36 Yr Old, Mom of 2 - Bend, OR

I gave birth to both of my children in Army hospitals. My second child was a C-Section and both were two weeks early. One was 9.3 oz the other 9.4 oz. needless to say I gained a lot of weight during both pregnancies. My youngest is 7 now and I have tried hard to lose the weight. I am 5'9" tall and currently weight 185. I carry my weight well but have always had trouble with my mommy pouch.
After 16 years with my husband he surprised me with the go ahead of getting a tummy tuck. I saw a few plastic surgeons in the area and decided on Dr. Quinn. One his price was $1300 less but what impressed me most was that I spoke with him during my consultation and not a staff member who is the go between, between the potential patient and PS. That made a huge impact on my choosing Dr. Quinn. He was very friendly and answered every question I had. I will update this soon as I have my pre-op apt on March 26th.

Had my TT a week ago and lots of changes for the positive. Yesterday I had my follow up and had my drains taken out. Thank goodness because they were a pain in the patootie. My PS said that I am healing quite nicely and that I hardly have any fluid or bruising. Very pleased with the progress I made in 6 days. The only real problem I am having is a skin irritation to the medical tape that was holding the gauze down but I can live with that. Made a follow up apt for next Tuesday to have my umbilical stitches taken out and the ones on the sides of my waist. Other than that let the itch fest begin because I already want to scratch the heck out of the scar already. But I know that is a sign of healing so I will try and refrain. (Try) ;-)

So the first 4 days for me were the hardest. Not necessarily pain wise because I took my meds every 3 hours as prescribed but it was just getting up and laying down. You definitely need help those first few days. I have found back muscles that I didn't know existed…seriously!! I would also suggest starting to take your stool softners a few days prior to surgery. On day 3 I had a hard time going #2 and on day 5 I had a complete back up and stayed on the toilet for hours. It hurt extremely bad and I had to resort to taking magnesium citrate and waiting it out. Not the route I recommend!! Trust me take those softners a few days prior to surgery starting out. Ok is it just me or is it the skin above and below the scar that itches like crazy? I can't feel certain parts of my tummy but I expected that already due to nerves being cut. Also my PS said that the scar and the surrounding areas should smooth out in around 6 months or so. Oh and can I just say after working so hard to lose weight that when I went in yesterday he gave me the biggest compliment ever!! He called me skinny!! Be still my heart why don't ya!! ??