Hello! I have been self conscious about my small breasts my whole adult life, and have been thinking about getting a BA for the past 8 years or so. Finally Im doing it! I am due to have a BA on this coming Tuesday, 11/5! Getting excited and nervous!
Updated on 2 Nov 2019:
Now that I’m so close to getting surgery I’m obsessing about size. Its so hard to imagine what they will look like since I don’t have much. I don’t want too big, and don’t want people to notice much. I’m tall and have wide hips and a small waist, so I could carry a bigger size well, but I don’t want to drastically change my look. I just want an aesthetically pleasing result with cleavage, so that fancy dresses and gowns fit better. Going with HP because they are narrower that MP, and the Dr said I would not look good with a side boob from MP. Right now settled for 325 cc HP, but wondering if I should go with 345 cc?! ??????
Updated on 5 Nov 2019:
I’ve been feeling very nervous and excited at the same time. I try to keep busy around the house and not to think about it too much.
Updated on 5 Nov 2019:
I’m all done!!!! Can't believe I will finally have breasts! Today I went in at 1 pm for prep. All the staff working with Dr Greenberg were very nice. I went into surgery at 2 pm and came out at 3:15 pm. The nurse woke me up at 3:30 pm and called my husband to come over. I had quite a bit of pain and soreness when I woke up, so the nurse gave me some kind of a pain medicine through the IV. I took one Percocet for pain when I got in the car. It didn’t seem to work: I felt a lot of pressure in my chest ( which is normal). Took another Percocet, and it helped a lot! No nausea, which I was worried about. Especially since I haven’t eaten since last night, when I got in the car I drank a bottle of Ensure and too my medicine. The worst part is the drive home, I sure can feel all the bumps in the road!
Thank you ALL for your support! I need it. So nice to be able to share about my experience here! I will keep updating as I heal.
Updated on 6 Nov 2019:
Hi ladies! Day two today have my post op meeting with the Dr tomorrow and will finally get to see my new boobies! I haven’t even seen them yet: they are very tightly bandage wrapped with a stiff band on top up in my armpits, to push down the implants. They look big to me right now, considering they must be swollen and the thick wrapping. I’m surprised that I’m not freaked out by how large the look now, I thought I would, but I’m feeling happy. Maybe I should have gone just a tad bigger, hmmmm? ;)
I had the worst pain and discomfort yesterday. The generic tabs of Percocet take a while to kick in, and I have to take two. No nausea, thankfully! Don’t think the generic form of Valium is doing anything for me. Slept in an elevated position, dosing on and off. Looking forward to tomorrow post op.
Updated on 6 Nov 2019:
Adding some pictures of me before surgery.
Updated on 7 Nov 2019:
Just a quick update. I got to see my new boobies today for the first time since surgery on Tuesday during my post op with the Dr.
I didn’t know what to expect. Part of me was afraid that I would freak out and feel like there is the “alien” object on my chest. But I didn’t! I was absolutely calm ( and medicated ;) ) I kind of liked them!
I was in quite a bit of pain and discomfort day 1 and day 2 (day one being the worst). Today the Dr removed my thick bandages and pinched each one of my breasts first up and then down, holding for one minute each time. It hurt a lot! She reassume that the first time will be the most painful because the muscle is super tight, and each time I will do these displacement exercises the pain will be less and less. This needs to be done to help the breasts soften up and not let the implant get stuck in the wrong position. And she was right! I had way less discomfort on the way home and since then. I’m including the pictures of what they look like now. The Dr said that they will drop a bit and look more natural, less fake as the time goes by.
Updated on 9 Nov 2019:
Today I felt more agile and felt like I could do more with my arms. I had no pain in the morning and didn’t take any Percocet or Valium, as I was tired of feeling spacey and sleepy from them. I managed to take a shower, got dressed and even did a ton of dishes and cleaned up in the kitchen. My period started, so I took Tyleno, and was ok until about an hour ago. My incisions started hurting as well as the muscles on both sides of my chest under armpits. Maybe I stopped the Meds too soon?! Is it normal for incisions to hurt?
Updated on 11 Nov 2019:
Hi ladies! Well, it’s day 7 today. I’ve been feeling ok, doing a lot around the house. Have been off the meds since day 4, only take Tylenol and a conventional muscle relaxant, not Valium. I have some discomfort still of course.
The strange thing is that its hard for me to be happy about having the boobs now. When I first got them done last week it was like a huge weight was lifted off my mind, I felt a sense of relief after having finally done something to solve the problem of not liking what I had. However now I catch myself worrying that they are too big and too fake, that I will look too fake with them!
Of course they are sitting up high now and are supposed to “drop and fluff”, and I can’t wait for that honestly! I know I must be patient, not one of my virtues. In posting my pictures also, please let me know what you think!
Updated on 23 Nov 2019:
Time for an update! I finally feel like I can look at my boobs and talk about them now. Beginning of last week was an emotional roller coaster for me. I was not used to them, was afraid to look at them, and wondered if I had made a mistake! Then I remembered how I felt before I had them done, and felt better ! I also think that the drugs affected my brain chemistry, and my moods were off.
My Dr removed my stitches one week post-op, and pushed my breasts around a lot, to widen the pocket, and did the first displacement exercises, all of which hurt A LOT! I can’t believe it was only a week ago, the pain level had dropped significantly since then!
I had a hard time driving just after 7-8 days post-op, as chest hurt to turn the car wheel. Then just three days later things changed, and I can drive fine and carry things, but carefully.
I feel much better this week. The breasts shrunk quite a bit since the first week, and look smaller now, which I like. I could have carried a bigger size for sure, but wanted a more natural result. I think they will look as big as when I wore a push up bra, so in clothes people will not even notice that I had anything done!
So the chest muscle pain is gone, but my nipples are waking up. They are large and almost swollen, like when I had puberty! The right one is hurting a lot, throbbing pain, burning, needles, zingers - all of which is normal according to my Dr.
I like the way the look, but don’t like the way they feel like two hard cones. It’s especially hard not to snuggle with my 4 year old. I’m hoping they will feel more like part of me eventually!
Updated on 23 Nov 2019: