Nervous and Excited - 12 weeks!!!!!!

So, I am new to posting online about anything but thought I would give it a try. I stumbled upon this site several months ago and have been reading reviews and looking at before and after pics of various reductions. My story is not all that different from a lot of others on this site. I began developing around age 11. What's ironic is that I would hope and pray for big boobs when I was young and voila, I grew into a D cup by age 14. I assumed having big boobs was normal and required to be a woman. As time progressed, I stayed around a D cup until the birth of my first child. I breast fed for 2 years and my breasts went from relatively nice looking to saggy and covered with stretch marks and DDD in size. I managed to drop the 65 pound weight gain but despite getting down to 125 pounds, my breasts were still a D cup. I was around 23 at the time. I thought about breast reduction and looked into it but the scars really freaked me out. I'm glad I did not have the procedure at that time because I ended up pregnant again. I was a little smarter the second time around and gained 40 pounds. I nursed the second baby for 2 1/2 years and was left with droopier and saggier breasts. I didn't even know that could be possible. I have not managed to lose all the baby weight even though it's been 5 years!! I'm now teetering between 145-150 :( Anyhow, I am now 29 and want to do something for myself. Something for my 30th birthday. Right away, I thought again about breast reduction. Only now, the scars are not of any concern. I want the freedom and comfort of being in my own skin. Something I do not possess now. I am even more inspired now by reading so many success stories.
I am in the process of getting the breast reduction done, but it seems like it is now taking forever. I attempted the insurance route but was told I needed to have 6 months to 1 year of "documented proof" that my pendulous breasts are the cause of my discomfort. I became discouraged because I know why I have headaches and a dull, constant back ache. I know why it feels like I am always deprived of oxygen. I did not want to go through a years-worth of procedures, spend a few thousand on co-pays, pills PT, chiropractor (which scares me), as well as the possibility that after the year of "proof" I may be denied for whatever reason. I decided I would come up with the money and fund this myself. I feel I will have a lot more control of who I pick as my surgeon and what size I hope to be when I am done. Wow, I am actually tearing up as I write this. It's a little overwhelming. I know many of you reading this understand exactly how I feel. How you feel somewhat imprisoned in your skin when your breasts are so large.
I am now scheduled for my first consultation on July 11th. I had a physical done a few weeks ago and am having blood drawn on July 12th. I am actually quite nervous about the surgery. I have never had GA and have a fear I could go into some sort of fatal cardiac arrhythmia during. It just weirds me out to think of being supported mechanically. Out of the entire BR process, anesthesia seems the scariest. I am not too concerned about the healing aspect. I believe that will be uncomfortable but not so extreme that I have to fear that part. I will post my befire pics soon. I would ideally like to be a "b" cup. Something small enough to go without a bra and not sweat constantly under the breast. Based on other posts, I have learned that I need to be very explicit with my PS and tell him exactly what I want as my outcome. I appreciate the opportunity to even consider getting BR and am so glad to have found this site. Sorry for such a looooong post.

Before photos. Few pics of me in a bra that does not support my breasts. I also included one of me in a tank without a bra. The rest are au-natural.

I was reading through some older stories and ran into one that had a great idea for during surgery. She had asked her RN to take periodic pics during the surgery which the RN agreed to do! I thought how neat to have pics during the actual transformation. I saw a pic on the web of one breast having had the reduction and the other was still large. This pic would be really neat to have. I'm going to ask my PS if this could be done. Something like this will help me feel more excited about the surgery and help calm the jitters I have for being put under.
It kind of feels like it's taking forever to get to the consultation. I can't wait. I think this will really help me put everything together.