Breast Augmentation: I breastfed and it stretched my breasts

I breastfed and it stretched my breasts from a 32B to a 32DD. It left them more bottom heavy with what felt like thinner skin. The goal was to lower the fold on my right side to match that of my left and to increase to a C cup allowing my breasts to be fuller on the top. We will be using round 355 cc silicon cohesive gel "gummy bear" implants.

They are exactly what I was looking for and I am really pleased. The first week, I took a couple of pain pills but was otherwise fine. The most discomfort occurred in the first two days and the hardest part was sleeping on my back because I’m a side sleeper. Figuring out how to get ready without lifting my arms was a challenge too. I had to lay in a very elevated position to be able to get out of bed or sleep in a recliner and I felt a bit more tired than normal this week. I would suggest help with a small child for several days too. Things like cutting my steak, lifting tea pitchers out of the very top of the fridge, forcefully wiping the counters with sticky spills on them, and pulling clothes out the washer weren’t ideal and I passed those chores off. I didn’t think about how I put a lot out of reach from my child and now it was suddenly out of reach from me too.
The second week, I still felt a little sore doing things like scrubbing a sticky spot off of the counter. The wiping itself didn’t hurt but adding pressure made that muscle sore and I didn’t want to “rip” anything. Getting out of bed was a little easier but I still kept myself elevated. Aside from that, I could do most things normally. I could even lift my child onto the potty and all without pain. As of the third week, my nipples seem overly sensitive still and the lower half of my breasts are still numb. I have been told this normally goes away with time because everything is healing. Everything is softening up a good bit and starting to feel more normal. Overall, I’m not in any pain and can do pretty much everything I did before surgery at this point. I still feel like things are stretching a little bit when I take my bra off and it’s still more comfortable to have it on. I’ll update again in a few weeks!

All of the swelling is gone. I haven’t been able
to go and try on bra’s with Covid so I had to order a few sizes. I’m a bit larger than I expected to be. I went in with a goal of 34c but I’m a 32DDD/34DD. I tried a variety of bra brands and that’s the consensus. It’s funny to me bc they don’t feel or look that large. Most of my friends had no idea that I even got implants. They look very natural. If I’m being honest, there are a couple of things I would change. They are a little more bottom heavy than I would have hoped. I was going for a before pregnancy breast. I was about a 45% top fullness /55% bottom fullness on the breast tissue distribution between my upper and lower breast before pregnancy. I went to about a 20/80 after baby and I’m about at a 35/65 now. I would have positioned them a little closer together too. Nonetheless, it’s a great improvement and I would do it again. The scars are lightening up and I’m still numb under my breasts from the nipple down.