9 Months PO after scar revision New Pics. FTT,LIPO, BA- Birmingham, AL

Hi everyone let me just get started with a little history. I am 29 years old I am a single mother of three boys ages 8,6, and soon to be 3. All delivered by c-section. They were not big babies but I was much bigger at the beginning of my pregnancies than I am now. My starting weight and ending weight with my pregnancies was:

1st- 185 and 197
2nd- 183 and 199
3rd- 165 and 195

So my weight has fluctuated greatly throughout the last 6 years. After baby #3 I was miserable with myself and my appearance and decided to do something about it. I started at the gym and the weight began to slowly shed. Over a years time I had lost 50 pounds and feeling great. I went from a size 16 to an 8. I have managed to keep it off for a year now and it is time for me to reward myself with a "tune up" lol. I am 5'8" and keep my weight between 145-150.

I also want to add that I am recently divorced which in itself has taken a huge toll on me but it has also made me a stronger woman. My ex was virbally abusive and I believe wanted me to stay bigger because he thought no one else would be attracted to me and then when I lost the weight he became angry which just led to problem after problem and I finally got strong enough to get out. I know there are so many woman out there who are in the same situation I was in for 12 years and you may feel like there is no way out and I can't crawl out of it for you but I can surely tell you that the sun is shinning on this side honey :-) I love myself now and I am beautiful and I can do whatever I put my mind to and I know that now.

Anyway thats pretty much my life in a nutshell. I go next month for my consult with Dr.H who I have heard and read is the best in his field. This will be my 3rd consult and I just wasn't very comfortable with the past two PS so hopefully this will be the one. I am going for a Mini TT because being a single mom I dont have the time to heal from a full and my main problem is the loose skim at the bottom and my bad c-section scar. I dont mind the stretch marks because to be honest ladies thats not the only place they hang out...Lol. My BA will be 475cc gel implants which should bring me from a glorious A cup to a D cup which I am the most excited about. I am also getting a small amount of lipo on my belly pooch, my flanks and a larger amount on my saddle bags :-/ These have cursed me since I was about 15 and they love me so much they won't go away. My measurement right now are:

Chest- 34
top of belly- 29
bottom of belly- 34 1/2
hips- 42 1/2

I am going to try and post some pics as soon as I can. I appreciate all of you ladies and info that you can find on this website is awesome. Thank you all for sharing your story and I am glad to be in the waiting now with some of you. Hope everyone has a blessed day.

So I finally scheduled my consultation with my third plastic surgeon. I have heard so many great things about him and I am hoping he is the one. The bad thing about it is that his office is 3 hours from where I live but he is suppose to be one of the best so fingers crossed this is my last stop. The secretary that I spoke with yesterday tried to confirm my original amount and she came up with $7500 and I came up with $8600 so hopefully that will be a great surprise. I am getting so excited but scared.

Well I forgot to post that my consultation is December 2nd. I have to drive 3 hours to the doctors office so I am hoping it is going to be worth it. I have starting attempting to lose a little weight. I would love to be down to 140 for my surgery but will pretty much be happy with any loss. I have been in a relationship with my boyfriend for 15 months now and managed to put on 10lbs...Lol...What can I say when I am happy I love me some food :-) I though if I posted my weight it would give me more motivation to lose it. So...I started my diet on October 30 and I weighed in at 156lbs...YIKES! Weighed in today at 153. So I am making some progress, we will see how the next month plays out with the holidays coming up. I am finding myself getting very anxious about my upcoming consult. Hoping more than anything that i am actually going to be able to afford this. $8000 is pushing my limit so fingers crossed it will happen. I also forgot to put that I am going for a mini without muscle repair simply because I don't want to have a drain and I dont have enough down time or help to recover from something like that. I have full custody of my kids so they are with me pretty much all the time and I dont have 2 weeks to recover. My boyfriend is taking off work for three days to handle the bulk and then my mom is gonna help out during the day with my 2 year old after he goes back to work. I think this is the best choice for me and I hope the surgeon will say the same.

Oh I also did the rice test to check for the size I may want and I am really liking the 500cc. Which was 2 1/4 cups of rice. The last surgeon said 475 would be perfect because I have a larger rib cage and broad shoulders and I am thinking he may be right. I have always liked the look of larger breasts and if I am paying for them I want to get my moneys worth...hehe

Well I guess thats all for now. Hope everyone is having a great healing process
.....impatiently waiting, MINDY LOU