My experience was nothing short of amazing. I am 5'4" and was approx. 130. I nursed for an extended period and had lost volume and my breasts were sagging beyond my comfort zone. I had a Mastopexy (breast lift) and augmentation. I had Silicone implants placed 325cc and 345cc. Dr. McNaughton was an advocate for what I told her I wanted and made it happen. She is amazing.
5’7”:134lbs:35yrs:32A Desired to be about a large C Planning to have Mentor 275-300cc smooth round moderate plus profiles implanted. I don’t remember a time when I loved my boobs- other than the nearly 5 years while I was actively nursing one of my four kids. I’ve always been rather thin, flat chested and unshapely. At my largest prekids I was about a 34C, while nursing I’d become a 36D, but now I deflated to a 32A ... maybe. I got pregnant with my first child in January of 2010 and have pretty much been pregnant or nursing from then until this fall. My body hasn’t been my own in nearly a decade. I’ve done everything for everyone else but me. Last winter I decided that I would begin to start working out again and have whipped my body back into a shape that my 23 year old self would have been envious of- except for my chest. Obviously with weight loss and aerobic activities comes loss of fat, and since breasts are largely composed of fat, of which I have very little, I have nearly no breast tissue left. To be honest I’m scared. The complication rates for capsular contraction (as reported in the Mentor pamphlet) are higher than I had anticipated or seen in my research and that surprised me. It’s an elective surgery and there are always risks, that I know. But I’ve gotta get out of my own head and stop worrying about all the what if’s. What has everyone else done to calm their mind? Surgery is scheduled for 3/27/19. Updated on 12 Mar 2019: Emailed my PS late on Friday afternoon while I was really freaking out. Totally didn’t expect a response until mid Monday at the earliest but I got an email response from her later that night and another follow up during the weekend. She’s so amazing and has a way of being matter of fact and yet comforting at the same time. Working to get out of my head. Focus on the goals. Realize that if it’s worth doing it’s worth doing now. Like my husband said .... this is something I’ve wanted for 9 years or maybe more. And if I don’t do it now very likely I’ll look back and wish I had, or I’ll plan and do some time in the future. So why not just do it now and enjoy it and stop wishing I had done it sooner. Deep breaths. Updated on 12 Mar 2019: These are the pics I gave to my PS. She agrees that this wold work on my frame and will use these to make the final choices on my size. Fortunately I didn’t have commit to a cc size before surgery. I told her what I was most comfortable at but gave her freedom to go up or down 50cc to make the best esthetic decisions. Updated on 14 Mar 2019: This is the best pic of my breasts while pregnant or nursing I have. This is me 2 days before I delivered baby #4. Hubby and I always joked about taking pictures of the “milk boobs” to show the PS in the future but we never did. Oh well. Too late now. That ship has sailed. Updated on 19 Mar 2019: I think I’m finally over the freak out part and I’m on to the part of excited anticipation. My PS is the best. Calling me late last week to make sure I had all my questions answered and that I was doing ok mentally. Every friend and relative that I’ve spoken to that has undergone a breast aug is so encouraging. “Do it girl” being just about everyone’s best response. I’ve told my office and my parents. They have all been supportive. Hubby told his mother and she came to me in tears begging me not to do it. Ugh. Last appointment with PS was the final preop. I tried on sizers. Still don’t know what I’ll end up with as she goes more on what my wish list pics look like rather than the cc’s I try on and pick in office. These are the 250s vs the 300s. Still leaning towards 275-300cc. Updated on 26 Mar 2019: Surgery is scheduled for 7am. Bundle of nerves tonight. Took some last minute pre photos. Testing to get some sleep. See you on the recovery side. Updated on 27 Mar 2019: These are the photos I took after meeting with my surgeon right before the procedure. She could not be been more comforting and accommodating to all my questions and anxieties. Updated on 27 Mar 2019: 12 hours have passed. Everything feels tight - like when my milk came in after each of my four deliveries. It also kinda feels like I pulled some major muscles. Like I did thousands of pushups and a bunch of clean & presses. I’m tying to stay on top of pain meds: hydrocodones, (pain) diazepam (for muscle spasms) , Zoltan (nausea) and