Mommy Makeover for my 40th! - Spartanburg, SC

I will be three weeks in two days. Today was my "biggest day out" to date. Took a shower/washed & blow dried my hair and wore make up for the first time in 3 weeks! My daughter had two basketball games today and sitting on the bleachers was tough. I also had dinner with a girlfriend, so I was out and about for the majority of the day. Needless to say, I'm exhausted, swollen and super sore. I have two compression garments, one is a size smaller than the other. I chose to wear the smaller one during the day today since I knew I'd be out a good bit of the day and thought wearing the smaller one may help to decrease the anticipated swelling. Not sure if it worked or not bc My tummy was really swollen and hard tonight when I got home. My belly button is looking a little red and irritated; again, I think bc I was running around today. Eventhough my boobs are still swollen as well, I feel like they are starting to settle into place a bit more. Still have steri strips on my breasts and will keep them on as long as possible. I had some silicone strips on my belly scar, but the directions said take off each day and rinse them. Well, I tried to take them off and they were super sticky and I was concerned that pulling them off each day would pull on my scar. Going to try to get a different brand tomorrow.

Here is a photo of my markings on surgery day, post surgery and just before the 2 wk mark. The post surg pic was taken in bed, so they are a little flattened.

Approaching the two week post-op mark tomorrow. I realized that I hadn't taken any pics since just after surgery, so here they are! Feeling better each day. Had someone drive me to the grocery store yesterday. It felt good to get out and about, but I was exhausted & wiped when I got home and we weren't gone very long--45 mins max. Pain is more tolerable and taking mainly ibuprofen, but still taking prescription pain meds periodically; usually before bed and first thing in the morning. Some areas of my breasts are beginning to feel less numb and am now beginning to feel sore at the incision sites. I have an appointment in 3 days and hope he takes the steristrips off and that everything underneath is healed. Belly is still really firm and numb, especially under the belly button. It doesn't hurt as bad when I cough, blow my nose or clear my throat anymore.