Need help ASAP!

Deletthis · February 4, 2009

Ok so we just ofund out YESTERDAY that we are pregnant with baby #4!!!! :tongue: This will be the first baby after being banded for a year now. We are more then estatic about our blessing however, this was totally not planned I mean the day before I was looking into tummy tucks lol! I have lost 80lbs and am terrified of gaining too much weight. I have a 10 cc band and currently have 6 cc's in. Also we are military and live in Germany and where we are I have to go an hour away to deal with someone who actually knows what a lap band is lol! :cursing: So my main question is when did you all get the slight or total unfill? I know I need to be taking in more calories for the baby however, I don't want to overdo it so I'll watch what I eat and exercise but when should I be getting more calories? I'm only 4 weeks pregnant so don't know when a good time to go is. Thanks so much sorry if I rambled or repeated I'm soooo excited but toally freaking out too. We were only going to have 3 babies lol!!!!! Thanks again!

Daisalana · February 4, 2009

I got an unfill at around 4 weeks, because I was super tight out of the blue (before I found out I was pregnant). My doc only did a slight unfill. It's still too much (taken out), but my doc is a ways away as well, so I'm toughing it out.. and gaining quite a bit of weight. I plan to refill as soon as I'm done, and get back on the wagon.

Congratulations

Ask your ob-gyn & fill docs what they recommend, but honestly.. if you're not too tight, I wouldn't go for an unfill. You can get the calories & nutrition in just fine without it--as long as you're able to eat solids.

eejaydiva · February 5, 2009

I'm almost 15 wks and not unfilled yet. The band seems tempermental for most of us during pregnancy, but mine hasn't gone thru too many rough spots. I'm hoping to keep my fill.

HeatherO · February 10, 2009

My OB said I only needed 300 additional calories a day which wasn't really hard to incorporate into my daily plan (I think it will be a lot harder to give up the extra calories post pregnancy then to add them in the first place, lol).

If your band is not feeling uncomfortably tight, then you probably will not need an unfill just yet. Just be aware that during pregnancy sometimes the band can get exceptionally tight in a short period of time and be ready to combat it if it does.

Good luck and congratulations!!!

slcmommy4 · February 10, 2009

I am pregnant with baby # 5 and this is the first baby since my surgery. I got pregnant about 7 months after surgery and I am now in my 7th month.

Not only was I not gaining but I was actually losing so I got my fill taken out at about 17 weeks. If I could do it over again I would of had half taken out, because I feel like I've gained too much weight. I literally gained 12 pounds 4 weeks after getting unfilled. So at about 22 weeks I had a little put back in, and it's still not enough because I have no restriction. So my advise would be to weight until about 15 weeks or so and get some taken out, then if you havn't gained a lot of weight by your 6th month you can have more taken out. Obviously the baby is the most important thing rightnow so you want to be giving it all the nutrition it needs. Just have fun with the pregnancy and enjoy it. You only have to add like 300 calories a day so really you probably only have to have a little fill taken out. Good Luck with everything.