Kephlex (anti biotic). I have an appointment with Laura McNaughton (my PS) tomorrow. She’ll check my healing and maybe by me out of these heavy wraps and into my post-surgery bra. Updated on 28 Mar 2019: I was able to take the off the surgical bandages today and put on the compression surgery bra. It’s pretty sore. I’ve slowly regaining some strength but even now as I’m typing this I’m loosing steam and falling asleep. Updated on 29 Mar 2019: I have been trying to wean off of the pain meds. I do ok and then everything come back worse. I’m loosing track of days. Took the surgical bras off just to see bruising and acting. Not pretty. But not horrible either. Hoping these next few days continue to go smoothly. I knew that my left was slightly smaller going in- which is why we opted for a large implant on that side but it still looks smaller to me. Hopefully they’ll settle into a more normal and even size/shape. Updated on 30 Mar 2019: Everyone has said how their emotions tank on that day 3 or 4 ... and it’s true. All the doubts all the emotions came out today. Did I choose the right size? Are they healing well? Did I just stretch that too fat? Are rose scars normal on size? Is that more brushing than normal? Jut the questions overwhelming me. I did pretty well with pain meds today. I tried to cut back but by the end of the day I needed the narcotics again. May have over done it. Hoping tomorrow is even better. Today was a dry shampoo and makeup day. First time I get the house since surgery. Hoping to wash my hair in the sink tomorrow and get dressed for church. Everyday gets a little easier. At least I was awake a little more today than yesterday. Updated on 10 Apr 2019: Doing pretty well. On Day 8 I was cleared to shower, walk on the treadmill and start some smaller upper arm movements. PS is pleased with how they were looking. Left was needing more help to drop so I was instructed not to wear the compression bra anymore, now it’s just a strap over the top of easy yoga bras which is so nice. I went back to work on Day 13. Today is Day 15. Surgery was two weeks ago today. I’m overall really pleased and happy with the healing so far. I’m itching to really raise my arms and stretch. I’d love to pick up my (not quite) two year old daughter. I’m starting to wonder if I really did go too small. I mean I LOVE them. And they are a 1000% better than they were, but still. Could my frame support more? Yeah. Plain and simple. I just couldn’t fathom being bigger. Now realistically do I want to be bigger? I don’t know. I haven’t tried on underwire/regular bras yet. Doc wants me to wait until 6 weeks before putting pressure on the left one for sure. Due to the unevenness in size and placement she “had to do a lot more to that one during surgery”. I didn’t ask any more questions bc I’m not sure I could really handle knowing. I’m kinda squeemish. Regardless- I don’t know for sure what size I am. I’m fitting into M sized zip front yoga bras. Their tags say should fit 32C, 32D, 34B, 34C. So I’m kinda hoping that is accurate for me. Updated on 12 Apr 2019: I think now that they look less like a traumatic injury or major surgery and more like what they should they are really looking great. Muscle weakness - especially on my left - is still very prominent ... as it should be. It’s day 17. Not even three weeks. Can’t wait to get to a point where I don’t think about them with each arm movement. A time when “was that stretch too far?”, “did I accidentally lift too much?”, “should I have done that?” doesn’t cross my mind with every move. Updated on 17 Apr 2019: Dropping seems to be going well. I think she’s done an amazing job of getting the lower fold evened out so that they look even. From the side you can tell that the upper pole of the left is slightly higher/fuller than the right. But it’s coming along just great. I have a follow up appointment tomorrow. I’ll be asking about stopping wearing my strap every day, raising my arms above my head, the stitches removal and a few other questions about getting back to my workouts. Updated on 24 Apr 2019: I saw the plastic surgeon last Thursday for my 3+ week check up. She was pleased with the healing. Told me I could return to full range of motion with my arms. I’m still not supposed to lift any weights above my head yet, or do any sort of jumping. She told me I could clip the strings of my sutures to make it more comfortable. She also gave me the clearance to start running. So I’ve been doing that for some good cardio every day since. Overall feeling pretty good. Sunday I had quite a bit tingling and nerve pain on the left. Hoping it was just nerve regeneration. My front zip bra is starting to rub funny in the center of my