44 Years Old and 4 Kids Later Via Csections. This Mama is So Ready for a MMO! Beverly Hills, CA

Hi RS sisters! I hope everyone is healing well and those not on the flat side yet, hope u all are preparing for the big day! So I have been feeling good but I must say, this swelling is just not fun and till today, the itchiness. It finally has subsided I think! That's the problem, it comes and goes! So far so good so I'm keeping my fingers crossed! I've noticed when j hit the two week mark I felt much more sore on my sides from the Lipo and my stomach is much more sensitive, a good way to describe it is that it feels raw and very tender. It seems I felt less of all this in my first week. Possibly by all the anesthesia is out if my system. I take Tylenol for the discomfort now. At night sometimes I'll take my muscle relaxer. It's not horrible pain just very uncomfortable and stiff feeling. The binder also doesn't help with the discomfort. When I'm swollen it kinda digs into my skin so when I take it off I have tons of indentations from the seams which kinda hurt. I'm looking for a softer binder with a zipper or firm control right now. I've been doing all my usual routines just slower lol! I'm going to Seattle for a wedding so it will be my first attempt at wearing heals for an evening. I hope I can last. I will bring my flats just in case. My rash on my belly is finall disappearing thank goodness! I've been doing bicorneum on my breast incisions and silicone tape for tt incision. It came in handy when I was at the beach and the tide came up so quick and got me wet waist down. I went to the beach house to rinse the sand off real quick and the tape stayed on and protected the incision from getting wet. That tape lasts long. I still haven't changed it and it's going on a week. The pics I'm posing were taken at two weeks post op pretty much, 14-16 days after surgery. Took me a while to update. I have one stitch that I can feel under my right breast (spitting stitch) is that what it's called? Anyway, I will have My PS take a look at it in two weeks when I have my follow up appt. I thought the stitches dissolve? It doesn't hurt, just bothers me when I put scar cream on.

The new improved me!

Hi all! Hope everyone is healing nicely and doing well. Those who are still waiting, hope u all are getting prepared and doing well. If your feeling scared and anxious, don't be. It's definitely worth it! Just keep thinking of how happy you will be and how good you will look! I'm POD 11 and feeling good. My days are pretty much back to the normal routine. I'm driving, cooking, cleaning, schlepping the kids to their activities. My mom had to go back to her life last Wednesday so I pretty much had no choice. My hubby was out of town on a business trip so someone had to take care of my four kiddies. I was feeling fine and up to it so it was ok. The days are fine it's the night when I tire easily. I wake up stiff but once I start walking around my body loosens up. Around late afternoon I will rest a bit before I start cooking dinner. I'm still really swollen but mainly early evening. I'm still watching my salt intake and drinking plenty of water and protein shakes. I will take Tylenol during the day if I feel achy and my pain med once in a while at night if I can't get comfortable. I started to sleep on my sides two nights ago and it felt so good to be in a different position. It was a bit sore but I didn't mind since I've been on my back for the last week. I'm still itchy but now on my boobs so I'm guessing the incisions are healing. My steri strips are starting to slowly peel off. My rash is slowly going away. At least it's not itchy anymore. I put on my bikini for my husband and kids tonight and they couldn't believe how different I looked, lol! I told the kids that mommy was back to her pre-baby body and I couldn't be happier! They were happy that I was finally so happy! I just love my husband for supporting me and keeping his word. It was either me or the backyard and he said "a happy wife is a happy life" and he is right. I feel so less bitchy and grumpy lol! Here's a bathing suit pic with better lighting. Scar is covered but you see the steri strips popping out of bottoms.