Sharing my Experience (Before I Forget!) - Beverly Hills, CA

I'm day 3 post-op and have been motivated to get a bbl since losing 45 lbs in the last 2 yrs. Spin and a gooddiet were the answer to my prayers- but as a lot of women can attest to, I couldn't get rid of my saddle bags. I turned 30 this year and decided that it was worry the risk pre-babies to DO IT

Yesterday I woke up sick and tired of my stage one. I bought a Rainey suit with the double zippers- one on each side just in front of my hips. It felt a lot more comfortable than the Veronica suit (xl) my PS put me in. The Veronica suit after two days caused a terrible swelling between my legs if you know what I mean... The opening was positioned all wrong for my body shape, causing one of my lips to jut out! Anyway...
After my first shower- thanks to my boyfriend I changed into the Rainey suit (m). Both of us doubted the fit but I had ordered it from www.makemeheal.com off of the measurement my PS took. After 10 min of zipper fighting (zippers go on inside and clasps cover Zipper along outside) my boyfriend had the genius idea of using a paper clip untwisted at one end, maintaining a hook at the other to get through the zipper hole and pull up on!!! It was so hard to get a grip on the damn zippers. So needless to say day three felt like I was being juiced... I really could feel seepage. Not so bad that I could see it or that it bled through my pajamas but I definitely felt like I was being squeezed.
Also wanted to mention that the first shower experience was tough. The water against my skin somehow made me incredibly nauseated and uncomfortable. It almost tingled. Had better success with a large cup pouring to wash myself. I definitely got dizzy coming out and had to get down on my knees to get the ringing out of my ears to quit and my heartbeat to settle down. It was a totally weird reaction.
I used arnica gel after my shower before suiting up.
So then day 4 was when my PS gave me permission to remove the surgical tape and cardboard backed bandage that acted to flatten my lower back from my crack up to my mud back. I can't begin to describe the irritation of the poking when I attempted to arch for any reason trying to get comfortable in bed. Funny how all the inconveniences, irritations, and pain are relative. As soon as it got a little easier to get out of bed and walk around, the poking was what seemed to be the problem ;)
So at the end of the day my boyfriend helped me unsuit and debandage. Little did I realize that this seemingly simple process would turn out to be the single most painful experience thus far. Baby oil helps get the tape a little less sticky, but damn my little baby hair. Apparently I'm fuzzier than I ever realized! I felt too light headed after that experience to get in the shower so I rested a bit and rubbed arnica all over again before resuiting into the original PS garment (wanted to wash the Rainey) I was thrilled to find it was baggy! So I used the Velcro waist/back support to cinch myself right for bed.
Day 5 seemed to pass pretty slowly. I was definitely up and about doing housework for about 30-1hr blocks at a time and then would lay back down on my tummy to rest. Showered and switched back into the Rainey. Laying on my sides was too painful with the terrible zippers pinching into my skin.

Also of note- I must have been drinking a ton of water because I averaged using my glorious pee funnel every two hours promptly!
I got mine from REI- it's probably the best purchase I made :)