28yo Mother of 4, 560cc Mentor Smooth Round Silicone

My oldest child is 9 & since I quit breastfeeding him 8 years ago, I’ve wanted to get a breast augmentation. I knew I wanted more kids at that point & decided to hold off on the surgery until we were done with pregnancies. When my youngest turned 1 & started weaning from breast feeding (almost a year ago) I started looking more into moving forward with planning!
I found Dr Turowski on RealSelf & after I had consulted with 5 drs before him, I ended up in his office. He didn’t have ONE before and after picture that I wasn’t impressed with, his entire office staff was so welcoming and made me feel so at ease throughout the whole process. Going into the consult I wasn’t sure what I wanted implant wise, size wise, nothing. All I knew was I didn’t want them to look too round at the top, or look obviously fake with too much upper pole fullness.
Dr. Turowski and his team had me try on different sizers until I found ones that I said were absolutely TOO big, then we tried one size smaller on again... and decided I get comfortable with that size. When I found out I had chosen 560cc I was a little scared, because I hadn’t seen someone my size (5 foot 1 & 105 lbs) go that big on ANY reviews I’d read through. However as soon as I chose the sizers I felt comfortable with, they walked me down the hall to do the 3D simulation photo so I could get a better idea at what size they would actually be & what they would look like as my actually breast and not just sizers under a sports bra. After seeing the simulation i was so much more comfortable moving forward with scheduling.
Following the 3D simulation, we went back up front to schedule and pay for the surgery. They offered us several discounts to make sure we were in a price range that I was comfortable with, even offering us one because we drove 3 hours to their office. We got everything scheduled and paid the deposit and left the office with a DATE for surgery! I was ECSTATIC and didn’t have one ounce of doubt in me, this was something I 100% wanted to go through with!
As surgery got closer, I started to get scared. Only because I have 4 small kids at home, what would happen to them if something happened to me? I just started to freak out about HIGHLY unlikely outcomes.
Surgery day was here & we left our house at 7am to make it here by 10:30 and surgery was set to happen at 11:30, everything started to get a lot more real and my nerves were through the roof. I cried a few times on the way to the surgery center, doubting my decision on size, I was terrified I’d be too big and it would be obvious.
Once we got there, I was called back almost immediately... got changed into the gown, socks, and hat for surgery, got my IV started, and sat waiting patiently for Dr. Turowski to come in and let me know we’d be starting soon.
I don’t remember much of anything after walking back to the OR. I remember them helping me lie up on the table, and the anesthesiologist telling me he was putting something in my IV to calm me down, and then I remember being overwhelmed and crying... the nurse (and the second nurse who was shadowing her) held my hands and rubbed my head and promised she’d be right there and I would be ok... next thing I know I was waking up with BOOBIES! The nurse took pictures for me while I was still in OR because I wouldn’t be able to actually see them until the next day when I came back to get the bandages removed. I woke up in a lot of pain and a REALLY heavy feeling in my chest, like someone was sitting on top of me.

We’re on day 1po - I went back to the office this morning to get my bandages off, pain pumps out, and get into a front closure support bra. I didn’t sleep the best last night, the bandage wrap I had on after surgery was so tight it was pushing my shoulder blades together causing shoulder & back pain, but actual breast pain and incision pain was minimum.

When we got back to the office, Jenna (the nurse) came out to get me right away... we got back to the room and she had me take my shirt off so we could get the bandages off. After everything was unwrapped and pain pumps were removed I got to stand up in front of the mirror and see them for the first time (aside from the pics the nurse took for me in the OR). I was so overwhelmed with so many emotions... happiness, relief, appreciation... I couldn’t help but tear up as soon as I saw them. This was something I’ve waited for, for so long. It seemed unreal that these are actually MINE.

I couldn’t be more grateful for Dr Turowski and his whole surgery center team and office staff. I had the worst anxiety about surgery, and the size I chose, and even the pain afterwards but they’ve made this an INCREDIBLE experience. I couldn’t be more happy with my decision to work with these amazing people.

Pain is much better today than it was last night, definitely still some pressure and the tightness in my chest... which obviously is expected but nothing at all like the unbearable pain I was worried about. So so so so happy I finally went through with it.