Bringing Sexy Back! 38yr Old W/ 2 Children Pursuing Abdominalplasty and Breast Lift W/ Implants - Chicago, IL

After many months perusing this site, I finally booked my procedures yesterday with only a month to go! I found realself this past summer and that is truly the single motivator (other than my sad state of body and being fed up at the pool all summer in my granny tankini) for my pursuance of this surgery. It took a few physicians, quotes and a few months to convince my husband, but here I finally am. After my husband finally consented (he's extremely hesitant regarding dangerous surgical procedures he feels aren't necessary and claims I look fine the way I am. I'm sure cost is also a factor in his hesitation) we knew we were hoping to shoot for the winter in terms of scheduling. If I could be up and going by spring and cruising by summer, it would be fantastic. Extended family medical needs pushed my date back a month or so, but my mother is now available to assist my husband and I with my recovery and with our two children as well.

I am 5'2" and have weighed between 150-155 for a couple of years now. Previously, before my pregnancies, I weighed in at 130/135ish. I have always had large arms and legs (short stocky girl problems) but my stomach was definitely flat and toned before the babies. I have always hated my arms and legs but I used to love my stomach. My breasts were always a decent size (C cup) although looking back through pictures I now realize they have always been saggy with poor elasticity. I can't even blame the saggy [RS bleep] on nursing. So, anyway, at this point with weight gain and two full term
pregnancies can I just kind of hate everything.

I know now I gained too much weight for my short torso back in 2008 when I had my first son (9lbs 2oz). I was back at the pregnancy thang 3 years later with my second boy (weighing in at 8lbs 2oz). I was enormous with both boys. My pregnant torso resembled a missile jutting straight forward, ready to launch. Strangers would often ask how many babies I was carrying in there. I knew the second I came home from the hospital (after my initial go-round) and revealed in the mirror my hot mess of a stomach), that only surgery would truly be able to solve my issues. I have dreamt of undergoing a TT ever since then but never truly thought it could happen for me.

My husband and I are extremely dedicated to our fitness 5/6 days a week attending a Bootcamp at our gym as well as other athletic activities. While I was gaining weight with the pregnancies, my husband took his body and fitness performance to a whole other level. My husband is in the best shape of his life surpassing even his HS days with an amazing body. He turns head at the pool while I look and feel dowdy and maternal. We no longer match up. I work out hard too but the more weight I lost post pregnancy, the worse my stomach looked! It has been frustrating and while I am so attracted to him, I have no confidence in my own appearance which holds us back.

Now, 7 years after my firstborn (4 years after our second), an increase in our financials and my husand finally with the understanding that while indeed cosmetic, it IS actually a medical issue not resolved in the gym (diastasis recti) we are ready to play ball! I feel overjoyed and relieved at what I recognize will be a LIFE CHANGER.

I will be receiving abdominalplasty with muscle repair, liposuction of the abdomen, flanks and arms, and a breast lift w/ smaller implant.