Mommy Makeover: Stories

I had my surgery performed in March 2010. I had a tummy tuck, breast augmentation and liposuction. Honestly, it was life changing for me - after the birth of my child I was extremely unhappy with my appearance, everything just went south. I am an active and fit individual but sadly not everything bounced back after childbirth.

The recovery is a bit tough - the breast aug really didn't bother me but the tummy tuck was tough!And honestly the hardest recovery was the lipo, my back was killing me for a long time from that. I was surprised at how painful that was - but not to scare anyone - a strong motrin did the trick. You definitely need to take 3 weeks off for this procedure. I'm a full time working mom so believe me I understand how difficult that can be - I went back after 2 weeks and I could barely get through the day.

I only had one complication - one of my tt stitches got rejected and became infected (my fault I went into my pool before it properly healed). The tt scar is pretty serious but now it has faded pretty nicely and looks good.

I now look in the mirror and (honestly) stare at the new me - I'm thrilled with the results - and (haha) so is my husband!