I was thinking...

Jachut · September 6, 2005

that being banded might be a lot like being pregnant for me.

When I was pregnant with Eliza I started out the pregnancy heavier than I had been at 9 months with my second child.

Eliza was a very high breech, she sat oddly the whole way and I suffered abominably with heartburn and reflux - I was downing a 500ml bottle of double strength Gaviscon every 2 days plus I was on Zantac too. At the end, whenever I bent over I would just spontaneously throw up (a little bit) and had to pick up all the washing off the floor with the long BBQ tongs, lol. I had heartburn and acid shooting out of my nose in the middle of the night and had to sleep sitting up, when she was delivered by caesarean, she was so far up into my chest cavity that her little face was striped and bruised by my ribs, that lasted almost 9 months till the marks faded.

But the fantastic thing was that I could eat maximum 1/2 cup or so at one sitting, I had zero, absolutely zero, interest in food, couldnt bear anything rich or spicey and couldnt afford to waste my stomach capacity with rubbish or liquids.

Over the course of the pregnancy my weight held completely steady, I never gained. Of course, when I got home from hospital I'd lost almost 15kg. I remember thinking, if only that feeling would last. It was like a holiday from eating madness, I ate for nourishment and that was it. Of course, six months into breastfeeding (which seems to make me gain gain gain) it was all back and then some.

Will I regain anything of that wonderful freedom with a band? I dont suffer greatly from hunger now but I never knew what it was like just to not be interested in food before.

Parvathi · September 6, 2005

Will I regain anything of that wonderful freedom with a band? I dont suffer greatly from hunger now but I never knew what it was like just to not be interested in food before.

Yes you will

On occassion, I forget to eat. That never happened preband. I used to order pizza because I wanted to eat every cheese covered pepperoni morsel of it. Now, when we order it, it's because of the sheer laziness on my part and I may make it through a whole slice.

It's a wonderful feeling, not being controlled by food.< /p>