38 Yrs Old , 4 Kids , Mommy Makeover Happening Nov 2018

After waiting to be done having babies and tons of research , review reading , probing everyone I’ve ever met who has had cosmetic surgery I have finally chosen a dr and scheduled my mm. Today is Saturday and my surgery is on Monday. I’m so excited but I am starting to get nervous. I am 5’4 and half (got to give myself that little half , lol) , weigh 170 right now . I’ve had 4 kids , 2 vaginally and 2 c sections. I’ve bn skinny my whole life . Even after my first 2 babies I didn’t really have to work at it and I went right bk to 100 lbs. but had some of that saggy skin on belly :(. With my third baby I had to really work to lose the weight afterwards. I worked my butt off and got to 125 lbs but my breasts were just awful and I had even more saggy , wrinkly skin on my belly. Now with fourth baby , who is 3 now , I have not bn able to lose the weight at all. I’ve yo yo’d with weight ever since but can never get lower than 150 lbs. I decided I’ll just never be that skinny again so went ahead and scheduled surgery. I know the TT won’t make me skinny again but I’ll have a nice flat stomach again :) . Me and the ps have made a plan for BL with 350 cc textured saline implants , TT with MR and Lipo to upper back. I was going for a BBL also but my ps informed me that he no longer does this and a lot of surgeons are pulling away from it bc so many women have passed away from it. I did the research and sure enough like 33 women have died after BBL, so I’ll be sticking with my squats , thigh master and triangle squats ( to thicken my hips). I have stressed myself out so bad about my breasts y’all!! I was scared they were going to be too small, then worried they’d be too big and look super fake. I might have annoyed my ps and his staff sending emails and pics lol. They swear I’m not annoying them and they welcome the questions. All I can say to those of you who haven’t scheduled or had it yet is to ask as many questions as you need and show as many pics as you need to. It’s a lot of money we are spending and of course it’s your body so asking tons of questions should be and probably is expected by the ps. I’ve scoured over tons of RealSelf reviews and pics and now it’s finally my turn! So excited! I decided to share my journey bc well my hubby is tired of talking about it and looking at photos I keep shoving in his face lol and my family and most of my friends aren’t being supportive. :(. My kids , hubby and 1 friend are the only ones who are excited for me and supportive. I’m 38 years old so you’d think I wouldn’t care what my parents and sister think but I do. They don’t want to talk about it , refused to come for surgery to help out with me or kids ( my 2 youngest are 5 and 3 with my 5 yr old being autistic). So I’m sad about this but it has not made me change my mind. I’m the one who has to live with this body and low self esteem, always making excuses to not go to beach or pool with my kids bc I don’t want to go out there all nasty in front of everyone. I don’t like how I look in clothes and at my older kids extra curricular activities I stay away from the other moms just feeling like the “ugly “ or “ dumpy” mom. I know this sx is going to help boost my confidence , get me bk out there and bk in the gym to work on everything bc lately I’ve just given up. I’m going to post my before pics and can’t wait to be able to post my after pics along with my journey to recovery pics. I hope my story can help y’all like others stories have helped me inmy decision making and preparing. I’ll update on Monday once I’m in my room. I’m staying 1 night in hospital and then I’ll be home and my hubby and oldest kids will be caring for me. Say a prayer for me and the surgeon on Monday Nov 12th :)

I had my surgery this morning. It took 6 hours. We did everything we had planned on,the Lipo to back , BL with 350 cc saline implants and TT with muscle repair. I was happy when I woke up and realized I made it through but was not happy with the pain. My goodness I was hurting so so bad!! I’ve had tons of pain meds and dr brought me a pain pump with morphine
I tried to eat but just got nauseated. I’m so scared of the pain if I have to vomit. I have coughed a few times which was bad enough! The first time I got out of bed it hurt so bad, way worse than child birth or c section! Second time it still hurt but not as bad. Thank the Lord for that!! I’ve had little sleep and hard time getting comfy. Pain is bad but not as bad as it was. I’m praying for sleep tonight and feel much better tomorrow before I ge to head home. My hubby got to see my tummy when Dr opened cg and checked it. He said it’s so flat. Yay!!! My breasts don’t look that big to me and I cried about it. My hubby and daughter both say they do look big and I’m just doped upon morphine. I hope and pray they are right.

I can say the pain is ver real. On some people’s journeys I’ve read that they didn’t really feel any pain ; I would love to just know wha was different with their surgeries bc I definitely feel pain. I’m feeling better than surgery day and day 1 but I still can’t walk very far. I’m really getting down about it bc once again I read others stories and by day 4 they seem to be on just Tylenol and walking. When I try to walk to far I feel like my back is going to explode. It’s awful!! My main problem is all the coughing fits I’m having. I’m coughing a lot and coughing a lot up but doing this kills my stomach muscles and makes my breasts hurt also from me tending up bc of the pain I feel coming. This is making so much pain and also making the muscle relaxers my best friends. I’d rather have the muscle relaxers than the pain meds. We rented an electric recliner for a month for $150. Totally worth it!! Makes it easier for me to get up and down. I’m going to change bandages today and hopefully try a shower. My hubby has been the biggest help! I couldn’t ask for a better nurse!! Going to post pics when we change bandages and shower. Hopefully I can go further today and get my spirits up .