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Bev, Hang in there. There will be a silver lining to this dark cloud! Boo-I just want to tell you I love your siggy again. It inspires me every post I see from you, even if I cant really lose weight right now. Nat- 55 inches!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOWEE! You are awesome! Sweet- only a few more pounds for you so you can get your TT! That is such good incentive. Nikki- Do you know what you are having? I cant remember? I have this feeling I am having a boy for some reason. I told all of the family last night. Actually dd3 told them LOL! They were excited but there were alot of questions about my band and weight loss. Hopefully I wont get too hard of a time. How often do they give you Ultrasounds?? Claudia- I grew up an hour outside of Chicago, fun city to visit but I dont know if I would be as brave as you as to move there. I am a country girl! =)

Jodie, I would get it checked out, but pg hormones do all kinds of crazy things to your skin. You should also be checked for gestational diabetes soon too. (usually 28 weeks) so you are right there. Rashes and fungal infection go along with gd also. Good luck and keep us posted. Jill

I would say dont take the BC pills. I have PCOS also. Although losing 60 lbs with my band has restored my fertility. The reason I say dont take the pill is b/c it messes your system up more, and you will not know about your fertility if you are taking it. I would recommend either barrier method or natural family planning. Natural familly planning involves using signs and temping to find out when you are ovulating or if you are ovulating. I did this to get pg before but it could also be used to prevent pg. the other benefit is when you are ready you will know when your fertile. Your fertily is a very special thing- guard it with your life. I went through many fertility problems and treatments to conceive my first and second. This one is a band baby, my fertility returned about 1 year after my band. We never did alot to prevent pg, but I wasnt too worried if I should happen to get pg, although I really never thought I would since I had to take fertility drugs both time. Good luck Jill

WARNING BIG TIME OT--Having a bad day today, I had an awful day at work. Went to get my kids and the baby sitter informed me, 1- My son was a terror today. 2 She is quitting, her dh job is slow and she got a job offer she cant pass up. Then on my way home I got stopped by a police officer for failure to use my turn signal. I just lost it. My pg hormones are raging. I just bawled and bawled and bawled. I didnt get a ticket. He was very nice. My 2 kids didnt even wake up. LOL He took my license and stayed in his car about 30 seconds, then he came back and told me he hoped my day got better. I didnt cry to get out of the ticket. I really didnt care at that point. I am so stressed, Ive only had this sitter a month. My sitter before that only 4 months or so and she got cancer, and had to stop watching them. I loved my sitter before that but she increased her fees so high I cant afford her. I am extremely picky about whom I leave my kids with. I work 12 hour shifts and need someone only 2 days a week so I cant do traditional day cares they are not open late enough. I have to find a private sitter. Last time I interviewed 14 people before I could find someone.

2/27 is my dh bday! Congrats how exciting!

Oh yeah, he gave me a power protein supplement b/c I do not want to be in Ketosis. (can cause brain damage) and I need to eat more carbs thus I cant eat the protein, b/c I can not eat that much. Also just FYI I am no longer trying to lose weight. I am trying to maintain for a while. But I would still like to hang out with you all if that is ok. I WILL BE BACK IF FULL SWING BY CHRISTMAS!

Went to see the surgeon today to talk about my band baby. He was very nice and understanding. He told me there are 2 ways to approach this. We can leave things alone and watch me close. If I am losing too much or gaining too much we can unfill/fill the band. He said all the studies of bari women and preg show no ill effects from weight loss during the pg. (IE bypass ladies that cant do anything about the weight loss) He said the baby will take what it wants and if that means living off my fat that is what he will do. He just said to make sure I am not losing muscle mass, and I need to up my protein to at least 60-75 gm a day. And take my vitamins. He said the second approach is to unfill me now, I will gain and I can start again after I am done breastfeeding. Option #2 seems like a bad idea to me. I had an awful pg last time b/c of my weight and other things. I had uncontrolled gestational diabetes. I was on insulin etc. I may still have gd this time around but i hoping to control it a little better with my restriction from the band. I know my baby and I will be alot more UNhealthy if I can 60 pounds with this pg. So I have to talk with dh to make sure what he thinks but for now I have opted to wait to get an unfill until my 2nd trimester and then probably only a partial unfill. I am hoping to gain no more that 20-25 pounds with this pg. With my first I gained 11 pounds and with my second 17 pounds. BUT I was much heavier then. What do you all think???

