31 Years Old, 163cm, 50kg, Breastfed One Child. 34AA to 34C/D. Cairns, AU

I've hit the two week mark and finally have the all clear to do some gentle exercise yay! Boobs are healing well. The past 4 nights I've been sleeping on my side, pressing my boobs together with my arms together to counteract the pecs pushing them apart when I'm active during the day. I still wear my post op bra except for when in the shower or having a little break from it beforehand (as instructed. My surgeon like post op bra on for the first 6 weeks). The surgeon nurse has me on a massage regime to be repeated 4 times a day to keep the scar tissue (and subsequent CC) at bay and this has, after 2 weeks, led to them feeling nice and soft and now comfortable to lie on (on the side). They press together easily now which feels nice. I'm still putting betadine on the scars just until the last of the scabs fall off. I'm still not driving (we live at the top of a very windy range outside the city and I fear half and hour of turning tight corners may not be pleasant) and still can't stand up perfectly straight without it feeling like my stitches (3 rows of internal, no idea whether or not they have dissolved yet) are going to rip apart, and I also have painful veins which pop up under my boobs when I try to. But, 90% straight will do for now! The little indent on the outer of my left breast is some scar tissue. Massage has made it half as bad as it was but it may never go away completely and I've simply decided to be OK with that :)
All in all, happy to hit the two week mark however the little things: Still can't go outside into the heat without feeling distressed as my boobs feel hot and yucky in the bra so I'm staying in the aircon during the heat of the day. At night I put ice on them for half an hour just to take some of the end-of-day discomfort away. I can't go more than a few hours without massaging to settle the "tight" feeling - massage makes my girls chill-out and relax and loosen :) It hurts really badly when I moisturize my ribs in a downward motion as it pulls at the skin under my boobs from the stitch lines so I'm trying to remember - always upward motion! But at least the bruising under my breasts (my surgeon must have REALLY pressed down on my ribs when she was getting the implants in) is finally gone. I'm well and truly sick of wearing the ugly post op bra but its just 4 more weeks then I can bra and clothes shop! I don't fit most of my old clothes, and what used to look "high fashion" now looks slutty as there's all this boob out! So the charity shops have hit the jackpot with the lovely pieces I've had to bag-up and farewell! All that aside, I LOVE my boobs and my friends were right - it's the best thing I could have done for myself to feel good in my skin and proud of my body.
I'll post more pics at the three week mark :) Happy planning and or healing everyone!

Hey everyone,

Excuse the VERY poor quality of my pics. It doesn't help that I took them via the mirror in the bathroom which is in need of a good clean!

Has anyone seen anything similar to what is happening with my left breast on the side? (Again, hard to see because of poor image quality). The best way of describing it is, if my boob was made out of soft clay, and you got your pinky finger and put a little indent on the side of it about 4cms long, starting from rib pointing to nipple, you would get this, you can just see the shaddow on this image but can be felt in real life. It is about exactly where the muscle that has been stretched up over my boob ends (I don't have X-ray vision, just going off basic anatomy). I'm thinking maybe the muscle is a little swollen or something and distorting the shape...

Mostly just wondering - has anyone had anything similar??????? I am fine for it to look like this permanently - don't need to be perfect - but I'd love reassurance from anyone who's had the same thing. I've got another post op tomorrow but I'm worried in the meantime. It's become more prominent as my swelling and water retention have gone down. :(

Hey everyone,

I'm 5 days post now. Very happy with the result. Haven't needed any pain meds since surgery beyond panadol so that's good; just on antibiotics and an anti-inflammatory (prescribed) as well as arnica and mag phos (self prescribed muscle relaxant and anti-inflammatory) and lots of nutritious supplements such as iron, spirulina, etc .

However, there were complications with my surgery so in case anyone in future has the same complications that I did, I thought I'd contribute a brief summary so you can reassure yourself that even when things go wrong it'll likely turn out OK anyway!

Long story short: an artery in my left breast was cut during surgery. I lost a lot of blood before they fused it. My blood is currently (I am told) establishing a new path via hitting what is now the dead end of a former artery path. They had to put this clotting cellular sponge thing (forgive my failure to use correct terminology) into my left breast to stop the bleeding. It will dissolve over the next week. I had drains put into both boobs. The right boob which did not bleed during surgery lost 150mls blood post surgery into the drains over two days. The left boob did not drain out any further blood beyond what initially went into the tubes. My left breast was HUGE compared to the right post surgery and extremely painful. It took 5 hours until I could walk without greening out! But by day 1 post they were equal in size, and now it's day 5 and despite a little bruising on the right, and the EXTREMELY different experiences that both boobs had, they look 90% identical and I am VERY happy with the result.

The drains came out two days after surgery and now my discomfort is minimal. The surgery nurse put the "healing" light on me for 10 minutes on days two and three to help with cell regrowth/regeneration/healing. I will go in for light treatment again on days 7 and 11.

I'm still sleeping propped up, I wear post-surgery bras at all times except when in the shower. I'm barely using my arms at all where necessary but still washing my own hair, showering myself etc - just not cooking or cleaning for myself (thanks mum!) I haven't had any regrets or sadness, just the occasional outburst of frustration at mum. For the most part, I am just REALLY REALLY happy to finally have boobs again - and this time they don't leak milk! YAY!

I hope everyone else is recovering well! And if you haven't had your surgery, believe me, it is worth it!