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Hello everyone! I haven't been on at all lately but things with my pregnancy are going great. I had a biophysical profile and non-stress test this morning. My doc wanted to do one because he isn't very knowledgable of the band and wanted to make sure the baby was handling it ok. I got a 10 out of 10 which means the baby is doing great! It's always nice to hear that. I do have a question for everyone....anyone's baby ever measured big? According to what they have told me all along, I am 30 weeks but he is measuring at 32 weeks. They said that could mean that he is either going to be a big baby or that my due date may be off. If my due date isn't off and he is just going to be big, I wonder if they will induce me early? Anyone have any experience with this? It would be perfectly fine if he was here the middle of March as opposed to April 4th as long as he is doing great! I go to my doc next week so I am anxious to see what he says.

Good morning all! It's good to see reports and that everyone is doing good. As far as fills, my surgeon said he didn't want to see me again until after I finished breastfeeding. I assume at that point, he will give me a fill. I plan on breastfeeding for up to 6 months so it will be a while for me.

So true! I am not a fan of Kim's to begin with and that didn't help. Guess I just like Bob and Jillian and there has never been a place for Kim, who knows? The trainers should keep their opinions out. They are there to help them learn a healthier lifestyle, not play the game. Kae is doing amazing! I am always amazed at her strength and dedication. I have to admit I am always disappointed when players give in at the food challenges. I am certain that $5k is very tempting, especially if you need it but given the real reason you are there, say no. I am so proud of Kae for admiting how tempting it is (money and food) but stands her ground.

That is what I initially assumed as well. That very well may be what she means but she seems almost desperate about it which got me to wondering if it was something else entirely. Sure seems he needs her a whole lot more than she needs him. Of all the important things in life, I wonder about this....:biggrin1:

Another Biggest Loser fan here! I totally agree about Amy's actions toward the red team being a slap in the face! Then to call out Isabeau in the elimination room for not being loyal. I couldn't believe it! Amy is the one who wasn't loyal. I always hate when anyone has to go home because I know that desire to lose weight and I want them to all reach their goals however, someone has to go. I would much rather someone get to stay that truly wants to be there. I was sick thinking that B might have to go home because you can tell he wants to be there and change his life. I do have a question that maybe one of you can answer for me. An unimportant thing and probably stupid but I am going to ask anyway. Kim made a comment about how she needed B as much as he needed her. How so? Is it a paycheck thing? Or just that she won't be on the show this season anymore? I don't get it.

Now that we know what we are having, we are going to discuss names more indepth. This is our first child and we only have one nephew so there are a lot of options open to us. I would think it would be a challenge to come up with something unique when you have so many boys in the family. I am certain you will come up with something great. I'll get to looking at my book and post some ideas later.

I had my ultrasound yesterday and they tell us we are having a boy! We are very excited!! It was so great to get to see him again! How is everyone else doing?

I hear ya! It is such a pain to get them just perfect after I make one of my nightly potty runs. By the time I get settled and all my pillows in place, I have managed to wake up dh. He just rolls over and goes back to sleep but I always feel bad for thrashing around so that it disturbs him.

I have a question about sleeping. Is anyone else finding it difficult to sleep on their left side all the time? I am a right side sleeper but when I learned that it is best to sleep on your left side during pregnancy, I changed. I have bought a body pillow and the is propped up behind me for support but to also help keep me from rolling over in the night. I also have one pillow between my legs and lots of nights, I hug a small roll type pillow. I also have two pillows under my head. LOTS of pillows in our bed now! My problem is I have been waking up and having pain on my left side from laying on it all night. The last few nights it has been centered on my left hip. I have had to get up in the middle of the night and go to the recliner to sleep and some nights, I just start there because I know I will get a good nights sleep. Anyone have any suggestions for how to help this problem? I have wondered about yet another pillow somewhere but I really don't know where else to put one and if it would even help. I'm baffled on this one and quite frankly, I don't want to spend the rest of my pregnancy in the recliner. :phanvan

