OMG, I can't believe this is really happening! I just had my date moved up by my surgeon and I'm getting in 5 days earlier which works for me! I had my pre-op consult last week and I'm feeling really great but nervous. I'm trying to mentally prepare for surgery and then figure out how to deal with others who will be curious and might figure things out. I live in a VERY small town and people will enviably hear that I have had surgery. I am planning to use the "hernia story" and while most people know I had natural vaginal births, I have to make it convincing that I have an abdominal hernia (even though my youngest is now 11).Looking for any advice I can get on what to say or do so people won't pry too much.