Pregnancy (and wt gain) After Surgery

phlpn413
phlpn413 Posts: 7 Member
edited November 25 in Social Groups
Looking for any information on women who have had pregnancies post surgery.

Background - I had surgery in Aug 2015, and am now 23 weeks pregnant with my first child. Unfortunately, my surgeon's office closed about a year ago, and if I wanted to continue seeing my nutritionist I would have to travel over an hour each way. Pre-pregnancy I was still about 50 lbs from my goal weight.

Here's the dilemma - At 23 weeks, I have still not gained any weight - in fact, I'm trying to gain back the weight I lost during the first 16 weeks or so. Should I be concerned? My ob/gyn wasn't too concerned back at the 16 week mark, but when I met with a specialist at last week (for other reasons) he was concerned that the surgery could affect the growth of the baby. I see my ob-gyn again next week, but in the meantime I am just looking for reassurance from anyone who has gone through a similar situation!

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  • garber6th
    garber6th Posts: 1,890 Member
    Hi, I haven't had the experience you are having but you might want to ask your question in this group as well, I think it gets a bit more traffic -

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/637-gastric-bypass-vsg-lapband
  • MyFatPublicSecrets
    MyFatPublicSecrets Posts: 85 Member
    edited February 2018
    Hello, just wanted to say I’ve had a successful pregnancy and delivery post surgery... my doctors never mentioned my sleeve being an issue at all. I hope that eases yours nerves some in the meantime. ... I would assume that so long as you make yourself eat enough calories per day it shouldn’t affect the baby. ?
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