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cali4ialuv · 06-27-2007, 12:00 PM

I have not posted to this forum in such a long time, but lurk daily. I felt the need to reply to this thread. I got pregnant just three months after surgery. My husband and I waited 18 years for a baby, and frankly thought that I could not have kids. I had an uneventful pregnancy. My daughter just turned 3 last week and healthly as can be. Without the surgery, I would have never had a child. This truly was not planned, but I thank God daily for her! My surgery has also been successful. I had an excellent OBGYN familiar with WLS patients. I took additional vitamins and iron. Since my food portions were so small, I had to eat more small meals a day. The baby takes what it needs first. I was assured that my child would be healthly and encouraged to continue to stay focused on my long-term life style change surrounding loosing weight. I'm not sure what I gained or loss during the pregnancy, because my body was out of whack. However, I started at 294 and the day I delivered my daughter, I weighed 178. Over the next 2 years I managed to pack on about 15 pounds, due to my eating habits and lack of exercise. I have since went back to the pouch rules and have lost the weight. My surgery was not done for nothing! It gave me a tool in which I still use today to maintain a healthy way of life. Most of all, it allowed me to loose the necessary weight to become fertile. My 4th year re-birthday is Friday. (Just a week after my daughters 3rd birthday.) and I wouldn't change a thing. I thank God for the surgery and my daughter. Should I have waited? Probably so. I was adviced that women become extremely fertile after loosing a sufficient amount of weight. However, I'd never in my life been pregnant and truly thought it wouldn't happen. Boy, was I wrong. Again, I wouldn't change a thing. I've worked hard the past couple of months to loose the 15pounds I gained after she was born. I know exercise daily and eat protein/veggies first. I can go on and on, but I won't. I initially stopped posting here because people can be so critical expressing there opinions about post-op pregnancy. But, now I feel like I can be a help to someone in need. I'm a success story, with a healthy child, and a tool that still works 4 years later! Good luck to the prospective parents. Give her support and encourage. Let her know that she will do fine. My OBGYN said that without the surgery, I probably would have been faced with dieabetes, high blood pressure, and a list of other complications during my pregnancy, if I had not lost weight. Ok, I'm done:~) I'm a happy camper at 4yrs out.