Sweet- That is fantastic! Wow I think I am getting so jealous, My losing days are over for a while so I think I may have to put this scale away. It is going to make me mojor depressed.

Well if the blood is bright red, it is probably fine. It is probably hemmoroids. Very common in preg try to eat more fiber and water. Nikki thank you and about the brax hicks. If you are just getting over a UTI be careful to watch those Braxton Hicks as UTI is one of the number one causes of preterm labor. Jodie and all-- I had the same problem with my other 2 pg with the baby not moving and being nervous all the time. Whenever the Dr checked the baby would be doing acrobats. So you know what I did? I rented a doppler to listen to the heartbeat myself. Not one of the walmart kind and actual medical grade one. I got it from Fetal Doppler for Monitoring at Home - BabyBeat It was wonderful and gave me such peace of mind. I will be getting one in a few weeks for this pg too. It is only $18 per month. Well worth it for me. They have different types but the $18 a month one works just fine I am a nurse and it is really simular to the one we use at the hospital.

Hang in there this is the worst month the waiting is horrible, I am convinced the last week is the longest of all! Baby will be here very soon!

I voted for you! Good job Sherry!

I did tell dh. I gave him 3 arrows (like for archery hunting- he is way into hunting) anyway. there is a Bible verse that says- Like arrows in the hands of a hunter are the children of one's youth Blessed it the mans whose quiver is full of them. So I put that verse on there and then I put- Apparently God does not feel your quiver is quite full yet! Signed Baby #3 EDD Oct 10 08 He was very surprised but I think he is happy. I think he is shocked. We had to use fertility meds with both other children. This one is definetely a weight loss baby! I love my band! Jill

OK girls! Called my OB and my surgeon. My Ob nurse said it may not be necessary to do a complete unfill. My surgeons office said I am their first to be pg and they want to see me. So I go next week to see him I am going to count my calories precisely until then and possibly see a dietician. This sounds like something I can live with, I am going to see how tight I am with all these hormones flying around. I just want to be cautious with all of this. I dont want to go crazy, b/c I know the baby doesnt need that many calories. So I am going to eat as much healthy stuff as I can and drink an extra protein shake or 2 a day. And take my vitamins.

Well I am here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am only about 4-5 weeks though! =) Jill

LOL- Boo- Take the car to get it soul cleansed! Well go for it! I am doing better today. I think it was the dehydration that caused me to nearly pass out yesterday. I am much better today. I am going to call the dr to find out what he says about fill verses unfill I just want to do what is healthy. I dont want to gain a bunch of weight b/c I how bad that is for pg and baby. I have seen alot of people on here do not get unfilled for the first trimester, and I was sorta hoping not too. But I will do whatever my dr says.

Well sorry I didnt check in earlier. 2 updates #1 I am pregnant!!!!!!!!!!! YEAH ME! and I told dh tonight, b/c of my 2nd update. #2 I woke up with horrible gas pains last night and very nauseated. NOT morning sickness but stomach flu! AGAIN! I just had it last month but ds had it last weekend. I vomitted like crazy and it is coming out of both ends. I was shaky all over couldnt keep anything down. So afraid I was going to hurt my band. So I have been on gaterade all day. I did feel a little better this after noon, so I wanted a shower so bad. I got in the shower and everything went black I knew I was going out and no one was home except the 3 year and 5 year old. So I quickly dropped down in the tub and sat there. After about 5 min I got out and dd3 brought me a robe. I made it to the couch and waited there for dh to come home. My neighbor came by and brought me some Gatorade. I told dh this evening in case something happened and I needed to go to the hospital. I felt that bad. I am doing somewhat better now, but I am so thirsty I just wish I could gulp and gulp and gulp! I was down to 167 this morning that is 4 pounds lighter than yesterday, LOL I wish it wasnt just b/c I am so dehydrated but I know it is. Dh was very shocked about the baby but he seems happy, I dont think it has sunk in yet. We are going to be outnumbered! So Nikki when did you get unfilled?? Should I be doing this now or wait till 12-14 weeks or so?