Meltini-I can only speak from my experiences but maybe they will help. I am 19 weeks pregnant and tomorrow is my one year bandiversary. To say it has been an amazing year for me would be an understatement. When I started my lb journey, one goal in mind was to have a family and I was not going to do that unless my health was in line. I wanted to have a healthy pregnancy and be here for my kids. I was very open with my surgeon about my desire to get pregnant within the next year and if that would be an option for us. He said absolutely and was very supportive. All surgeons are different on this so check with yours first. While I wanted to get pregnant soon, I wouldn't do it unless I had reached a goal that I had set for myself. My doctor told me to not set myself up for disappoint because my goal was very high and it is rarely seen with lapband patients. I wanted to lose 100 lbs. by July 2007 and I was banded in November 2006. I knew that I could accomplish it and worked hard to get there. I reached the 100 lb. mark by Memorial Day. Even though I had reached that first goal, dh and I decided to wait to start trying for a baby until July anyway. When we got ready, I talked to my surgeon (who was ecstatic about my progress) and he said to go for it. My health was perfect and with the 100 lbs. less that I was carrying around, I would have a smoother pregnancy. Dh and I started trying the first of July and got pregnant right off the bat...much to our surprise! I did have small unfill (.5 cc) but no more than that was necessary. I did experience some morning sickness with vomiting but not much. My band is just fine. Vomiting is not something they want bandsters to do however. If I would have had a more of a problem with it, I would have went to them for some anti-nausea meds but since it wasn't bad, I didn't. For me so far, everything is going great! Dh and I couldn't be happier about our little bundle of joy coming in April and I am feeling great! I wish you much luck in your journey to healthier you and with adding to your family. There are other pregnant bandsters here and we have a thread going where we discuss how everything is going. Check it out: http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f17/pregnant-banded-come-join-me-37874/ If you have any other questions, feel free to ask and I will help if I can!

Welcome to the new mommies-to-be! Raynie--I am glad you are feeling better! This is such a wonderful time you certainly don't want to spend a single minute of it sick. Well, last Thursday I had my doctor's appt. and they took blood to test for Down's and I don't really don't know what all (if anything else). They told me that they would have the results by Monday and they would only call me if we needed to investigate furthur. I gave them another day in case their results were slow in coming, but it is now Tuesday and I haven't heard from them!! Praise God! I have my ultrasound on Thursday, November 8th (which is my bandiversary!) and hopefully we can find the sex out. I can't wait!!!

Thanks to everyone who responded on my weight gain question. It sounds like it varies so much from person to person and that 5 lbs. isn't something to be concerned with. I go tomorrow and I am interested to see what his scale and he has to say. I should have known that picking a doctor who is rail thin wasn't a good idea. I needed a jolly, old, fat guy! :heh:

Yes! I have heard that it is a fairly common occurence. I go in tomorrow for the same test. When my doctor was talking about it last month, he said that a positive just means we need to investigate furthur, not that there is necessarily anything wrong. I know it's difficult to remain calm, but try. I am trying to not let myself get worked up and worried about the test, but it's hard not to. I just have to remind myself that whatever will be, will be and we will love the baby no matter what. Let us know what you find out. We're thinking about you!

Bexleygal-Halfway!!! I know my next ultrasound is about 2-3 weeks away and that's when we will learn the sex (if the baby is coorperating) and I can hardly stand the wait. I can't imagine how long your weekend is going to be waiting to hear your news on Monday! Be sure and let us know how it goes. Raynie-A boy! How exciting! I can't wait until our next ultrasound to learn the sex. I too have that feeling that I am having a girl, don't know why really, but we are kinda hoping for a boy. We will be ecstatic with either though! Ok, I have to ask this question as my next doctor's appointment is next week and I am already worrying myself about the scale....How much weight is everyone gaining and at what point in your pregnancy are you? I am 16 weeks and the last time I saw my doctor (at 13 weeks), I had gained a total of 5 lbs. and he said we needed to watch that. I was really proud that I had only gained 5 but he wasn't overly thrilled with it. I am just wondering if that is normal, not normal? I have no idea seeings how I have never been pregnant before. I know from my scale at home that I have put on a little more weight and I just dread that part of the appt. I really can't help but wonder if my weight gain is due not only to the baby and placenta growing but to the totally different lifestyle I have. I mean, before I got pregnant, I exercised a whole lot more than I do now and I was so strict on my eating. All I am accomplishing now as far as exercise is walking and I hate to admit, I'm not as faithful as I should be. And I know they say you only need 300 more calories when you are pregnant, but can that be true based on how little we bandsters ate before? I was STRICT! I lost over 125 in 8 months, I was a fanatic about it. Now, I am not focused on that and am eating more because I know that my baby needs it. I guess what I am asking is, could our weight gain not be "textbook" because we are adding more than just 300 calories because our intake before was so low? I can't help but wonder if that's the case. What's your opinions?

