I was 230lbs at my consult. I lost six pounds before surgery and my period came on by itself (how about two days before surgery). Since then, it has made its appearance every month between28-34 days. It was due by my calculations on July 2nd. Well, you guessed it. NOTHIN'. NADA. Has anyone experienced your periods becoming regular and then nothing? TIA:mellow:

In the beginning I had no plans on telling too many people, just my husband and parents and sister and niece. I, of course, told my husband first who was so very supportive of my decision to be healthy. He always said I was beautiful at any size, so that helped. My mom was scared to death and so was my dad, but they were very encouraging. My sister, not so much. I was going to keep it under wraps but before you knew it, my in laws knew (which is cool. I love them) and they were supportive. I then got to thinking how very hard it was for me to make the decision and what made me finally decide was hearing other people's success stories and yes their failures, to make a decision. They were selfless enough to share so I decided to do the same. If I failed it was my failure to share. Not only did I share I started a blog! Ha ha.I know, who woulda thunk it? But really, it has helped me be honest with myself and others about the struggle. The ultimate decision of my telling people was that I was proud of myself and I wanted to share that. No, I don't tell everyone I meet, but I do not keep it a secret if asked the direct question. But most people know and for the most part they have been very supportive. For those who are not, well, screw'em. Life is too short for too many secrets in this world. For those who are looking for you to fail, they aren't friends in the first place. Family members have their own issues to deal with. My mother in law read one of my rants about the surgery and how I got to that point and sent it on to my sister in law who then sent it to her mother. And her perspective of overweight people changed with reading it. Not that my goal is to change everyone's perspective, but its nice to not keep a secret. Just my opinion. I totally understand not telling people. :biggrin:

good day Ladies, just found this forum and thought I would introduce myself before I responded to one of the threads. My name is Mikki. I am happily married (best husband ever *wink* We have two children, a girl aged 4, a boy 16 months. I am now a stay at home mom I have struggled with my weight all of my life and have taken steps to help in that department. Congrats to everyone who has taken this step. We should all be very proud of ourselves. I hope everyone has great days and much success.

HI all. Congrats on everyone's weight loss. I am little discouraged. I have 6cc's in my band, my last fill was 6/26. My next appointment is not until late August. He says I am doing well, but I don't feel like it. I have started running since my third fill and ever since thenI have had very little restriction. The strange thing is the only time I feel full is whenI have had liquids for me to be able to tell. I am praying that the fill will "kick in" soon. I just have no idea when. So I guess I am still looking for the restriction and the getting hungry soon to go away. Right now I am on will power.

Hi. Let me first say I am not a Doctor and think its best that you talk to him or her. Now that I have done my disclaimer, I used to have this problem pre banding. It was severe acid reflux that caused this. I felt like I was going to die and I am not exaggerating. It may be that you are too tight, or are eating too close to bedtime, or foods that have too much caffeine. Those are usually triggers for acid reflex. Also, white bread and some pastas will do it too, believe it or not. so before you get to the doctor, I would suggest not eating three hours before bed but if you need a snack make it liquid non caffeinated. Elevate your bed (put books under your mattress and sleep on an extra pillow), get some pepcid (best stuff ever) and hold on until you get to the doctor. Good luck!

You will need a lot of help if you have a little one around. I could not pick up my son or my four year old daughter. Its automatic to do so, so be careful. The funny thing is when I started my lapband journey, I assumed my son would be well over a year when I got the surgery. However, everything moved so quickly from the consult, approval and date that it was less than two months until I was banded. but do give your body a chance to heal. I think it made a difference for me.

Hello. My doctor recommended a year, however, I had my Band placed a little less than 11 months after my son was delivered via C-section. A year might be a good bet as to give your body a chance to really heal, but your doctor is probably a better judge. Good luck!

Thanks to you all for your replies. I figured that was it, but because I am losing and gaining the same pound I wasn't quite sure what was going on. My next fill is 6/26 and I can not WAIT until that happens. In the meantime, I am still jogging and trying to get a handle on what to eat---sometimes its challenging with two children and a husband(although he is super supportive in every way he doesn't seem to get the don't bring junk in the house because I don't always have the will power to say no to Pringles)!

Hi everyone, I decided to ask those of you who are exercising this question. I was banded on 1/4/08 and had my third fill 5/8 (total 5.5cc). I began exercising with some regularity about a week before my last fill and noticed that I was a little tight when eating after working out (not uncomfortable mind you, just knowing I actually had a band in there). Right after my last fill I began the Couch to 5K program. I have lost four pounds since my last fill since beginning the program, however, I rarely feel restriction at all now. It comes and goes, but more often than not I don't have any. I still try to keep to my allotted amount of food, however, I do not feel if I have any restriction at all. I will say that I am not as hungry as I was prior to beginning to exercise. Has anyone else experienced this? Could it be that I just need another fill, or does exercising consistently affect the way the band fits? TIA for your thoughts. Good luck to everyone on their exercise endeavors! M:wink2:

Phowell, I am with you on the clothes shopping! I have NO IDEA what I am doing anymore. I didn't even know JR sizes went to 17. I have settled on a 16. The 18's are too big and the 16 is a little snug at the waist but doable. The 18's fall off. Literally. My NSV's lately. 1. My pants are falling off. 2. I started running and no one is even chasing me. I could not have done that 32lbs ago. 3. My husband,who always told me I was hot still thinks so. The funny thing is I am starting to believe it. 4.I am sensing the fact that I am no longer anonymous to men outside of my husband even when the kids are with me. Scary. :-)

Good for you!! Its funny, I started the program just yesterday and was AMAZED that I made it through without passing out and wasn't so winded that I couldn't make it. I was very proud of myself. I am little sore today, but not in pain, just know that I did something. Today I am taking it easy and dancing around with the kids, but tomorrow I will be right back at it. Good luck in your Couch to 5K endeavor! Mikki

Hi Ed-- I am not too sure I can help too much with insurance, but I had my surgery at the Barix clinic in Langhorne. They were fabulous with handling the insurance part of things. I gave them my insurance information after filling out the diet portion of the questionnaire, and they wrote some report and submitted to my insurance. They provided me with an insurance person who kept in touch with me via email to keep me abreast of the situation. My insurance approved me in less than two weeks, but I will say I have BCBS Personal Choice and they are excellent! In short, Barix really does the submission work for you. They will tell you if anything needs to be done. BTW, its a wonderful place and I have nothing but great things to say about them. Good luck to you!