Pregnant 1 month after tummy tuck

Hi Muy123Wow - congratulations. What great news, especially if you have been having difficulty and it's taken 3 years. What a lovely surprise.You would need to be followed closely and advise your surgeon, however there should not be any reason that you cannot carry the baby to term. By the time you get bigger, you would have had a few months more healing time, so should be fine.~All the best with becoming a mum.

Thank you for your question and congratulations on your pregnancy!  I can only imagine the emotional rollercoaster you must be on after just having had your tummy tuck.  This is something that you should discuss with both your ob/gyn and plastic surgeon at length.  At this juncture the most important thing is to adequately care for you and your child in the safest way possible.  By 6-8 weeks after surgery the major aspects of your tummy tuck surgery have fully healed and will be able to accommodate the growing size of your child without difficulty, so do not worry about that aspect.  I would advocate having close follow up as your pregnancy reaches term however.  Best wishes.

First, congratulations!  Especially since you have been trying for 3 years...There is probably very little to be concerned about.  Women have gotten pregnant after tummy tucks before, and the children do fine.  I would continue to follow closely with your surgeon, and contact an OB/GYN for the appropriate monitoring.

In my opinion the first priority is for your safety and the safety of your baby. Please contact both your gynecologist and plastic surgeon immediately and let them review your options with you. Please know that I have seen patients go through pregnancies after Tummy Tucks with no pregnancy complications and very little additional surgery required to correct the changes of pregnancy that occurred (although one patient did require release of the muscle separation repair in the early part of her pregnancy and which we repaired easily after she completed breast feeding). Please contact your doctors immediately!

of course its not a 'perfect' situation and you would likely have delayed your tummy tuck if you thought there was a good chance you would get pregnant, but life is full of the unexpected.... if you were my patient I would tell you not to worry about it too much.... by the time your baby starts to get big enough to matter, it will be 4-6 months from now when your TT is fully healed... and besides, your tummy will grow slowly enough to allow for gradual expansion and stretchingFor many reasons, it would be probably be a good idea to be cared for by a 'high risk' OB so that you can be followed a bit more closely...stay in touch with your PS as well....it might be nice/helpful to have them around particularly if you need a c-section.... once you've delivered, take at least a year before you deem your result final.... most patients in your situation go on to deliver normally and have their tummy tuck results preserved satisfactorily... a revision will likely be possible if necessarygood luck to you (both)

Congratulations on your pregnancy! As often happens for folks (my wife and I included) when you stop stressing about getting pregnant.. it happens. I have had a number of patients become pregnant not long after abdominoplasty and they have gone on to have an uncomplicated pregnancy and healthy baby. The only difference I have noticed is their abdomen may not become as protuberant (stick out as far) as the baby grows. It may take a while longer into the pregnancy for you to "show your bump" and you may not become as large as in a previous pregnancy, but otherwise no problems were encountered.  Let your OG/GYN know about your surgery and Best wishes!!Dr. Michael Morrissey