18 weeks PO, got new Victoria's Secrets bikini!

I have been wanting a tummy tuck for the longest time... from the time I was pregnant with my 1st child 8 years ago. I remembered wailing, yes wailing, when i saw my postpartum tummy immediately after the delivery. It was full of stretch marks and saggy.

Well, fast forward 1 year and surprise surprise, the skin actually firmed up and left very little excess skin as compared to immediately right after birth.

Oh, some details: I'm 167cm tall. (about 5'4) and 46 kg (102lbs) Sounds really underweight i know, but asians are supposedly built with higher fat proportion and less muscle and bone mass and hence the lighter weight. But i assure you, I see other pictures on here and I think I look like women who weigh 130-140lbs at the same height.. sigh sigh.. i think maybe weight is just a number.. It is really where you carry your weight that has any meaningful value to me.

Anyway, then I had my 2nd child. did not put on much weight and lost it all less than 1 month after delivery.. still the stretch marks persisted and the skin laxity is back.. I don't think i can blame my kids for it since they were 7 lbs babies. not exactly huge...

So 27 Feb 2013, I went back to my plastic surgeon here.. (I'm so frustrated that being a very conservative society here, no one talks of their surgeons' work.) I'm sure people here have ps as well and hence the huge number of plastic surgery clinics. It's just that no one wanna talk about it. If you ask anyone,they'll definitely be offended and go "Noooo!! It's all natural!" If only we are open enough and I can read reviews like on here.. You guys got a great thing going!

So my surgeon, Dr W, he told me the skin laxity is enough for him to tuckand leave me with no vertical scar from the bb. but i think his scar placing is higher than most i see here.. Apparently, asian skin is more prone to keloids( and hyper pigmentation) and scar placements like where the pubic hair is, makes our skin more prone to developing keloids. That sux big time. still, with all the wrinkly loose skin, I think a slightly higher scar will look better than the wrinkly stretch marked skin. :( So my scar placement will be like 5cm or 2 inches above the hair line. and will be a straight line hip to hip. i actually prefer a curved line.. like a smile :)

And since we were there, I also asked him about a BA. I used to be a VS 32DD prior to kids and breastfeeding. ( i think being on the BC pills made my boobs bigger but super sore.) Now, i'm a deflated barely A. I think maybe the only saving grace about my situation is at least, despite the huge volume loss, they did not have any ptosis. So, anyway, Dr W recommeded me a 200cc teardrop/anatomical mentor moderate plus. But I did not want to do this and end up looking the same. So I asked for the biggest i can carry off.. and he said "No more than 300cc" ok. So after looking at the catalogue and profiles, we settled on the mentor teardrop 305cc, moderate plus. incision will be at crease. I asked about incidences of flipped implants due to the irregular shape of the teardrops in relation to the rounds implants and his reply is that it has never happened in his 35 years as a ps( heck, his son is also a PS). ah well.. I trust him and I want him to use something that he is comfortable and confident with.

I will go for my pre op on the 5th March(so 4th March for you guys :) cos of the time difference) And I will have to make a full payment.

Here are some questions I asked him during the consultation:
When I asked him if i need anything, he say no need to buy anything, we;ll provide..

So i ask him "Do you mean you include the CG??"
he actually said he don't think I'll need it. But if i want, I can 'just get one from the shop at the hospital'

ANd bra? He said to just use a sports bra.. ok.. (tell me, is it hard to put on a sports bra with no zip after a BA?? I cannot find 1 with zips!)

and as for drains, he thinks I will not need them since i'm not doing lipo and swelling will be minimal? (I'm getting nervous here...) but he will decide during the surgery whether or not to place the drains. I will stay in the hospital for 2 nights with catheter. but he says that most probably, the drains will be out before I'm discharged from the hospital IF I get any. oh well.. I hear you all got it in for 1-2 weeks and it will greatly reduce the swelling.. so without, I hope I will not be hysterical.

And my anesthesiologist(sp?) will be using betadine(sp?) as painkiller instead of morphine and will add in anti nausea in my IV.

I also asked about getting my tubes tied. He said if i want, maybe I should consult with a gynae on my pre op on 5th Mar. I thought and thought and chickened out... Mostly cos i read all the horror stories on the side effects.. then my hubby veyr sweetly suggested maybe he'll go for a vasectomy instead :)

Oooh cool!!!! My review got published!! :)

My cost I entered as $20,000. That's in SGD(divi

Oooh cool!!!! My review got published!

The cost I entered as $20,000.
That's in SGD (divide that by 1.3 and should give you USD equivalent)
Here is the cost breakdown :
Full TT - $4,500
BA - $4,500
implant cost - $2,000
anesthesiologist - $2,400
hospital charges - $5,000 - $8,000