Anxious, Nervous, and EXCITED!!! - Scottsdale, AZ

Congrats on your decision. Who is your doc? I am in Scottsdale as well and had my tt with lipo done about 3 months ago. Glad you have support. That is very important with young children. My kids are 4 and 18 months and my husband was wonderful. Best wishes! :)

Well I was very lucky that my husband could take 3 weeks off. You want to go as long as possible without lifting your kids if you are having muscle repair. Two weeks is the absolute minimum but most docs prefer 4-6 weeks of no lifting anything. I also had help from my mother in law and my mom after my husband went back to work. Even in and out of the crib you are suppossed to wait for that period of time. I know some women don't have that much help but if you can get at least 2 weeks covered you should be ok. We also used extra daycare when needed. Is your 4 yr old in preschool? My kids go to Valley Childcare and many locations have daily rates so that helped. We put our little one from time to time so we used that help as well. Best wishes. :)

Don't let my review scare you. Most women are very happy with their results and think the procedure is worth it. I am doing about the same, maybe a little flatter, hard to say but I do look much better, just not nearly as flat as both my PS and myself thought. She is a top ranked/rated doc so I dont think she did anything wrong, it simply is what it is. I did have a 4 inch muscle seperation which is pretty bad so yours may not be as bad. Also, I bruise easily so you shouldn't expect to look as bad as I did. Follow your docs advice, many docs have different advice but you selected your doc for a reason so go with what he/she advises. Its great that you will have a second set of hands to help you during the summer. You can still cuddle with your kids, just can't pick them up for a month or so.

If you doc offers an overnight stay, I highly recommend this. I did stay one night and my PS comes in to see you the next morning while you are still there so it was nice to see her one day post op without having to go anywhere. Read up on the forum, maybe April and May and that will give you a great idea as to how things are going for those right before you and what to expect.

My advice would be to exercise and eat right beforehand to be as strong as possible, do any spring cleaning projects you want to get done..you won't feel like doing that kind of stuff for awhile and write down any questions you have for your PS so you don't forget them during your pre-op visit. Have your doc define areas to be lipoed, what does he/she consider the flank area, if that is what you are having lipoed, discuss shape of belly button, EXACTLY where the incision will be, a few girls have been very bummed about incisions that were too high, what the revision policy is, etc.

I am sure you will do great. Even though I am not thrilled with my results, overall, I look much better and would still do it again. :)

I'm June 18th good luck!