chest. So you can see those red marks on my pictures. I wasn’t supposed to ... but Easter Sunday I wore a regular bra to church. The big front zip bras were just to much under my dress. I changed again quickly after service. I’ll say I was quite pleased. I had an old 32C in the closet from my previous life and it was a bit snug. Thinking I might end up at a 32D when this I done. All in all, things are looking good. Updated on 2 May 2019: Not a lot new to describe. For exercise I’ve been running and surprisingly I’ve enjoyed it. Still no full range of motion with jumping or weights. I can, however, stretch and move however I’d like, I just can’t support my full body weight on my arms or lift anything up above my head repeatedly. So that eliminates yoga, pilates, and most weightlifting. Every once in a while I get some tingling or burning nerve sensation around the scar tissue. I attribute this to just nerve regeneration. However sometimes it does take a lot of concentration to get my mind off of it, as Tylenol doesn’t seem to help much with it. The other area of soreness that I find commonly is up near my armpit at the tendon that stretches from my shoulder across into the chest area. At the start of each day this area gets tight and sore, But by the end of the day feels pretty loose and fine. Being cold also causes a good deal of discomfort. When you’re cold and shivering and all of your muscles start tightening .... it’s exhausting....especially the pec muscles. I can tell that they are softening more day by day, there is not a lot of softening yet. They still seem pretty tight. They are dropping fairly evenly into the pockets. The left I think will always sit just a hair higher, due to the natural starting point of the left side. Looking forward to some bra shopping in the next couple of weeks when I get permission to stop wearing sports bras. Also looking forward to swimsuit shopping this year. Updated on 13 May 2019: Noticed some weird compressions when I’m cold or when my pec muscle flexes at all. Took a picture and sent it to my plastic surgeon. She doesn’t think it’s anything to worry about but will check it at my next appointment. I’m thinking it might just be some residual swelling that’s making a weird indent on the implant when the muscle flexes. Hoping that’s all it is at least. No real pain when it happens. Just a very weird feeling. Nothing looks weird when I’m completely at rest - only when I stretch or flex (which technically I’m not supposed to be doing anyway, I only noticed it as I was cold getting out of the shower and my muscles were contracted while shivering). Updated on 17 Sep 2019: Can’t believe I’m saying this .... I could have gone bigger. Not sure I’ll ever change them to actually be bigger. But I could. I was so worried about being too big. But when you have nothing ANYTHING seems huge. Other than that I love them. Acts are fading well. Slope is excellent. Position is perfect. Updated on 24 Apr 2021: I was asked for an update so here we are. It’s been two years. I. Love. Them. It seems so weird to look back at the journey now. The person in those photos isn’t one I recognize. My biggest concerns going in were: naturalness, size choice, ability to continue working out, and scarring (both internal and external). I’m happy to report that I pleased in all these areas. They feel totally natural, like mine, and like they’ve always been mine. The size seems good. I probably could have gone a BIT bigger but not more than 25-50cc more. I like being a 32D. It’s a good place for me and my lifestyle. I have been really increasing my strength building workouts and can now chest-fly 15lbs in arm (which is more than I was able to before surgery). Push ups are doable again too. I am stronger than I was before and my range of motion doesn’t seem too limited. As for the scars I think they look awesome. I have no pain or discomfort. And they have blended away to the point that I can’t hardly see them at all. Things I didn’t know - when I get cold my pecs contract and my boobs shiver. It’s kind funny. Sometimes it can be annoying. It’s nothing horrible. But I feel the contraction more so then I did before. Also the skin on the underside of the breast is always slightly chillier than the rest of my skin. I don’t feel it myself but my husband has noticed and laughed a few times. Does it bother me? No. 100000% I would do it again. With my same surgeon. Dr. McNaughton was amazing. If you have been on the fence, don’t wait.
Horrible consult with her. She said I wouldn't like end results and had to lose 10 more lbs. She wasn't professional and acted like Ms know it all. I'm glad I got snatched in Omaha by another dr. I'm so happy with the new me!
