Mommy Makeover: Stories

I am a 28 year old mom of two with one on the way in early January. I have been considering plastic surgery for a little over a year. I lost over 50 pounds after my second pregnancy. I weighed around 180 when I had a couple consultations. I am 5'6 so that did still put me in the overweight category, but each surgeon said that I was a good candidate at the time.

My goal is to lose a crazy amount of weight in a short amount of time (very wishful thinking). I know I will need to lose a minimum of 35 pounds judging by the last prenatal visit. I don't know how much more weight I will gain in these last few weeks of pregnancy, but I have my fingers crossed. I have always had an issue with emotional eating, but prior to this last pregnancy I was on the right track.

Some questions/concerns I have are:
-Can you drop weight quick and get a mommy makeover with good results?
-Will my surgeon still think I am a good candidate?
-Will my surgeon suggest other procedures and add to the total cost?

I have been emailing a patient care coordinator from the surgery center for the last couple months to get some of my questions answered. My consultation went very well, but I had concerns about paying for my surgery. I found out through one of her emails that I did not have to have a surgery date to start making payments. This made in real for me because my quote was 11,890. This sort of money is pretty huge to me so part of me never thought it would happen. Since becoming pregnant I have been sending money each month so I will have it paid off well in advance. I know I will need some extra time to get all the weight off.

Thanks for reading and I will update when I have some new info.
Stephanie

Mommy makeover
full abdominoplasty
liposuction on my hips and thighs
saline breast augmentation with lift

I can't sleep because of one of the many joys of pregnancy...heartburn! I watched a couple videos of tummy tuck transformations to try to make me sleepy. I can't help, but have this feeling of being out of my league. When I am not pregnant anymore and start my much needed weight loss, I will post some pictures.
My thoughts right now are "I can't afford this, I'm not rich," and I don't look like any of these other women before their procedures." Yikes, I have a long way to to.
Stephanie

I just sent a $3000 check yesterday to the Surgery Center, which makes my balance $7268. I have less than $5000 to go, and I will be paid in full! I hope that having that done will motivate me more to get the weight off quicker. Has anyone else done things so backwards? I just don't know if I will have to cash in the future so I want to get it paid for while I am able to. Very exciting!

I am thoroughly irritated with the patient care coordinator. Maybe she has been out for the last several days, but I would like to think that even though my surgery isn't scheduled that my questions are important. I have been religiously reading other ladies' reviews. Being so pregnant and overweight has caused quite a disconnect to this whole process. I am still really happy to have a little over half my surgery paid for, but it doesn't seem real. Maybe somehow I don't think I deserve such a wonderful but expensive gift.

Today I called my patient care coordinator instead of sending an email. I hadn't been able to reach her through email, but today she answered all my questions. I was told that any of the garments that I will need are included with the quote expect maybe ted hose. The four prescriptions aren't included either. They will give me an anti-nausea med, muscle relaxer, Hydrocodone for pain, and an antibiotic to take the first few days of being home. I called a motel that was listed on the surgery centers website and they offer a recliner to patients at no additional charge. That seems like a good idea! I am thinking that my pre- op will be scheduled in May, and I will shoot for June for the surgery.

I just sent my second to last payment to the surgery center today! Petty, not for me. This is huge. The financial aspect of the whole thing is what worried me the most. Now I will need to start focusing on pregnancy weight loss and things like, "Will I wake up after surgery? What size of implants should I get?"

30 more days until my surgery is paid in full! I have been counting down for a while so this isn't major, but 30 days makes me happy. I want to lose 10 pounds per month until June which is probably when I will have my surgery. Yay, for me!!!!

It has been nearly a month since my baby has been born and I have already lost a good amount of weight. Today I weigh 186.8. I will be scheduling my second consultation in May. I called the patient care coordinator and asked if I could see some of Dr. Bruneteau's work personally and, she said the surgeons don't have personal portfolios. Would this worry anyone else? I will have another consultation with him again before I schedule my surgery, but know I am a bit more nervous. My surgery is paid in full, and I can't see any of his work? Why wouldn't you should potential clients what you can do?

I scheduled my second consultation for May 8th. The lady I talked to asked if I was still thinking about wanting a mommy makeover. Now I'm kind of freaked out because since my first consultation was over a year ago, can they change my quote? The patient care coordinator said the doctor wouldn't, but since I worked really hard to get it paid off that would be just my luck. I have 34 days to think about it.