I may be joining you all!:tongue: I will let you know tomorrow or the next day. I tested and got a weak positive today. I am retesting tomorrow and probably Friday too!:tt1: Help me think of a neat way to tell hubby! Anyone have ideas?? PS please dont email or pm b/c we share an email and I dont want to blow the surprise! Especially before I am for sure for sure for positive for sure! :wink2:

PS find a different dr if she is not explaining this stuff to you. Has you dh been tested (sperm analyis??)

Well you need to temp every morning with a BASAL body thermometer (orally) and at the same time before rising, moving or anything. So keep it at your bedside and take your temp same time every morning even if it means setting an alarm temping and going back to sleep. There are charts that you need to graph it on. You can find one free online. I would also tell you to read the book "Taking Charge of your Fertility." It is by Toni someone. You should be able to easily find it. It will tell you everything you need to know. Order it today! It will save you a ton of money on OPK and advance fertility stuff etc. I would start doing the baby dance about 5 days after the last pill you take and continue every other day until you get a temp spike. Your temps will run lower like for example 97.3, 97.2, 97.4, 97.2 then it will spike up a half a degree or something like 98-98.4 or something (these are examples) and once it spikes it means you have ovulated in the last 24 hours. Only prob is once it spikes it is too late to baby dance the ovulation has occured. BUT if you do temp consistently you can count the number of days from the last pill to the temp spike and you will know the day you ovulated (the day before the spike) so the next month you know to concentrate the baby dancing on those days. For me it was always 10 days after I took my last pill so on day #9 we had better baby dance if we wanted to get pg. Does this make sense?? I hope so. Good luck and read that book it has charts in it. Happy baby dancing!

Well I finally posted some pics on yahoo! Let me know if you all can tell. =)

nikki- so did you have an unfill for your pg? Have you continued to lose for the pg, and how did you know the baby and you were getting enough?? Thanks Jill

I have ALOT of Clomid experience. I have had like 13 rounds of it. I have had 2 Clomid babies. THey are now 5 & 3. I would highly encourage you to chart your basal body temp while on Clomid b/c it messes up your cycle and you may ovualate earlier or later that you think. It wasnt until I was on my 3-4 cycle of clomid I saw the patern. I always ovulated 10 days after the last pill. This is how I finally did get pg. What questions do you have specifically? I was not banded at the time. But the ovary pain and hot/cold flashes are completely normal on clomid. It is yucky but worth it. Good luck Jill

Whoops! I think I have news. I dont know for sure and PLEASE no one PM me regarding this I dont want dh to know yet! I think I am pregnant! I have mixed emotions about this as I have worked so hard and have still have 36 pounds to go. I am on a roll the last few weeks too! BUT a baby is such a blessing and really one of my main reasons for banding anyway. I am just so scared to gain the weight back. I am wondering if I need to get unfilled or what. I am really too tight right now anyway. I will be consuming extra liquid calories if I am. I took a pg test this morning and there were 2 lines but the test line was very light. I am going to retest tomorrow morning or the next day. I have 2 kids but never conceived with out fertility meds. My periods started back about 4 months ago. Before that I hadnt had one for years on my own unless the Dr induced it. I know I started ovulating again from weight loss. I guess I shouldnt be shocked if I am pg, but I still am. Anyone think of some sweet ways to tell dh he is gonna be a daddy again. I am not telling him till I get a few positive tests! (Just to be certain!)

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Steph, glad the ps went well! That is so awesome. I am so excited for you. I hope someday I can afford to the girls put back up where they belong and my arms and tummy are going to needs some help. I have have a few more kids first though. I dont want to stretch all out with nursing. LOL Youre weight loss is so great! You really have kicked it into high gear. BOO- Love your new siggy you gorgous girl! Where's your update?? Hope you are feeling better. Gotta go will post more later! Kirsten- I feel the same way. There is so much more to the relationship then just the benefits. Guard you heart, your mans out there somewhere waiting for you to ROCK his world! =) Mine is still slow but it has been more steady.