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I am scheduled for January 29th and I am sooooooooooooo ready for it!! Its been a process since September when I started all this and now I am ready for the new me. Is there anyone with this date!!

Well here is a little about me. I have PCOS and therefore was infertile. Didn't have a period for 5 years and tried to have a baby and finally got pg and had baby boy 5/3/2007 due to IVF. Well I was banded on 1/29/08 and have lost 33lbs since. I got my period for the first time in February than it came again in March, and then April and may. Well I just found out yesturday I am 5.5 weeks pregnant. I am excited and scared. Right after I had my first baby last summer, I got pg like 6 weeks after he was born and miscarried. Well now I been really sick and lightheaded and super hungry. I am scared to tell my dr who does my fills and what not as they don't advise you to get pg will you been banded for a year. Will they have to take the fluid out? Should I just wait to tell them after my 1st Trimester to see if I have a good stong pregnancy?

Well I am excited and hoping this is a new beginning for me. This is the reason I got banded in the first place to have a period and get pg on my own. I was just banded on 1/29 and have lost 18lbs. For the first time in over 2.5 years, I got a period on my own. A nice healthy heavy period. I just had a baby last May but had to do IVF to conceive him. I did lose a lot of weight with him and right after and got pg again 7 weeks later and lost to miscarriage. Well I gained a bunch of weight again (30lbs). Now I am so happy to see my period and hoping that it will contine month after month with me ovulating. has this happened to anyone else? I want to get pregnant in August. Thanks Katie

I had a period too this month and I am checking to see if I ovulate too. Let me know what happens.

The only reason I did have the lapband was to help with the weight and PCOS and pregnancy. I too did the whole works down to IVF. I am hoping now that I am losing that my PCOS will diminish and I can start having regular cycles and ovulating on my own. Which in over two years, I haven't had a period and just got it two days ago and I am loving it. Although I looked like an idiot at the store trying to figure out what to by for pads as its been so long. So hang in there and let your body figure things out.

I have lost 17lbs since surgery on 1/29. had my first fill last week and I have felt no restriction at all. I had some after surgery but nothing now. I am calling today to schedule another fill

I was banded on 1/29/2008. The last couple of days I have had a sharp pain when I bend, take a deep breath, eat or sneeze in my lower left back below the rib cage. It is a sharp sharp pain. Could I have a kidney infection? Has anyone gotten this postop?

So what happened? What did they put you on? I don't know if I should call but it seems like every time I move I get the sharp pain

Thank you all of you!! I seem to be going back and forth on the 1lb. Yea I am on regular food but I really watch it. They said I was a fast healer and if I am comfortable eating it then its fine but be mindful about it. I couldn't eat a hamburger but more like salmon and some salad. I eat some crackers and suck on them to get them mooshy. But I also am on soups and yogurt. But I am proud of one thing, NO CAFFEINE or REGULAR POP!!! Good Luck to all of you!! And THANK YOU AGAIN

Well I am almost 2 weeks post op and back to normal. I am eating regular food and having no problem. I can tell the swelling is gone as I have no restriction. I am slowly gaining the 13 lbs I have lost. Ugh, I have my first fill on 2/28. Is this normal? I am just sick of being hungry.

So I have been having troubles taking a deep breath. My stomach doesn't hurt or nor does my incisions but I think its because I can't BURP!! I feel like I have to and when it starts to come, it hurts. I am drinking slowly but how do I get rid of that Gassy feeling? I am going to the mall tomorrow to walk....walk....and walk. I need to get out and get some exercise. Is anyone else having the problems of not burping?

Has anyone had a fluttery twitching feeling on the top left part of your stomach? It seriously sometimes I feel like I am pg again and I have a kid kicking

Oh good because its getting better but it hurt to take a deep breath and behind in my back and what not. I am doing much better and burping good now and feeling so much better

I had my surgery on 1/29 and I am still sore but not as bad. get up walking to get things moving around. I had troubles burping but now as long as I am moving I am doing good. If you are feeling hunrgy it means you don't have enough protein. I have been mixing Whey Protein with Carnation Breakfast shakes and its like a choc vanilla shake and they are really good.

I was sent home with liquid meds. Although I still take my metformin and break it up 4 times with a pill cutter. My syntrhoid is small enough.

Hey thanks!! I am glad to know that someone is right behind me. I am still sore but this burping thing sucks!! I just want to belch or excuse me on this one.........Just fart a lot of air!!! I am going to go and walk the mall tomorrow to help things along. How is the diet going? Before surgery before I went under, I was 253. Now I am 251 exactly. Keep me posted

Hello everyone, I was banded on the morning of January 29th. I am doing okay. Sore and stiff. My question to you is do you feel short of breath like it hurts to take a deep breath? I am doing great with the diet. I went into surgery at 253 and now this morning 251.4. I am not even hungry at all. But does anyone have any advise with the breathing thing?

I am getting banded on Tuesday the 29th and I am so excited for it? It will be a new day!! I am trying to get ready for my post op diet. I got some carnation breakfast drinks, some soup that is just broth and jello. What kind of protein shakes should I be getting? Are they at the grocery store or at like GNC? Plus any advice for me?

I am so excited that I have found you all!! I too like the rest of you have PCOS. I was diagnosed 6 years ago and have to conceive with IVF. Haven't had a regular cycle in I don't know how many years. But I am having the lapband on 1/29/08 to help me lose the weight and have a period and feel good again. I am tired of gaining weight. heck I wouldn't eat and I would still gain. I also am in Metformin. We need to all stick togather in this.

A friend of mine are both having the surgery and we both have little ones that are 21lbs. They say you can't lift anything more than 10lbs so the band won't slip. How do you refrain from doing so for 6 weeks and not pick up your baby? My son is 8 months old and can't walk yet or crawl. Any suggestions?:help:

I see a lot of people that have lost a lot of weight since surgery. But is that weight you had to lose before surgery or was it from when you had surgery? How much have some of you had to lose before surgery?

Hey I have PCOS too and I am having the surgery for that reason as I had to have IVF for my first child and now I want to conceive naturally. Do you have it bad?

You guys are so so awesome. When I go to my support group tonight I am telling them about this site to go to. I was really scared and nervous about all this before hand. But then talking with all of you, it really gets me motivated and excited

I will have to remember putting the soup in the blender like that, what a great idea. Thanks a ton

I am printing that off so I know. I might just do it the week before to get myself ahead a little so I know I lost some. I have been going between the same 5lbs. Its like I iwll lose then gain then lose. God doesn't it suck to be fat?