5w4d pregnant with the band

[gabeekeeper 0]

Hello!

I am new to this group. I had my band put in November 2007. I was well over 350 and the lowest I have gotten is down to 210.

I have been TTC since April 2009. I went to an RE and have been on injectibles and so I gained some weight. I am 40 yrs old and have 3 adopted children and have been TTC to have just one biological.

I had a early MC in October 2010. I found out I was pregnant on a sunday and by that wednesday I was bleeding and my beta #'s were dropping. I had my band loosened immediately after finding out I was pregnant b/c I was having a hard time taking my prenatals and I was so tight I really wasn't getting any nutrition in me.

Fast forward to now, I am 5w4d pregnant and everything is going well so far. I have an US on March 11 and that will make me feel so much better!!

I am not having any nauseous and generally don't really feel pregnant with the exception of being tired in mid afternoon and taking 2hr naps daily.

My lap band doctor told me in October that I should have a C-section and I am not really sure why, is that what usually happens to all lap band people?

Any advice is welcome!

[rdittmar 1]

umm no that's not what all banders have to do!! I am 12 wks pregnant and my OBGYN has delivered alot of banders babies... she said it all depends on the pregnancy like usual some are vaginal and some are C-section. My advice to you is find a OBGYN that has experience with lap-band patients. Mine has experience with all three bariatric sugeries!! Congrats!!