How long did you wait for a baby??

[Daisalana 33]

My doctor only requires waiting for RNY.. due to nutritional problems. For banding, he requests you wait 18 months so you can lose weight & Have a healthy pregnancy, adjusted to your band and know what to expect, etc. I would think being a noobie bandster & pregnant would be a rough combination. He did warn about using B/C because you can be more fertile, he's had a lot of patients get pregnant who didn't think they could etc.

I am almost 1 year out, but plan to 'start trying' end of this year, beginning of next depending on some other meds I might be going on.

[losingitforlife 0]

A quick question for all you band mama's! How long were you banded before you got preggo. I know the doc says 12-18 months ...

I had my band 1/19/07 and will be starting IVF in May actual embryo placement will be July 08. So that will be about 19 months after band. I have gone from a size 20 to a 4, from 240 to 141 lbs. I can't wait to get pregnant but I highly suggest waiting the year your dr recommends, if you have a choice :biggrin:

due to my age, my band doc gave me permission about 8-9 most post sx to start fertility treatments. luckily the 2nd round worked and i got pregnant in august, my sx was in july 06, and i am due in may!!! yeah!!!

I'm so curious what the medication did to you with regard to restriction. We start injection June 1 and IVF on July 18, 08. I'm nervous if I will get really tight. Did you have an unfill?

Was the doc upset with you ?? The surgeons seem to really stress the 12-18 months!!

Iate... The reason doctors suggest the 1 year waiting period is so not only do you have an opportunity to have the healthiest pregnancy possible.

Another reason Dr.'s recommend waiting is that the scar tissue around the band is not totally "set" until 12 months out, after that your band is scarred into place

I'm hoping not to need an unfill but of course I will do whatever is best for the pregnancy

[CaliGirl626 0]

I'm getting banded this month...

My doctor said that he doesn't see any reason for me to wait. He said we can start the baby factory whenever if we want to!

[mphsmommy 0]

I too was wondering why this was the case. I plan to have the surgery in Sept.. The surgeon said he wants his patients on birthcontrol for 18 months to 2 years post op. I do not wanna go on birthcontrol. Birthcontrol is evil for me. Also, dh will be deploying to Iraq AGAIN in January and be gone for a year, so is birth control really necessary for 4 months? We definately wanna get pregnant when he gets home from Iraq.

[Daisalana 33]

Condoms for those 4 months :smile2:)

[mphsmommy 0]

Oh yea, he's just gonna LOVE that. LOL Gotta do what we gotta do though!!

[sim78 0]

I am going for the physc eval on fri and I hope that the rest will go very fast. I just celeberated my 7th anniv. and I can't wait to try to get PG. I was told that I had to wait 6mnth which is a long time but I think that I can handle that. I am not that old but in my circles ( I am a religous Jew) everyone has big family and I can;t wait to get started on my family.

[mphsmommy 0]

They have stressed the 12 -18 months for me too. I am not gonna go on birth control, I hate the hormones and I've been through so much infertility treatment over the years, I wouldn't wanna go backwards. Dh can use a condom for about 4 months, then he will be gone for a year in Iraq. We'll be trying when he gets home. :embaressed_smile:

[emilyd 0]

Got preg 3 months after I was banded. Wasn't on birth control because hubby and I were split but we soon started seeing eachother again and boom I was pregnant! Doc was not mad because he new this is what hubby and I needed. We had tried for 7 years to have a baby and even spent about $20,000 on fertility trreatment. I had lost about 30lbs and that is all it took to rev up those ovaries and hormone production (I have PCOS). Now we have a beautiful 6 month old little girl. Doc unfilled me when I got pregnant and yeaterday I went back for my first fill! I had kept the weight off during pregnancy (the best I ever looked, I loved being pregnant!) but as soon as I stoped breastfeeding I put all the weight back on. This time I am going to be very careful about getting PG.