“Goodbye Jelly Belly”

Hi I'm a 26 year old female from Sydney Australia. I have two beautiful children a big boy who is 5 and a little girl who is. 17 months, I love my kids to but I don't love the belly that I have . Before I had my son I was only 50 kg in the end of my pregnancy I was nearly 80 I never got back down to my pre baby weight with my daughter I went from 66kg to 83 . I'm now at 66kg.

My tummy is horrible I got stretch marks all over it, they even go up to nearly under my arm ( I got theses from my 1st pregnancy.) Well I'm really exited to say I'm booked in to have my TT done in august :-) yay I would love to here any advice or stories.

Updated on 15 Jul 2011:
Ok I have been reading other peoples reviews and I see most people had drains in for quite sometime . My PS told me I will have then in for 2 to 3 days while I'm in hospital , I'm worried that I'm going to take longer to heal or will have a lot more fluid or swelling. I'll bring this up with him at my pre op

Updated on 18 Jul 2011:
I just found out that my health fund will cover my hospital stay and part of the doctors fees and Medicare will also cover some of the doctors fees and I can also claim 20% of my tax next year. So I think out off pocket I'll be 3900 which is bloody fantastic :-) also have finally picked a wedding day in feb 2012 so hopefully I will be well on the way to recovery,

Updated on 28 Jul 2011:
Had my pre op to day and my dress fitting. My pre opp was great the doctor said my scar will be a little bit higher the the normal but I don't mind I just want the best possible result , plus I have to have muscle repair and repair of umbilical hernia. I'm also having a bit of lipo.
I'm a bit worried about the swelling after specially on how it's going to effect my wedding dress, I'm getting a couture dress so it's made to fit me, but the dress will be most likley finished before Christmas I just hope it all works out I'm starting to stress about I just hope the sweling does not have a big impact on the dress and how it fits.
Hopefully it will all work out
I will post some photos I'm trying to find the courage to put them up

Updated on 10 Aug 2011:
Well not long now a week from now I had all my bloods done have not smoked for 4 weeks ( so proud of) bought extra pillows For home. The only thing is I think I have pre op blues , I keep thinking is it going to be worth it , the quilt not just about the money but on how the recovery is going to effect my family, and when I first decided to have the TT done I was more positive specially on how I would handle the pain now. I really don't know why I'm feeling like this I should be all exited Has any one else had these emotions?

Updated on 10 Aug 2011:
Does any one know how to upload photos from a iPhone ?

Updated on 21 Aug 2011:
5 days post op I have one drain still in my thoughts so far.
Not sure about the result yet
The pain is more uncomfy but still takes a lot out of me.
Trying to keep in front of pain meds this I'm religious with and eating 20 min before taking them is a must
I'm still very hunched over ( this I think is causing most of my discomfort )
The worst bit of the whole experience is the 4 day hospital stay