losingitforlife

I'm glad the US went well, how fun to see baby dancing!! Keep us posted.

I was having breakthrough bleeding on my BC pill so my Dr. put me on the Ortho Evera patch. I was wacked out for 4 weeks. I can't even describe what I felt like, I just kept telling my husband, I'm in a funk that I can't snap out of. I was miserable. I had a HUGE deadline I was working on at work and thought maybe I was just caught up in the stress or something. Then my husband asked, when did you start taking those new Patches. He was right, that "funk" I was feeling was directly related to the new bc. It took about 4 weeks, then I took them off for a week and felt much better. I have a lot of "women" issues so I decided to try them again. It wasn't quite so bad then next month, now I just get a little weird feeling the first day I put them on and it gets better as the week goes by. With patches you get kind of a "surge" of Estrogen with each new patch so that is why I feel so weird, the flux of hormones. I hope this helped, I totally think all you have described is related to the bc. Of course you should talk to your Dr. and take their advice :sad: Good luck and let us know how your doing.

Dreemer69, Oh MY GOODNESS!!! Congrats!!! Congrats!!! Congrats!!!! What an exciting story!! Let us know how the U/S goes!!

SOM - I'm so sorry you are going through that. Your right, if you have an oops pregnancy there isn't anything that you can do. No way to get fluro done then. UGH How frustrating for you. I've never heard of the tubing getting bent. Nothing that could have changed that outcome. What Dr. did you use in Mexico? Mine is Dr. Aceves in Mexciali I also thought, forget it, I'm not getting an unfill. I'm at a perfect spot right now, no pbing, able to eat a good amt, not losing, not gaining. But when Dr. Aceves went through the worst case scenarios which of course included puncturing the tubing getting an unfill during pregnancy because he can't use fluro, I relented an scheduled the unfill before we do IVF in August. My husband was insistent on a complete unfill. He said we aren't going to spend the money on IVF only to possibly have complications with getting nutrition to me or to baby or damage the band and do that all over again. I had to agree :sad: How has the band been working for you since you got the new tubing/port?

Emily, Every Dr. is different with what they want when your pregnant. I knew that if my Dr. asked me to get an total unfill, I would go find another Dr. LOL Now I'm at crunch time asked my Dr. what he suggested... He said a total unfill. He gave me a list of "worst case" scenarios and reminded me that they are only worst case but reassured me a total unfill was safest. After a few weeks of stewing about it, I agreed with him. I don't want to leave a slight fill in there and then run into problems getting the fill out w/out fluro because of the pregnancy. I had such a hard time accepting this suggestion but he was right, I would be so mad at myself if I was stubborn and didn't follow orders and then damaged my band or my body. My total unfill is scheduled for late July and my frozen round of IVF is Aug 7. Good luck with your decision on the unfill. And a big congrats on the pregnancy!!

Name: Cyrena How far along: IVF Aug 7,2008 Due Date: ? Boy/Girl/Surprise: ? Rants: None Raves: None Anything else: I know I'm not there yet, but I read this thread all the time and post whenever I have something to add. I hope to join the ranks of you wonderful banded and preggo women in Aug. Thanks!

We are doing a frozen round August 7!! Good luck with your first round. Our first round was 3/04 and DS is now 3 1/2 yrs old :cool2:

Congrats Jill!!!

Just to confirm what your Dr. said, mine said the SAME thing :confused_smile: He wants me to get a complete unfill under fluro before we do IVF. He stated the worst case scenario's like you mentioned and also said that of course these were the worst case but as self pay also wanted me to be extra cautious. I fought the idea at first but now I realize he is right, if I did something to screw up my band over just being stubborn and wanting to keep a fill, I would be so mad at myself. :tt1: Good luck with the PG!! I had to change my appts today but will have my IVF done on Aug 7th! YEA.

web, Isn't it funny how each Dr. is at a different point with their recommendations. My Dr is from Mexico and he is ultra conservative. My suggestion is that every do what their dr recommends. We wouldn't have chosen our dr if didn't trust them with our lives. That is great that both your dr's agree and your right you should be down 40lbs in no time at all. I have read that some dr's recommend the 1 yr waiting period so that your band is done healing in the place they want it to stay and the scarring is complete around it. I knew going into the banding, I was going to wait a year because we are doing IVF, so the money wouldn't be there any sooner :huh2: Good luck with your banding and let us know how it goes.

ltre, What an awesome story you have to tell that little baby! You are right, if not losing a pound was part of the deal and getting baby instead, it would be worth every penny! CONGRATS!! Your story is so inspiring. I'm curious if you are nursing? I know our bodies are all so different but it seems like nursing would cause someone to be tighter than before. As much as I'm fighting it, I'm taking my Dr.'s advice and getting an total unfill. I would be so mad at myself if left a little fill in - just being stubborn - and then had a complication and lost my band or damaged my stomach. This is just going to have to be all about the baby and your right - I can lose 25lbs again. I've lost 100, what is another 25. LOL If you can still eat too much, I would consider another small fill, it can't hurt :smile2: Anyway, congrats!!! and thanks for sharing.

Jodie - How beautiful you both are!! Congrats!! Lisalu - Thanks for the advice. I called today to find out about the local surgeon to do my unfill under fluro, it looks like it will be about $350 compared to about $700 to fly back to Mexico. I honestly have a gut feeling like, I should just go to my local dr and quit worrying so much, how can you miss a port that sticks out like mine??!!?? LOL I don't know about keeping any of my fill, I think my husband would kill me, but I'm already having thoughts of pasta that I haven't been able to eat in a year. It can't be good for me to be totally unfilled :rolleyes2: :cry_smile: Thanks for your thoughts!

Juno, how exciting!!! Do you have any other kids???