ThinnerTimes - Gastric Bypass and Lap Band® Forum - View Single Post - Anyone successfully pregnant after RNY AND infertility?

Sue0609 · 06-16-2008, 08:36 PM

DH and I married when I was 35 and I got pregnant immediately, I was about 230 lbs then (5'6" or so). I miscarried and DH sort of freaked. Things were really bad for awhile. I gained weight after the miscarriage, and then had an accident that resulted in 3 weeks confined to bed - more weight gain. When we tried getting pregnant again we couldn't (2 years passed). It's been aboutr 3 years of trying again. After every infertility test known to man (done last year, I was 39), they found nothing and basically said it could be my weight. Or my eggs might be a little crispy (my term, not theirs). Additionally, they don't do IVF if your BMI is over 40, so I was stuck. I tried losing weight (lost 15, gained 20, etc.) and decided to do lap-band. Abandoned lap-band when I learned of the high failure rate and switch to RNY, which I had on 6/9.

My surgeon was well aware of my primary motivation to have the surgery. I don't have any co-morbidities. I was very straight forward with this and explained my dilemma. Assuming I need IVF to get pregnant, even after weight loss, I have a very short time frame. They won't do it once you are 42. My "goal" is not to wear a size 4 (not that there's anything wrong with it!), it's to have a baby. My surgeon agreed that she would clear me for infertility treatment when I am 10 months post-op (which would make me 41 years and 2 months old), assuming I've complied with the program and my weight loss has been substantial enough. My surgeon is awesome, btw.

So, that's my story. I am wondering if anyone else on here had their infertility resolve after their weight loss surgery. And I am also wondering about anyone whose infertility didn't resolve after surgery and if you did IVF or anything else. Thanks.