40 and Soon to Be Fabulous!! - New York, NY

It's been almost 4 months and I am loving my results most days. Lol. Sometimes I wish I were bigger and had more skin so I could have had a full. I'm not completely flat and there are stretch marks and extra skin about my belly button that bother me more now than before. Although the ps says I am still very swollen. I had hernia repair and there seems to be stubborn swelling around my belly button that won't go away. I guess I will just have to be a little more patient. I know I'm being picky but I paid a lot of money for this surgery and I just want the best results. However, I have to be honest.. I'm not exercising as much as I should. I probably exercise two sometimes three days a week. I work full time and have two young boys.. Between homework, sports, dinner and baths.. Exercising is usually last on my list of things to do. I try to eat clean but that is also not as easy as it sounds when football practices don't end til 7:30 lol. As of how I feel.. Most days I feel like my old self. I'm still numb bellow the belly button and it is uncomfortable when the boys try and lay on my stomach. For the first time I did a lot of core last week and I noticed my lower stomach was very sore and hurt the next day. When I look back at pictures pre mtt then I get excited because there is really a big difference. I just hope the swelling goes down more and it becomes flatter than it is right now.

I'm almost 6 weeks PO and now I realize why people post so often in the beginning stages and then kind of disappear lol. After the two week mark there are really no dramatic changes. I look pretty much the same thanks to the constant swelling. Everything does get easier. Diving, sleeping and moving around in general gets easier everyday. I went to my ps on Monday and he cleared me to start working out. I only wear my binder to sleep. My ps said my results would be the same whether I wore it or not so it was up to me what was most comfortable. The first few days felt really weird but now it's ok. I tried to wear spanx but found them extremely uncomfortable. I'm hoping the swelling starts to go away. I am really flat in the morning then really swollen by lunch lol. He said some people could swell for up to a year. I hope I am not one of them. I'll try an post both morning and evening pictures. Here's to swell-free days ahead!!

I was three weeks PO on Tuesday. I feel a little better everyday. Driving is easier and I am able to sleep on my side. Yay! I am still very swollen so it's hard to get dressed because none of my shorts fit. Lol. I started to take off my binder for longer periods but still feel better when it's on. I tried to sleep without it last night and I was uncomfortable all night. I don't go back to my ps til for another two weeks.. Let's hope by then my swelling goes down. I still have on the surgical tape so I have not started any scar treatment.