Post op day 1. Woke up pretty sore but movement does wonders! I do my hourly stretching with pain meds stayed on top of them throughout the night! Going to see Dr this morning for follow up!! Super excited already! This is so worth doing!Updated on 3 Mar 2017: Sorry I added the wrong Dr first post! Just had my Follow up Post op day 1 with Dr. Leedy! I am beyond excited with my results already! Will post pictures later!! Just wanted to get the right Dr. Stated!! Updates soon to come!Updated on 3 Mar 2017: Pain is not bad at all. Did stretching every hour, pain meds and Motrin hope to be off pain meds tomorrow. Bloating is so real! Augg and so is constipation. Miralax and fiber it is. Updated on 4 Mar 2017: Woke up sore but nothing I couldn't handle. Ate breakfast, took 800mg Motrin and one norco. Felt great with stretching every hour. Went to the casino for the day good to walk and stretch. Overall I expected more pain day two! Pretty excited with the way I feel already. Updated on 6 Mar 2017: Woke up tight and stiff. No pain just a really tight chest. Took my 800mg Motrin and a warm shower did my stretching in the shower and feel as good as ever! Key is to keep moving. If you lay around all day that is were you tighten up and feel horrible. So first thing in the morning is key to take that warm shower with Motrin in ya and stretch. No need for pain pills two days in a row now. Just tightness and heaviness nothing that I can't handle this for sure. Loving my new look. Friday the 10th I go see my Dr for bandage removal and start of scar treatment. Here is day four pics! Don't mind I just put coconut oil on after the shower! :)Updated on 9 Mar 2017: I feel amazing!!! Woke up a bit stiff but nothing horrible! I took a shower did my stretches took 800mg of Motrin and tacked this day! I have not needed to take anything else for pain or discomfort for the rest of the day. I feel great! My boobs are getting softer and softer and I am adjusting to the "side boob" feeling! I just cannot state how happy I am!! Going to see my Dr tomorrow for my one week follow up and removal of bandages and to start my scar ointment! I'm beyond excited to see how they are going to keep on dropping and fluffing out!! Best thing I have ever done for myself!! Ever! Updated on 9 Mar 2017: Updated on 10 Mar 2017: Went to the Dr today and he said start messaging three times a day for a few minutes each direction. And start scar treatment twice a day! Amazed with how the incision looks very happy with it already!! So nice to have the bandages off!! Updated on 17 Mar 2017: Yeah!! Still waking up very tight. But after walking around it goes away! Very happy with the results so far! Hope they fluff out and get a bit bigger! I was told to add in 15 min laying on my chest! Started last night! Boy that hurt! Was not a fan of that but doing what I was told! Also messaging 3 times a day for 10 min per session. And stretching hourly or when I remember! No more Tylenol or Motrin needed for the last several days! Excited to watch the progress weekly! Hope these pictures help! Updated on 24 Mar 2017: One day late!! Super excited about how I feel just slight tightness in the morning that goes away with movement! Love my results so far!! Best decision ever! Updated on 1 Apr 2017: Freaken loving life! Dropping each week! I'm a happy girl! Got the OK to go and buy some real bras! VS here I come! Updated on 6 Apr 2017: Everyday week they feel so much softer and movable! Loving my new look! Going bra shopping this week! Excited!!
