Waited So Long

This won’t be lengthy but I have reached 6 months post-op, almost 6 1/2 months by now. Still seeing some D&F which is so nice. I love wearing tube tops and revealing tank tops! My nipples can still be overly sensitive, and is probably the only complaint I have. Other than that, I am thrilled every day with my new size and shape! Saw my surgeon on July 1 for (what should have been) my 5 month follow-up, but by then I was well into my 6th month. He took pics and emailed me my before and after photos. What a dismal state I was in before; now I’m just so pleased with how I look! Confidence through the roof! Even so much that I’m willing to tease the boyfriend by playing board games topless! Lol. That game didn’t last long after I took off my shirt. Anyway, most of these pics are of bikinis I had when I was flat. I haven’t really taken the time to do some serious bathing suit shopping, mostly because we don’t go to the beach or a pool. At this point I may as well wait for suits to go on clearance. I can probably get by with what I had before, it’s just a matter of how much side-boob I’m willing to show!

Top pic is from March 21 (3 months PO).
Bottom pic is from May 7 (4 1/2 months PO). Finally I appreciate some of my dark freckles and moles because they show me how much D&F is happening! A couple of them have disappeared underneath.

Whew! I’ve been gone a minute! :-) I missed a 4 month update and pics, so on the date of 4 1/2 months, I took pics. My boyfriend thinks monthly pics aren’t “necessary” anymore since the changes aren’t as dramatic as they were in the early weeks. I agree to an extent, in that I’m still going to photo-document on a regular basis, but “clinical” pictures are not what I’m about anymore. ;-) Now I’m taking the ~hawt~ pics! Lol
Anyway, I digress. I feel great! I think I look spectacular! The boyfriend can’t keep his eyes or his hands off of them! :-) They feel like a normal part of me. I will say that they don’t feel like what I imagine breast tissue feeling like when I squeeze them, and my BF also said they don’t feel really real, and that he can feel the implant (probably because I have very little natural breast tissue) BUT he is not deterred by that. He likes to play! I don’t notice the rapid rippling sensation nearly as much anymore. I think it’s not even happening as much anymore so that’s a really good thing. I love wearing a comfortably snug wired bra, and when I’m not wearing a bra, I like wearing camis or tube tops that have a shelf bra. I’m not used to my breast skin touching my stomach skin, so the layer of fabric between them is really nice. It’s funny; before my BA, I really saw no point in a shelf bra. I had a couple shirts with them but I tried to avoid buying them because they were useless to me. Now, I will be seeking them out in the stores because they’re so comfortable!
I need to get back to see my surgeon for my 5-month follow-up where he’ll take pictures for my file, and then I don’t think I’ll see him anymore unless I have an issue or want to pursue other cosmetic procedures.
I have been able to finally sleep on my side a little bit as long as I don’t roll over onto my front, so I still do a lot of sleeping on my back or a little bit to one side. I’ve adjusted to not sleeping on my side (I was predominantly a side-sleeper before), and I sleep well enough, given my physically demanding job and other emotional/mental stresses.
I’ve noticed some random numbness in my right arm lately and I’m hoping it’s just a phase. It’s not severe, but obviously I feel it. I just shake out my arm and it seems to diminish.
I’ve been on a few runs lately and I love that running bra! It doesn’t let the girls move and I couldn’t be happier about that, when I’m running. BF says another thing that keeps them from being “real” is that they don’t bounce like real breasts do, but he did say recently that they seem more jiggly, so that was an encouraging comment. Ha, he also says my nips seem to be hard almost all the time now and he seems to get a thrill out of that. Must be a man-thing.
Overall I am soooooooooo....ooooooo (lol) glad I had this done! I love my shape! I feel more womanly and feminine-looking. I don’t mind walking around the house topless. Lol And the BF isn’t complaining about that either! I’m attaching pics from around the 4 1/2 month time. I’ll take clinical-type pics at 6 months.