My Band is not working!

[Chicky abby 0]

Hi ladies,

In my 14th week here......my band remains filled at 5.5 cc's, my doc did not unfill me. I have gained 10 pounds so far....and happily developing my baby bump.

I would love to hear how you all are ding with your pregnancies- if you are still 'filled' and is your band working? I feel as if I do not have a band at all sometimes....I am HUNGRY a real gnawing hunger almost every 2 hours. This is my first pregnancy so not sure if this is 'normal' ?

I would love to get my band tightened further but realize would not be best. Should also add that I am eating things I have not eaten since surgery.....pasta, bread, etc. My need for carbs came back when I could not eat Protein or much of anything else due to morning sickness.

Thanks for your help!

Abby

[ckelly37 1]

Hey Abby!

I had my band unfilled when i was 4 weeks preggo....since my last ob visit (at the end of nov) i only gained 5lbs..food sometimes hurts goin down dependin on what i eat (mainly doughy food)...evethough i dont have a fill i still have some restriction (not like before tho) i know what u mean about carbs i crave them all the time...hopefully i dont gain to much weight (im halfway done!) hope all is well with u!

-Cindy

[ziahmama 0]

Hi ladies,

I am 17weeks and I got a 3cc unfill had 6 in at first. i got the unfill at 13 weeks cuz i kept throwing up after eating 2 bites of food and it hurt like hell when eating but even with me throwing up. i still gained weight and have gained like 18lbs so far which kind of scares me cause with past pregnancies i nener gained more than 23lbs totaland my baby was 9lbs and i was obese then.maybe its my body reaction to initiating carbs back into diet. my ob says dont worry about that just concentrate on a healthy baby which i know she is right. i am trying now to decrease some of my carbs but not all of them cause baby comes first and we all need balanced diet during pregnancy.:thumbup:

[rodriguezequal 3]

I had trouble eating and around 14-16 weeks got my band completely emptied. I have lost around 20 pounds since learning I was pregnant. I had 6 ccs in my band and now am completely empty and 26 weeks pregnant. I eat carbs, but definately try to go with healthy carbs like whole wheat and what not. Don't let you cravings get out of control though. I find that if I just have a few bites of something I'm craving that I'm okay. Just make sure you don't gain too much, but be healthy for you and baby :thumbup: Good luck to all of you!!!

[Kissmygrits 0]

I got unfilled at around 15 weeks. One of the reasons was because my fill wasn't working anyway. My Band was no match for Pregnancy hormones and related hunger so I was eating pretty good. I got unfilled because I didn't want to do any damage to my pouch.

I have gained a lot of weight so far (I'm 29 weeks), but I'm okay with it. I know that once I have the baby, I'll get my fill back and the hunger hormones will subside and I'll get back to where I want to be.

I got unfilled also because I was worried about getting too tight in later pregnancy (as the uterus pushes up into your stomach anyway- giving the feeling of restriction) and having some sort of complications from that.