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Hello all! I am currently 5 years post op and 23 weeks pregnant. Up until recently, I haven't had much to complain about regarding the band. In the last month or so I've noticed an increase in port pain to the point I am hurled over and almost in tears. The pain basically feels like my port is literally being torn from my abdomen. The other day after an increase in both pain and occurrence,, I was finally able to see my Doctor who decided the best option at this point would be to remove my port and once the baby is born, go back and re-attach a new port. Now I'm not worried about not having and Fluid in my band as I've had zero fluid in my band for close to a year now. My major concern is the actual port removal while pregnant... Has ANYONE had a port removal done and what was it like post op? I work as a CNA so I'm hoping recovery isn't too bad. Any advice would be greatly appreciated, thank you!

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I had surgery at 12 weeks to remove a huge cyst on one of my ovaries and they wound up removing the ovary as well. I was already high risk for other reasons so this scared the crap out of me. I'm 18 weeks now and both me and baby are doing well. I know this doesn't really answer your question, but I just thought I'd share my experience with surgery while pregnant. They should have an OB there as well, right? I'd make sure of that, just to be safe.

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Honestly, it sounds like the muscles/skin area where your port is is stretching and pulling while you're pregnant. I had that with my last band baby and it felt awful, I thought the walls of my abdomen were being completely torn apart. Try warm compresses and massaging the area where your port is, that helped for me. Mine is starting to bother me again but really its just weird to look at lol. Good luck!

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