Mommy Makeover: Stories

My hubby knew that I wasn't happy with my boobs, they had lost so much volume from having 3 children (c-sections) and then losing 60 pounds about 3 years ago. He offered the breast augmentation to me as part of my Christmas present. I thought about it for a day or so and jumped on the offer. In the meantime, I researched and also mentioned to him that I have wanted a tummy tuck since the birth of my last child 9 years ago. I was very self conscious about my stomach. If my shirt rode up for some reason or came up when I reached for something, I was mortified! He knew it meant alot to me and said that we would talk to the doctor at my consultation. We researched plastic surgeons and agreed on one that we both had heard of.

My consultation was Jan 4th, 2013. My husband and I really liked my PS and decided to schedule both surgeries for Jan 28th. Me and hubby looked at and couldn't decide on how big I wanted to go. I was leaning more toward 400cc to 425cc. He wanted 450cc. My PS gave me some good advice that day. He told me if I was stuck between sizes to go with the larger size. He said he's only had 1 patient wake up from surgery and say she wished she'd gone smaller. Most wake up and say they wished they'd gone bigger. We decided on 450cc, silicone implants. I schedule a week off work, my PS said that was about average.

I arrived at my PS Clinic at 6:30 AM that morning. The doctor said that my surgeries would take about 3 hours. Everything went smoothly and I was in recovery about half an hour and my 18 year old daughter and husband took me home about noon. My husband was wonderful. He made sure I drank plenty of Gatorade, made me get up and walk around the house every hour, made sure I took my meds on time and took very good care of me. I couldn't ask for a better husband. I am very lucky. The pain wasn't that bad on the first day of surgery. I did vomit a little that afternoon for some reason The binder and sports bra really got on my nerves, but the drain (only had 1) was the worst. Hubby took me back to my PS the next day at 8:00 AM, everything checked out and looked good. The next few days there was alot of pain. I took pain pills and Valium for the discomfort and lived in the hubby's oversized recliner. Literally lived there. Watched TV, ate and sleptn there for the first week. Tried going back to work full time after a week and it just wasn't possible. I ended up leaving between 12:00 and 1:00 each day. The second week I left early some and stayed all day some. But when I got home, I sat in the recliner and stayed there. Was able to get the drain out after 11 days. I felt so much better afterwards. I was also able to start sleeping on my side with a pillow to support my new boobs. That took some getting used to. Ended up back in the recliner each night that week, it hurt my boobs way to much, even laying on the pillow to support them.

I did experience some depression about the 3rd week post op. I cried at the drop of a hat and felt disappointed in myself for not just bouncing back and not being able to take care of my family like I thought I should. But, my family assured me that they were fine and could take care of themselves and each other while I got better.

My sugery was 4 weeks ago today. I went for my 4 week post op check up last Friday. He said that everything looks great and my incisions are healing nicely. He said all the fluid was gone, but there is still some swelling. He told me that I can now wear and regular bra during the day, but still wear my sports bra at night. He also tole me that I could wear the binder as wanted. Yea! I am so excited about those 2 things that I could scream. I had some concerns about swelling above and right below the incision. It kindof reminds me of a muffin top. He assured me that it would flatten out. He said it may take several months, but it would happen. I sure hope so. Besides that, my stomach and belly button look amazing. I am very pleased. He also gave me a strap to wear above my boobs and showed me how to massage them to help them drop. I can't wait until they do!

I am still wearding the binder if I go anywhere. As much as I wanted to get out of it, it does help support my tummy and back. Not sleeping with it, is great though.

I went to Victoria's Secret today, Feb 25th, to get fitted for a bra since I wasn't sure what my new size is. Happy to say it is a 38D. The PS said that 450cc would make me a full C or small D and that's exactly what it did.

My next follow up appointment is March 29th. So far I am very pleased with my results. The boobs and tummy look great! And I look forward to seeing them look even better over the next several weeks and months.