Choosing Between Natrelle Inspira 280 SRLP and 345 SRM

Everything is looking good and healing well. Went in for my follow up today and they just peeled back the tape over the incisions, clipped a stitch and put the tape back down. Stitches dissolve on their own from here. Steri-strips should fall off in another week.
Next appointment is six weeks from now. Seems so far away. I totally got in trouble for doing more than I’m supposed to at this stage. But I feel great and I’m single with four kids. There’s only so much nothing you can do...
Wanted to share this side by side, since there’s always so much question about the accuracy of rice sizers.
I made them 1 ml = 1 cc, 280cc’s. Perhaps they were accurate, but if they were then you definitely lose 10-15% volume going submuscular. I’m still happy with my size. I’m super active and I have young littles, I didn’t want to be over the top. But I definitely hoped to be where the sizers portrayed me. Had J gone with 345SRM, I think I would have been. But who knows?
I hope I continue to heal easily. Honestly, even with the more modest size I have NO REGRETS.

Holy moly, I really do think the worst is behind me. Literally and figuratively. After a lot of water, laxatives, colace, and one failed enema, my backend seems to be functioning again. Thank the frigging lord.
I am back down to my pre-op weight as of today, and I feel much less stretched and strained and I was finally able to see my proportions.
Honestly? My body looks exactly like it did in my late 20's. I could have gone with the higher profile which would have given me more projection and just a bigger overall boob (width was the same), but I am really happy with the size I am. They don't look like implants at all, but I have boobs again.
I definitely think my decisions were based on my active lifestyle and the fact that I am a momma to four littles. I wanted to feel confident in my skin, without drawing attention to myself. I honestly couldn't be happier with the results.
At this point I'm just ready to stop wearing this compression strap, and to start moving again. Cannot wait for cardio.
As for the implants themselves, I don't feel any pain or discomfort at all. The incisions feel a little sore. My right implant animates with any sort of flexion -- cutting into a peach, opening a water bottle, minor things cause it to jump and it's an odd sensation. I'm hoping when the muscle relaxes some of that animation slows down. But it's a small price.
I can't wait to see what these look like in a few weeks. I honestly don't really comprehend how they drop and soften and what that change looks like. But I'm really happy with my healing and progress so far.

This is going to border on TMI for so many, but if it helps one person, goodness it's worth embarrassing myself over.
On the day of my surgery I was determined not to take pain meds. By the late evening I broke down and took the oxycontin/ibuprofen I was prescribed. I took one at around 11 p.m., and again around 3:30 a.m. Then again on post op day 1 around 11 a.m. So three doses + anesthesia in total.
Ladies, by the morning on post-op day 2 I was up 11 pounds and climbing. My stomach was so distended I felt like my skin was going to burst. By mid-afternoon I was up 15 pounds and I was heavily considering going to the ER.
I had drank laxative teas, taken colace, eaten a lot of fiber-rich foods, and there was NO relief. I drove to the pharmacy and bought an enema and OTC laxative tablets. Bless my soul, because the enema did not work.
About 4 hours after taking the laxative tablets, I finally went to the bathroom. Now I have given birth four times, two without any medication whatsoever. What I experienced yesterday was on par with the pain of transition when you're in labor. Horrifying. When I finally did get relief I lost 5 pounds in three hours. Not joking.
This morning I woke up and while I'm still swollen and have visible edema, I seem to have turned a corner. I am only up 3-4 pounds depending on how much credit you want to give my implants on the scale. I'm feeling much much better.
I took a shower and shaved my legs and emptied the dishwasher and it was all the energy I had, so back to the couch for now. I'm going to make myself go for a walk later this afternoon to keep things moving.
My advice to you is if you can avoid taking the pain medications from the get go, DO THAT. Take 800mg of NSAIDs every 4-6 hours to stay on top of the pain. Because frankly the aching I felt in my implants/chest area was NOTHING compared to the pain I was in yesterday. So not worth it.
When I was so swollen I started to get anxious that I went too conservative. Now that the swelling everywhere is coming down, I'm so happy with the size and profile. I can't wait to heal more and get back to my normal life. I'm aching to exercise/sweat and have my normal energy back.