1 Week Pre Op - Freaking Out! - Charlotte, NC

Hi! and Congrats on your decision! Here is what I can tell you, follow your Dr's instructions, he knows best!!! However, my PS told me the same thing. I can tell you the first week you will not be able to lift anything, your chest is week, your entire body is week. You will need help to lift the baby, lift anything or reach for anything... Now as for no lifting all four weeks, well I can tell you, I am 18 days post op today. I have been back in the gym, I am jogging lightly with 3 bras on. I am lifting 20 pounds without issues. I was very active in the gym and running prior to surgery, so getting back may be easier for me. I did discuss this with my Dr, I told him I felt great and would take it easy. He told me if it hurts, STOP... well it has not, and I feel great. The first 5 days sucked after surgery, after that, the sun started shining! I also did not get a lift, and so far my results are perfect. I do have to say, I still have ugly boob feelings going on, you do not expect the implant to be so high on your chest when you come home, and your natural breast tissue hanging below (since I was somewhat saggy) it is a shock, and I went rather large as well. but every day has gotten better and better, and I have great communication with my Dr. He is wonderful. I think that is very important as well to have clear lines of communication with your Dr. Talk to him about all your concerns, I did with mine, he knew how important working out was to me, and I am doing it, and started slow at 10 days post. (but that is me) Good luck, and I look forward to your story as you go through it :)

Thank you for starting your story here on RealSelf. You might find this link helpful about getting augmentation only to lift sagging breasts. Also, here's a thread about caring for small children after a breast aug.

I hope these help! Deep breaths...

Hi, Its good to know someone in the same boat and I can see we are quite similar in breast shape:-) and as my surgery is only a week after yours we can compare notes! Good luck and I'll keep checking to see how your going x x

Do what the doc says!!! do not run ,lift anything heavy or break the rules, could affect outcome of your results. Have a friend/daycare/hubby pick up the slack. Good luck

I totally understand what you mean .. I have a one yr old and there was no way I would have went 4 weeks without lifting him.. However,my dr told me no lifting for 2 weeks and one i start then to lift the baby by getting on one knee have him come to me and then pick up... so definitely try that if you must pick him up... but try and follow the doc orders ... ask the doc.. about picking up the baby and is there any way you an get around it before the 4 weeks and see what they say... good luck on your surgery though.. hope it works out with lifting the baby !!

Thats great! I am looking at getting 375... I am starting to feel better about the lift

Went back to my doc today with my 23 pages of before/after pictures. He calmed my fears and ultimately left the size up to me. I tried on the implants again and confirmed what he told me; unless you're swinging by about 100cc, you really don't see much of a difference. That being said, I can keep the 371 or go down to 339 (basically 1 oz. difference.) Still not sure which direction I'll go, but I'm leaning towards trusting my surgeon and sticking with his suggestion. His nurse echoed (independently of him) that in her eight years at this PS clinic she's only heard of one woman wishing she'd gone smaller, but tons of women regret not going bigger...

So wish me luck! I'm still nervous, but mostly for the 10% chance of having a bad recovery period, not the surgery itself. I go in at 11:30 tomorrow morning! I'll update this post as soon as I'm able, probably Wednesday or Thursday.