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Hi there! There is no one good answer for this question. It very much depends on the person's weight. If you'r overweight or obese its not advisable to gain too much weight. between 11-18lbs. I will take me as an example, i currently weigh 185lbs. I'm 5"2" and am 9 weeks preggers. My ob which practices 30 years+ said it's ok for me to loose weight, since I am obese. He wants to keep an eye on the baby to make sure "it" gains enough weight. Which shouldnt be a problem. He has a lot of bandsters patients. So he's very experienced. I dont need to gain the average 40lbs, its not good for my health, I would be at risk for Diabetes, Pre eclamsia, etc. which are all harmful for the baby. Of course it has to be done in a healthy way, and not starving yourself. You have to eat nutritious food. People always make the mistake, "YOU HAVE TO EAT FOR 2" , which is wrong. you eat for you and a tiny person, that doesnt need more than an extra 300 calories. Most moms to be gain more than they have to, coz pregnancy is a time they let loose, which I completely understand. Hope I was able to clarify a little bit. best of Luck to all of you!!

Hey. Thanks everyone for answering to my post. I got the go ahead from my Doc. office today. Alovely weekend to all of you!

I'm wondering if I'm allowed to take a bath. I'm really in the mood to sit into a bubble jaccuzi bath. I have huge migranes the last few days. I need to relax. On my discharge papers from the hospital it said 3 to 4 weeks no bathing. I'm 3 weeks and 4 days after surgery. What do you say?

Hey fellow Bandsters. I hope you are all doing well. My surgery was almost 2 weeks ago. I do feel great, it took me a lil over a week to recover and now its as if I never had surgery. When my band was placed my surgeon filled it with 2cc. Yesterday I had my esophogram, drank Barium(wasn't as bad as ppl described it). Everything looked great, so I got the green light to start mushies. Its all going down well, and I get satisfied much much faster then b4 surgery. I ate 1 and half scrambled egg with a little cooked squash, more than 4 hours ago and I am still as satisfied as if I just ate. Its great. In my pre band times, I would've eaten already again a few times in this amount of time. Its great to not feel hungry. I'm an emotional eater. And now that I'm satisfied with the little that I eat i cant turn to food, so I am forced to deal with it in other ways. It's great. I got aware of it today. Its such a great feeling. Anyways, back to the point. Is what I'm feeling restriction???

Hey Veleda. I am so sorry that you'r going through this. What you'r describing definitely does not sound normal. I have been banded for almost 10 days now. I have had surgery pain like gas and incision pain, just one incision hurt me. Today I feel good, pretty much back to myself, besides of the one incision in my bellybutton hurting a little bit. I ate something that I wasn't supposed to 5 days post op. It was soft, but still I got stuck on it. For 8 hours. (I have 2 cc's in my band) I was in pain, food was coming up and trying to go down through my band up and down... It was sooooooo uncomfortable, I couldn't lie down, couldn't drink, nothing went down. I could almost not drink coz it took ages to go down , it came up and down... It took 3 days for my so very swollen stomach and all the tubes around to calm itself and swelling to go down. I thought that I have a slip. T"G I don't. It might be that you'r swollen. Discuss it with your surgeon. I feel your pain. It's hard to feel all that you do. Be strong. I hope that it will all work out for you, and that the band will work for you. We'r here for you whenever you need us. Best regards.

hey, how are you freshly banded fellow bandsters doing? I'm already better. Belly incision hurting when I walk and get up from sitting and liying position. Still some sharm shooting left shoulder pain when i lie down. I hope thats going away.

Hi. I was banded 07/26 and i think I've got restriction. I ate a piece of soft but sticky cheesecake yesterday, and 3 pieces of herring too and guess what, I got stuck on it for 7 hours. That was a good lesson for me, not to do that again and stick to my full liquid post op diet for the first 10 days after surgery. Is what I felt normal due to post op condition, or am I lucky and have restriction? I have 2cc in my 10cc band. I hope this is restriction, sice I would love to loose already and not wait till I'm filled 6cc or 7cc like most ppl. Thanx u guys, good luck to everyone!

i just had it done on monday. 07/26/2010 i was soo scared too. its not really in the belly botton just by the entrance into the bb. dont be scared. its reallly no big a deal. its much easier than the 5 incision. you'll do great! you'll c!

Hello my fellow Bandsters, Yesterday was the big day for me. I had to be at NYU at 6:30 am. I was waiting untill after 8 to be taken in by a nurse. My surgery wasnt untill approx. 10:45am I went in to the operating room, I was sooo nervous and scared. Everyone was really nice there, they saw that I was nervous. They calmed me down and were very gentle, untill the stuff through IV made me loose control. I tried to fight it...but it was stronger than me. I woke up 1 hour later in the PACU. My throat hurt and my lips were so dty. They rightawy offered me a cup of ice chips, it was the best treat. I was really confused when I woke up. I wanted my DH to come to me, but they didnt let him stay for more than 5 minuts. I dozed off again for 40 minuts. I felt my incision, only the one in the belly botton. (I had the SILS) Around 1:45 I was finally taken up to a recovery room, where I finally got to see my DH that I so desperatly needed by my side. I didnt really have bad gas pains, just slightly. It was deffenatly bothered more by my incision pain. I kept on drinking and drinking. I thought that I didnt have the band put in, everything went down so easy. I have 2 cc's in my band already. I didnt start walking around untill aprox 3 or 4oclock. I didnt have the strength. I was shaky when I got onto my feet. But very soon I got udsed to it and actually walking helped me slowly to get back to myself. Before they discharge you, you have to pee a certain amount. I just couldnt pee, as much as I had the urge to I couldnt. They took a sonogram of my bladder. It was full. It sometimes happens the nurse said, that the Anesthesia causes you not to be able to go to the loo. Only after 9pm did I finally manage to empty my bursting bladder. I was so happy that they finally let me go home. Most of the women on the floor went home already severall hours before. It was great to go home. I must say I didnt expect it all to be the way it was. I was afraid of the gas pains which I thankfully didnt suffer from. I guess everyone is different. All in all it was a great experience!:scared2: Today I had 3 plates of Soup, 1 snapple and 1 ices and I feel stuffed. I guess I am banded. I am looking forward to see the numbers on the scale running down. I wish all of you the best! Any questions that you have I would be very happy to answer.

Hi. My surgery is on Monday morning. In your experience, what do I need to take along to the hospital? I should be able to go home the same day, not staying overnight.

wow Cathrine, you are indeed an inspiration. Did you watch very much what you ate? Do you ever eat out? How did you do this? I want to be so successfull tooo. Amazing!!!

please could you tell me what bping is and whats the cause of it? being banded july 26 and trying too prepare myself for everything.