36-year-old mom of two, 5' 4", about 130 lbs., getting 300 cc Sientra HP form stable ("gummy bear") implants

I messaged Real Self about videos not posting and they said they were having a problem that they believe they've now corrected, so to try to post it again. My prior video was old enough that it no longer made sense to post, so I took a new one yesterday.

The point of this video is to show that my implants have softened up considerably at just 6 weeks and my final results are, I believe, VERY natural looking. What do you think? My incisions are small and narrow and healing perfectly. I HIGHLY recommend Emu Oil (get it on Amazon or directly from the source--I recommend the Montana brand). It is fabulous on scars.

Work-out update: I am back to doing everything I could do pre-op except that I can't quite do push-ups. I can either do them girly style or half-up/half down if I'm on my toes. I actually hate push-ups anyways, and they've always been hard for me (no matter how many I try to do, month after month, to increase my strength), so I know I'll build back the little strength I had before to do push-ups, but I'm really not concerned about it regardless.

Yesterday I dropped $400 on lingerie at one of the best Seattle Lingerie shops (Bellefleur in Fremont) for myself and for, ahem, Valentine's day. In the brands they offer, I am wearing a 32E (not a 34D that Nordstrom had me in) and I have to say I love the fit. The bras I bought there are more comfortable than what I ended up with at Nordstrom (the ones I got at Nordstrom are lovely, but the wires dig in on the sides and middle some, so maybe the D-cup ISN'T big enough after all). This seem shocking because my breasts do not look huge, at all. Can't believe they're D/Es. They look totally proportionate on me and anyone seeing me walk down the street would probably guess I'm a B or C, I swear!

Anyways, overall, I am feeling fantastic and am loving my new boobs.

I'm trying to post my video again. It's displaying in the add photos/videos box w/ a green check-mark, so maybe that is a good sign that it'll work this time. Realself is making me type additional characters before I can post this message. Sigh.

I wanted to post this video of me squishing my boobs, 1-month post-op, so anyone interested in form stable implants can get a sense of what they're like at this stage. I also show my incisions, which are healing very nicely. The implants are still very firm compared to what I imagine natural breasts feel like, but (a) they have softened considerably since I got them on 12/30, (b) I expect them to soften up quite a bit more and (c) even if they didn't soften up any more at all and just stayed exactly as they are, they are SUCH a huge improvement over my natural breasts, so I am and would remain over-the-moon happy that I had this done. I can't believe I wasted so many years hating my breasts.

This past week I started working out and am building steadily back to where I was. I have started running some, and with the right bra, there's no issue whatsoever. I took 3 weeks off from exercising and had to reduce my dumbbell weights (by 2-5 lbs, depending on the exercise) when weight-lifting, but I'll get it back. The only thing I still have trouble with is chatarunga when doing yoga and I haven't tried push-ups yet.

One more observation: immediately after surgery, I was like "I'm so glad I didn't go bigger, this is my max, any bigger would have been ridiculous, etc. etc." I still think my breasts are perfectly fine for my body size (and they're not so big that my boobs are the first thing people notice, AND people don't even really notice a change since I used to pad my bra anyways, which I like). But now that I'm 100% used to them, they do not seem big AT ALL. They seem totally normal. So, I think I could have gone a bit bigger and been happy, even though when I tried on bigger ones for sizing, I was like "no way, that's too huge" even at ~350 ccs. It's amazing how quickly you get used to them. If I ever have to replace these implants I would consider going up to 400 ccs. But hopefully these implants will be with me for years and that is not something that I'll have to think about any time soon!