30 days PO...NEW comparison pic from 30 days PO

30 DAYS PO: Hello Ladies! Well this weekend was so much fun! I went out on the boat and I wore my new bikini for the first time! On Saturday our community had a big festival for the 4th of July and had fireworks Saturday night over the lake. We invited some friends out to join us on the boat. It was so nice to get in the water and float in our sit-n-chills and have a few (too many) beverages! lol....This was the first time since I had my2 boys that I actually felt comfortable and confident in a bikini! It was awesome to be able to swim in the lake too. Not being able to go to the lake and swim or to the pool and swim for the last 4 weeks has been torture! It's been so hot here and that's what my family and I do for fun! After being out on the water for 10 hours, we came home. The first thing I did was go straight to the bathroom and check out all my incisions. I wanted to make sure they we all good, no openings, etc. Yep, everything was a okay! Yeah!!! I'm so glad that this weekend went so well. I wasn't even that swollen after being out in the sun and out of my CG all day. I did bring my binder on the boat with me and put it on after the sun went down. We have plans to go to Newport Beach next weekend and then to the river for 3 days the weekend after that! Yeah, let the summer begin! :)
As for my weight...I have been pretty much staying around 157.5. I took my measurements on June 27th and they were:
Bust: 38.5" Waist: 32" Hips: 37.25". I only worked out out on the elliptcal 2 days last week (Tuesday and Wednesday). I plan on getting back into my normal workout routine this week and start working out 4-5 days a week. I want to start adding my leg and arm workout back into my routine along with my ellipitcal as well. I can definietly tell my arms and legs have lost some definition in them these last 4 weeks of not working out! Overall, I feel great! I am so thankful that I have recovered this well in this short amount of time. I know that I still have a long ways to go to see my final results but I am super happy with what they are so far! I have added a few new pics....they were taken this evening after a day of wallking and shopping for some new clothes, so I am a bit swollen. I hope you all are healing well and wish everyone a safe and happy 4th of July! A huge thank you to everyone who has served in our Armed forces and the families of our brave soldiers. It is because of all of you we have our freedom and can say.....Happy Birthday America!!!!!!!! :)

Hello everyone! Well I'm almost at 4 weeks out. I wasn't going to post again until saturday since that is my offical 4 weeks but I just had to share how excited I am. Since before I went off work for my surgery my size 13/15 slacks for work have been kinda baggy. Needless to say, after I went back to work last week, they looked horrible because they were way to baggy. Yet, I didn't want to go clothes shopping since I knew I would be getting even smaller. Well, yesterday morning was the breaking point for me. I have a pair of size 8 slacks my friend gave me a few months ago when I had lost about 20 pounds. I took them from her then but knew that I wasn't even going to try them on because I would just get disgusted with myself for them not fitting and seeing my love handles hang over the side. Yuck! However, feeling super uncomfortable in my rediculously baggy slacks, I tried them on yesterday and guess what? They fit....not only did they fit, I had a little extra room! Whoop whoop! I wore them to work and felt great about myself and felt very comfortable in them. I called my friend up and told her that I was wearing them and she said she had another pair of 8's and a pair of 6's that I could have. She dropped them off to me tonight and I tried the 6's on....They fit! Double whoop whoop! I can't believe it...seriously, I haven't been in a size 8 since high school and a size 6? I can't even remember when! I'm am so excited about this and I really am super happy with my decision with having the MM. It has been the best thing in my life (other then my husband and 2 handsome boys!!). I'm starting to feel like the person I left behind years ago and I love it! I'm definitely going clothes shopping this weekend and I'm so looking forward to it....and that's something I haven't looked forward to for years! Hope you all are healing well. Take care and I will post bikini pics this weekend! Oh, PS...I started back on the elliptical on Tuesday...I have been going easy. I've been doing level 4~5 for 35 mins every night....It feels so good to sweat again! Happy helaing and have a great night!

3 weeks PO...Well it's been 3 weeks now and things are going great. I went to see my PS last wednesday for what I thought might be a seroma. Turns out it wasn't! Whew! He said that it was just alot of swelling that started since I have gone back to work and increased my activity level. He said that it is normal to have a little of fluid come out of your incision area if the swelling gets too bad. He said that I do have a little fluid still in the tissue layers but that is was not a seroma. He told me to put neosporin on any part of my incision that leaks any fluid. However, since last Tuesdays episode of fluid, luckily I haven't had another episode. He did say that I needed to start wearing both my stage 2 CG and my binder to work to help with my swelling. That did seem to work alot better. Thursday and Friday's swelling was not nearly as bad as the begining of the week. I'm so happy that I didn't have a seroma and that it wasn't an infection! What a huge relief. He actually said my scars are looking great and that I am healing really fast. I'm super happy about that too. However, lately I have been feeling a bit frustrated with my current stage of recovery. I am past the initial can't get around well and being in a bit of pain, but not yet ready to start working out and getting back into my normal rountine. Not being able to use my daily workout time as my stress reliever is really starting to get to me. When did you ladies get the okay to start working out again? I don't see my PS again until I am 6 weeks PO....I don't want to wait that long!!! I am looking forward to next weekend. Our community is having a fireworks show on Saturday night and we always put our boat on the lake out here and have friends out. We float and party all day until the fireworks go off. This is going to be the first time since surgery that I get to swim in the lake and the first time my friends are going to see the new me! I'm excited about it. I hope I rock that new bikini! Anyhow, I hope you all are healing well. Take care and have a great weekend! :)