34 Y/o Mom of 3 with a Set of Twins Ready for TT with Muscle Repair, Hernia Repair and Lipo - Atlanta, GA

Hi everyone, I've been stalking this website every since I put down my deposit in January and it's really been helpful as prepare for this next journey. I have a 3.5 year old son and 10 month old twins (april 2015). I was so blessed to have a vaginal delivery with my kids because I was always fearful of a C-section. So it feels crazy that I've signed up for such a big surgery and recovery. I'm a podiatrist, so I perform surgery every week on feet but the thought of now being the patient is freaking me out. After my twins, I was left with an umbilical hernia and a rectus diastasis which has made loosing this belly really difficult. Truthfully, l think that if I didn't have the hernia I'd probably just push through work outs and strict diet and manage the diastasis. But the hernia forces me to wear compression garments every day or else it sticks out when I eat and it's painful by the end of day. In the last 3 months I became diligent to the gym and clean eating in hopes of having a better recovery. And also so my new snatched waist would match the rest of my body...slimming down the hips and building glutes. Well I'm less than 2 weeks from big day and getting pretty excited. I've purchased some supplements to start before surgery and trying to drink more water every day.

Hi ladies, so I just came from my pre-op and I'm even more excited about this procedure next week. My surgeon says she now uses a new technique called "progressive stitching" which is less disruptive to the tissues and means no external drains!! And she's also using exparel for the pain control. She's going to do the lipo to the back and flanks first to hopefully minimize the length of the scar. Plus, I have a natural groove below my belly really low which she'll use for the incision so it'll be well hidden by underwear. She also said I shouldn't have the "hunched" over feeling so I won't need a walker or cane. I got prescriptions for my pain, nausea, and a muscle relaxant so I think I'll be pretty good to go. I've already started taken a Bromelian/tumeric supplement and my arnica tablets should be in the mail any day now. I'm ready to knock out these last few days of work and get this show started!! Only 6 days to go!!

Did anyone else crave junk food just before their procedure? I've been doing pretty good with clean eating for the past 3 months which helped me lose 10lbs but the last few days have been rough. I guess in the back of mind I'm thinking it'll be "sucked away" with lipo so I indulged with a donut, brownie and an Auntie Annie's pretzel!! Oh my! But I tried to make up for it with spin class yesterday, lol. These next 2 days of work are gonna be super busy as I prepare to be off for 2 weeks. I think my husband is getting more excited than me, lol.