Mommy Makeover: Stories

My "mommy makeover" was done in order to remove hanging skin after twins and repair ab muscles that happened in my first pregnancy (I have 4 children - two teenagers and 3 year old twins). I added breast augmentation to my tummy tuck sort of on a whim. It wasn't something that I had considered seriously for a long time, just thought about here and there but I am so glad that I did it.

My PS warned me this would be the worst pain ever. It wasn't, but when I went into it thinking that it would be, the pain that I actually did have wasn't bad. My c-section was worse in my opinion. My surgery was on a Thursday and I stayed overnight in the surgery center. I took hydrocodone + muscle relaxer throughout the weekend + phenergan for the few times that I had bad nausea (from the medicine, not the surgery and not all at once but as prescribed). By Monday morning I had switched to motrin and a muscle relaxer at night.

I was able to look at before and after photos with my doctor and I also took in a photo of a breast augmentation that I liked the look of (size, shape and cleavage). She explained to me the difference between my body and the model's body but said that she understood the look I was going for. At my one year follow up she gave me that photo back and we agreed that my breasts looked to be a very close match.

My surgery was a year and 4 months ago. I am very pleased with the results. My scar went from hip to hip but has faded to almost nothing.

Wear your garments afterwards! They are uncomfortable and a hassle but it really makes a difference. They help keep the swelling to a minimum and helps your body learn it's new shape. I also noticed that since it took me a while to get upright that they were a good support for my back as well.