I was 10 months post op yesterday and wanted to share that I am down 86.4 lbs as of this morning & my baby girl is doing well at a healthy 9lbs, 15oz!!!

This is something that I shared with another member, thought I would post it so others too can find some comfort if they are going through the same thing:


I don't even know where to begin because the path that I have traveled to get to where I am today has been a very bumpy one.

I started the research portion of my journey and sourced out many doctors before I decided on Dr.Almanza, from there I went to my family doctor and discussed it with her. I booked my gastric sleeve surgery for December 8, 2011 and away we went. My husband came with me which was huge support....I loved having him there!! I went through all my per-op blood work which included a pregnancy test...clearly it was much too early in the pregnancy because nothing showed up. I had my surgery successfully on December 8, and travelled home on the following Sunday.

About the 10 days later I was getting sick with some of the smells of food cooking in the house....I was getting worried that I was going to not be able to cook for my family anymore..I decided to go lay down and when I was laying down I had an "ah hah" moment...the last time I felt like this I was pregnant with my second daughter...panic sunk in and I was freaking out.

I drove myself to the store and bought a 2 pack of the clear blue easy pregnancy tests..I wasted no time...I quickly peed on a stick...waited a few minutes and there it was in digital writing "PREGNANT 3+" meaning I was more than 3 weeks!!!! Sooooo me being the freaked out crazed individual I decided to pee on the other stick....like seriously I was thinking I was going to get different results???? Nope it was the same of course!!! Then I really started freaking out!!!!!

I was so scared that I had done some irreversible damage to this innocent baby that I was now carrying without even knowing it. I felt like I was literally carrying the weight of the world on my shoulders. I couldn't eat, sleep, drink water, talk to anyone....I layed in bed in a comatose state for nearly a week....how I got through Christmas I will never know. I can't begin to tell you the tremendous amount of guilt I felt. There I was 34 years old the mother of 3 beautiful girls that I love with all my heart...my oldest daughter was in her first semester of college and I am having another baby??? Say what???? Yikes!!!

As the months went on and many doctors appointments & ultrasounds later we were given a 100% clean bill of health for our baby on March 5, 2012. Until that point we hadn't told anyone we were pregnant...the only people that knew were my husband, my best friend and of course myself.

This pregnancy was so bittersweet for me. I worried every single day until August 17, 2012 when I finally held her in my arms and saw her for myself....she really is perfect.

The journey was hard...I threw up every single day, sometimes multiple times a day. I will never know how it would be to heal properly after gastric sleeve as I was pregnant and am not sure if the things I experienced were related to the surgery or the pregnancy. What I can tell you is that I am healthy....and 87lbs lighter then I was last November and my baby is as healthy as can be!!!

I worried about nutrition everyday...worried that because I was throwing up so much that she wasn't getting enough to survive. At a specialist appointment I brought these concerns up and the doctor explained to me that I don't need to worry about that at all because baby will take all the nutrients that she needs first....that was a big contributor as to why I was so exhausted. I didn't gain one single pound the entire pregnancy...in fact I lost weight the entire time and yet I gave birth to a beautiful 7lb, 8oz, 21.5 inches long baby girl.

I hope that by sharing my experience with you I have answered any questions or doubts you may have had about pregnancy & the sleeve. If you have any specific questions please don't hesitate to ask me directly