Your body should handle pregnancy just fine. Some women have difficulty getting pregnant, but your pregnancy shouldn't be all that different than someone with a colon. Just a few more bathroom trips especially in the 3rd trimester. If you are ready, I would suggest starting earlier. It could take you awhile, and women's fertility take a drop at 29-30 and then again mid 30s. Good luck to you!

My first go round to try to get pregnant didn't take long... started trying in January, pregnant by September (I was 30 years old). I had a scheduled C section, approved by my surgeon. I know women have delivered vaginally with a J pouch, but I was just too nervous about that creating any continence issues, or tearing into that area, or whatever. I had no issues with that. I read a study that said that 52% of women after J pouch surgery have issues with conceiving.

A year after my daughter, I had a mucus cyst on my left ovary, and the surgeon who removed it was also a fertility specialist. He said my daughter was "an act of divine intervention," since I had a lot of adhesions, and he wasn't sure how I was able to conceive naturally. He said I'd have problems doing it again, and he was right. I was never able to get pregnant again, in the time we allotted to try... but he said I was a good candidate for IVF (but hubby and I weren't interested in trying that).

I agree, my pouch output increased over time, as she grew in there. It was funny, because I didn't pee much more, but boy, it sure affected my pouch (not **crazy** amounts, but probably doubled my trips to the bathroom at that time).