Panda, that's fantastic!!! I am so happy for you! I hope that very soon you are able to come on and tell us you are pregnant as well.

He didn't snap at me but he did comment that we would need to watch that and if it didn't change, we would have to do something. Which probably means put me on a specific diet. I can see where he is coming from in the sense that he doesn't want me to gain too much weight but seriously, I gained 5 lbs. in the entire first trimester! I didn't think that was bad at all. Especially since I know several women who gain 1 pound a week (or more) during their first trimester. I certainly don't want to gain a lot of weight because I want the baby to be healthy but I know that if I do, I will be able to get it off. I bit my tongue but I really wanted to say, give me a break! I lost 127 lbs. in 8 months and I am used to eating little to nothing so changing to eating every hour or so is going to cause me to gain a little! I really do like him though. He comes highly recommended and he is very good at what he does. I'll stick with him but if I have to go on a special diet, so be it. I can do it, I'm used to it. You know the funny thing is, I have had several people tell me in the last week that my face looks thinner and they were wondering if I was losing weight still. Of course I said no but it made me feel good. Maybe I should start eating ding dongs and twinkies and enjoy these few pounds I'm gaining instead of eating grapes, wheat thins and animal crackers!! Of course then it would be more than a few pounds.... Panda-You have done great! You have to do what you feel is best but as far as I'm concerned you are a great weight and I don't see where 13.5 lbs. is going to make that much of a difference. Believe me, I weigh more than 203.5 and my surgeon was thrilled for us to start a family. He said that although I wasn't at my ideal body weight, that losing what I had had made me much, much healthier and I shouldn't have any problems carrying and delivering at my weight. You don't want to put off starting a family forever and I believe that you will know when you are ready and if that is now, go for it. There is plenty of time to lose weight while you are chasing your little bundle of joy! Best of luck to you and keep us updated on how everything is going.

My doctor said nothing about waiting a year to get pregnant and I asked him specifically. I had set a goal in my mind that I wanted to lose 100 lbs. before getting pregnant and I figured it would take me until July to do it. Even though everyone told me I couldn't lose 100 lbs. in about 8 months, I did it and more. My husband and I decided we were ready to start a family so I talked to my doctor first because I had heard people say you had to wait a year and he said no, go ahead. Well, as you already know, I got pregnant right off the bat! Here's an update on me....I go back to the doctor on October 25th and he will do a blood test to determine if they need to investigate further regarding disorders such as down's syndrome and such. I am trying to not be nervous about it but it's hard. He said to not be concerned and I'm hoping that since there are none of these diseases in either of our families, that our chances of a healthy baby are good. Then in about 2 weeks after that appt, we will have another ultrasound and if the baby is cooperating, we will be able to tell the sex!!! I can't wait!!! I'm feeling good. The one thing that is difficult for me to adjust to is the hunger. I guess I got so used to not eating much that it's hard for me to be hungry every hour or two. I have never been pregnant before so those of you who have can answer my question....because I am banded and still have 2 cc in my band, I only eat small amounts at a time but I feel like I'm eating all day long! Is it normal to eat all day or is it because I can only eat small amounts and am therefore, getting hungry sooner? I have no pre-band pregnancy to compare this to so it may be perfectly normal but I feel like all I get done is eating. I have gained 5 lbs. and last month when I went, I had gained 4 lbs. and he wasn't too thrilled with it. He said we need to watch that. The nurse said that he doesn't like for anyone to gain over 4 lbs. in a month and I was at the top. I am trying really hard to not gain but it is so hard since I eat so much. And I try, I really do to eat "healthy" foods but I get so sick of them! I told my hubby that I want the baby to be healthy, that is my first concern, but otherwise, I'm not too concerned about gaining a little because I know that I will be able to get it off. I am disciplined enough that I am certain it will come off in no time. Raynie, we do need to stick together even after our bundles of joy arrive to support one another. I'm certain that with me being a new mother, I will have questions for you all! We also need to be there for one another while we work our baby weight off and then some....

I haven't done Protein shakes since getting pregnant. Quite frankly, they don't appeal to me right now. I did have some problems early in pregnany with things getting stuck or sliming so my doc took out .5cc and I hardly ever have a problem now. If I am too hungry, then I want to inhale my food and I end up getting a little bit stuck. I try to really watch myself and not let that happen but you know when you feel like your starving, you shove it in. I am not having any problems sleeping...at any time of the day. I get up at night and go the bathroom which interrupts my sleep but I can always go right back to sleep. Most days, I feel like I could go to sleep easily if I just had the chance. Thankfully I am past the "utter exhaustion, I can't function stage". That was really hard on me.

