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How long was it before anyone got a fill on their band after being pregnant? Right now I am also nursing and I don't feel that restricted but I do notice I am not eating as much as I did before having the band. During my pregnancy I was never filled because I got pregnant about 2 weeks after my surgery and delivered a healthy 7lb 14oz baby boy 2 weeks ago. During the entire pregnancy I gained 27lbs which was half of what I gained with my first pregnancy. So I was just curious as to how soon I could start using this device I have! Thanks, Heather

HOLY COW!!! I thought I would not find anyone else who got pregnant 2 weeks after band surgery. Wow there is someone else...I feel better! I was actually petrified because I finally had gotten the nerve to have surgery, lost about 8 lbs prior and then another 12 in the 10 days afterword and what do you know...my hormones kicked in and I ovulated. Probably the first time in a year. We had had some infertility issues...my weight and PCOS which was the impetus to get the surgery so that we could have more babies. Apparently God gave me the reward as soon as he could. So far I am 11.5 weeks and have maintained my 25 lbs since surgery but I am now wondering if I will be able to keep my weight down and not gain 50 like I did with my first daughter 4 years ago. I am wondering if there would be any way to get a small fill to keep myself on track...doing it without flouro? I am going to check out the yahoo group listed too. Thanks so much! Heather

I wanted to say...congrats on the baby. I hope you are both doing well. I am not in quite the same boat, I got pregnant 2.5 weeks after my band surgery...what a surprise! A good one so I am searching through the pregnancy files to see how others have done. I hope you do the same and keep asking any questions that you have. Heather

Well I will not be making an appointment anytime soon...I found out I was pregnant and so far having a hard time getting in all the calories that my OB wants me to so I will have to wait until after May 2007. Heather

My whole family lives there-that would be great! Where is he located at in Cincinnati? Do you have his contact info? Heather

I figured I had PCOS about 8 years ago and went through all the testing with this specialist that was in my Gyn group--guess what, after all the ultrasounds, blood work, glucose tests, etc, etc he told me I don't have it. I should take birth control pills if I wanted normal cycles. I had asked about it because I was thinking of getting married and we had talked about kids. At the time, I would have a period on my own about every 5 months or so and it would last 7-10 days and was painful and very heavy. So I started on birth control pills, gained some more weight, but had light cycles every 28 days. I then noticed the hair on my abdomen getting fuller, my "beard" was coming in nicely, my moustache also got darker, skin got very dry, my hair on my head was falling out- I was a mess. Well 2 years later we were in a Natural Family planning (NFP) class that was required before getting married in our church and then and there we decided to stop the BCs. I still had all my symptoms. Nine months later we got married and I had started a new job. They were doing a Weight Watchers thing so I joined in. Lost 30 pounds and started having cycles about 35 days apart. We conceived our first baby without trying but looking back on the NFP charts I can tell you which day it was. After our first, I only lost 11 of the 35 pounds I had gained and was heavier then ever. So 2 more years go by-I had seen a fertility specialist when my daughter was 18 months old. My cycles had not restarted after she was born. I had 3 cycles in 18 months and when I saw him it had been 5 months since my last cycle. At my visit he got me in the ultrasound room and what do you know-I saw my both of my ovaries and they looked like swiss cheese. He said you have PCOS-and it must have really kicked in after your baby. I got started on Glucophage and my cycles came back to every 35-60 days but the side effects were terrible and I was not losing any weight. I tried Clomid on 4 different cycles with no success. I did get pregnant once on my own and then miscarried at 9 weeks, that occured Aug 30, 2005. I was miserable. I then started looking at lap-band surgery. I was banded on August 17 2006, also the first day of my last cycle. I am now down to what my fertility doc says is my set limit to conceive. My fertility doc said that most women with diagnosed PCOS have an internal set limit above which they can't get pregnant no matter what interventions they try. I know what mine is because I am the same weight that I was when I conceived her and now my period is late............I have not been brave enough to see a pregnancy test yet.

Anyone in Indiana getting fills here? Who is your doc? How much? Just curious!

I am with everyone else-Lexapro is for depression. Having seen your list of meds for reflux I think you need a referral to a GI doc to see if there are some other studies that should be done. With all of that reflux you are doing more damage to your esophagus which makes it harder to close down and keep the acid from damaging it more.