Hi Kirsten,

Its incredible - even though I'm a Belly Belly member, I hadn't really used the blogs before. I have been considering lapbanding for a while and have finally made the initial appointment. I googled lapband and looked for people's experiences, your earlier post about planning to have it done came up! I then came to Belly Belly and searched your posts till I found this one.

I am SO thrilled for you that it has been so successful! Well done and HUGE congratulations to you for your growing bub! I desperately want another baby, but at my weight and with my medical history (I had a stroke at 24) I just can't risk it until I've lost some weight. My daughter is nearly 5 and regularly pleads with me to make room in my fat tummy for a baby for her to play with - it makes me cry inside.

I take inspiration from your achievements and hope that by this time next year I'll have a belly full of arms and legs instead of blubber!

Many hugs and best wishes,

Natasha