I don't know how you are surviving on that little of food. I feel like I eat all the time now! I am not used to eating so much but if I don't, my stomach hurts. It seems almost odd to say this but I get sick of eating so much. I feel like it's all I get done. My weight has stayed pretty good which is surprising to me. Everything seems to be going great. I go back to the doctor Thursday for a check up. April seems like such a long way away....

I just ran across this thread and decided I better post. I am also a pregnant bandster and this is our first! Dh and I decided that we would start trying the beginning of July and we got pregnant right off the bat! I could hardly believe it! I had always heard that it can take 3-6 months to get pregnant but I guess after losing weight with my band, I was really fertile. In fact, I bought a home test and when it went instantly positive, I figured something was wrong with it. I went to my family doctor the next day and the blood work confirmed it. I have since meet with my OBGYN and everything is going great. My blood work all came back perfect and I have even had an ultrasound. My mom is a twin and since they run in both DH's family and mine, the doc wanted to see if there was one baby or two. They only found one however my sister is holding out hope that the other is hiding. It was so exciting to see the teeny, tiny baby on the ultrasound and hear the heartbeat!!! I had them make a tape of it for me and dh and I have played it and played it and played it. As you can see from my signature, I am due April 4th. I am feeling fairly good. I think the exhaustion is what threw me for the biggest loop. That is getting better however. I have had some morning sickness, a few vomiting episodes but not much. I have had nausea but I have learned that it mainly comes when I forget to eat. My band did have 2.5 cc but my surgeon removed .5 cc after I got pregnant. I do ok as far as hunger. I don't eat large meals but they are bigger than what I was having. I am, however, hungry all the time. I feel like I eat all day! I have gained a few pounds. My surgeon said that some bandsters even lose weight while they are pregnant. I don't feel like that will happen to me if this hunger continues. I certainly don't want to be nauseated, so I eat. I'm trying to eat healthy Snacks instead of the ice cream and Cheetos that I really want. That's where I am right now. Glad to talk to others who are where I am!!

We have only tried this once but it worked great. Put a thin layer of butter on the toliet seat. It is near to impossible to see. The report we got back from the friend who was the target was that the scream when his wife hit the floor was priceless. This may, however, be a little bit more difficult to accomplish when a man is the intended target but could be for a good laugh.

mamalawyer - If you have yet to find some local support, contact Sylvia at Boone Hospital Center. She is the coordinator of bariatric services there and they have a support meeting every month. There are several of us around!

I was kinda surprised because I heard that it can take between 3-6 months of trying for most people to get pregnant and we just started trying. It was a pleasant surprise though! I had decided that if I didn't get pregnant right away that I would make the best of it and continue to lose weight and it would eventually happen but now that it is real, I couldn't be happier. I am having to adjust to eating differently that's for sure. No more m/e for a good long time. I am craving ice cream something fierce and the bad part is, I am giving in way too much. I just got done telling hubby that even though I am tired we have GOT to start walking every evening. I don't want to put on a lot of weight if possible. It is such an exciting and very new experience for us. This is my first time pregnant and I didn't realize all the changes that would occur. It sure is a lot different reading about it and actually experiencing it. Well, it's not very late but I am exhausted so I am off to bed. I'll talk to you all later!

Hello everyone!! I bet you all think I feel off the face of the earth. Work has been busy and so has my personal life. Well, my weight loss is stalled right now but I am perfectly ok with that because......I am pregnant!!! We couldn't be more excited! The doc says I could continue to lose while pregnant but if I don't, that's normal too. I think I have lost one pound since I got pregnant. I hope everything is going well for everyone. I better get back to work.

Hello everyone!!! I am back from vacation and things have slowed a little at work so I could get on and say hi. I did weigh in when I got back to town but haven't had time to come online and report so here goes.... Name............Starting.......Current.....Goal... .To Go Amy.................267..........264........250. .. ........14 Denise............. 298.............282........281........1 Karey...............182.............182........165 ........17 Tann............... 236.............221........219.......2 Turner.............389..............339.........32 9 .....10 I was one pound short. With being on vacation and not paying close attention to what I ate, I am happy anyway. I hope everyone is doing well.