I am a mother of 2, 5'3, 120lbs and currently a 34A. I have spent a lot of my time since having kids doing crossfit and competing in different strength competitions. The combination of breastfeeding and working out has left me with very small and asymmetrical breasts (a whole cup size difference) All I would like is to comfortably wear a sports bra without having to stuff it full of padding to make me appear like a woman. I have wanted this for many years and finally feel I am in a place to do it. I may not be in the perfect place financially, but if I don't do it I feel I never will, so I am investing in myself. I have a doctor I will see, as he is the same one that did a friend of mine and he had excellent reviews (especially compared to the surgeons in my hometown). I have posted one pic of my befores but will get more soon.Updated on 16 Jan 2017: I have had my consult and the doctors and nurses made me feel unbelievably comfortable. They helped me through the whole decision process and gave me all the information I need to help me get to where I want to be. With a more athletic frame, wider rib cage, it was suggested I go with 350cc moderate plus. I was considering a 325cc as I want to make it as unnoticeable as possible that I have had this procedure. It is strictly for me to make me feel more feminine and not having to stuff everything in my bras or bathing suits to make me feel like a woman. I will do a final sizing the day of surgery to make sure I am happy with my choice. My appointment was scheduled, and I go in this coming Wednesday. I am terrified and excited, but staying up each night reading others stories on has definitely helped me mentally prepare. I feel like I have a sense of what to expect, good and bad and all the emotions that go along with it. My doc gave me a list of things to not have pre surgery...Vitamin E, Green Tea or Green Tea extracts, and lots of other herbal things. It's made me change my daily routine and I feel my body is a bit out of whack because of it, but atleast I'm taking lots of vitamin C, D and Magnesium. I don't know when I should stop working out pre surgery so I am just taking items in what I've been doing. I posted some pictures of what I am going for and what I am currently.Updated on 16 Jan 2017: I can't seem to stop taking before pictures as I want a lot to look back on them to remind myself of what was. It really does assure a person that they are doing the right thing, especially when I lay down. I took a bunch of pictures in the spot I will be recovering to do a step by step of it all. Here are a few more before pictures.Updated on 20 Jan 2017: I am in Day 3 of recovery from my surgery. I can't believe how well everything went. It all went by so quickly, I was in the building and was knocked out within 30 minutes! I was worried about panicking, vomiting and crying when coming out on the anaesthetic, but telling the doc about my worries they gave me a few 'extras' to calm me down and help with nausea. It was so worth it as it made for a fantastic experience. I ended up getting 350cc moderate plus, and they also liposuctioned some of my left breast to match my right in order to help with the asymmetry rather than place in 2 different size implants (anyone ever had that?). I am hoping that it will help. The pain was not near what I expected it to be on day 1 and 2, as I kept on top of pain meds and antibiotics. I spent the first night in a hotel and second at a friends, which was great to not have to worry about my kids and get lots of rest . I can tell I did a bit too much today, like driving to go get my kids and just moving and walking around, but I am now in my comfy spot at home able to tell everyone I have the flu and really take it easy. Lol Here are a few post op pics.Updated on 22 Jan 2017: I am on day 5 of recovery and I was able to get up a do a little bit around the house today (not by choice, but out of a necessity....girls, always line up the help you need if you don't think you'll get it at home). Yesterday I was in so much pain in my right breast, right towards my armpit that I couldn't even move that arm. I think its because I am sick and have been coughing quite a bit and on the first day I felt a sharp pain in that breast from a big cough...I have been holding it into my body since then and have been using my left hand for things. I have full range of motion in my left arm, but still can't seem to use my right for anything that's not in front of me. Anytime I reach behind me it's a sharp pain and a pulling feeling. Getting up and moving around today did help me get that arm moving and I was able to not take any pain meds today, just my antibiotics. Upon feeling my breasts, my left (which I got liposuctioned) still seems quite a bit bigger than the right, and it is also quite soft compared to the right. I know I will give it time, and I am still happy with my results in this. Here are my day 5 post op pictures.Updated on 28 Feb 2017: I am just about 6 weeks post op (tomorrow) and I have had a fairly good recovery considering life circumstances didn't turn out quite as planned. Having to move while recovering was not an easy feat....But otherwise everything seems to be healing up. My incisions feel and look fine and I am glad to finally wear some pretty bras. Some days I say to myself 'as much as I wanted them to look normal and not noticeable, NOBODY NOTICED!?' haha. I am happy with them, they just don't appear any different than they were while I am dressed, but when I look at them naked it's a huge difference. I am hoping they settle a lot more as the top to bottom book ratio is quite off. It looks a little silly with nothing underneath. I have noticed that even with my lipo in my left breast the difference is still quite noticeable to me, but I'm not unhappy with that as it's much better than it used to be. I am bummed my doctor said I had to wait 4 months post op to do yoga!?! But I tried to do just a few push ups the other day and it was so uncomfortable. I still have to ease myself into workouts, I'll probably give it another few weeks before going back to the gym.