My recovery story :)

What a roller coaster ride this healing thing is! 2 weeks ago at my 6 week PO check up my dr noticed that I have a dog ear on my left side that we are going to watch. I might need a little touch up lipo on that side. Right now I am swelling so badly. I looked better at my 5week PO pic than I do now. I have a lot of swelling above my incision and right above my belly button. It is very discouraging because I feel like I'm supposed to look better and better not worse. I will post some pics tomorrow. Physically I feel much more normal but the swelling is killing me!!!!! It makes me depressed. Ugh!

5 weeks PO (37 days). The healing is going very well. I swell at night and after salty meals which is to be expected. Sitting for long periods of time at work has gotten easier. I am now on week 2 of doing scar therapy. I am doing silicone strips and scar gel that I bought at my PS office. The left side if my scar does not lay flat like the right side. I am doing extra compression at night along with the strips and trying to massage the scar. I see my PS in 3 days so we'll see what he says about it. I'm loving my BB though. Its healing very well! I have started lifting up my son but have been afraid to carry him on my hip. I think I will wait a bit longer to do that. My clothes are fitting lovely. I have been getting all kinds of compliments about my "weight loss" and questions about what program I have been doing to lose weight. I have decided that the only people I will tell the truth to are moms. Because I have been there after having two children, I will always feel sympathetic and relate to moms who have sacrificed their bodies to have children. I would never want to lie to another mom who is struggling with body image. It makes me emotional to think about the dark times that I went through hating my body. I posted some pics I took yesterday :)

I'm 3 weeks PO, 22 days to be exact. I posted 2 new pics front and side. I'm doing good. I have been having a burning feeling on my incision that lays on my right hip. It's almost like my incosion is in the crease when I sit and runs on my hip bone when I stand. I'm on the hunt for a new CG because I really want something that has hooks and a zipper. I hate pulling up the spanx or flexies over my incision. It's not that it hurts, it's just that it makes me feel like I'm being too rough on my skin and incision. I juice and drunk tons of h2o so I am always going pee at work thus bringing the CG up and down repeatedly. The one thing I notice is after sitting up straight for hours at my desk, I start to feel super tight. My abs almost contract under my sternum and don't let me stand up as straight as I actually can. This healing this is a trip. It gets easier but you are constantly feeling different pinches, tightness and sore spots through it. I'm still very swollen as to be expected for 3 weeks out but I still look and feel good :)