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41 Year Old, 2 Kids, Finally Getting my Belly Fixed! - Cleveland, OH
UPDATED FROM indiana6
7 days post
My pregnant belly
WORTH IT$8,700
Here's me from 2.5 years ago, pregnant with my last. I was 8 months along here with one baby!! Definitely split muscles after the last baby was born!!
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UPDATED FROM indiana6
4 days post
Some Pics post op 4 days
Here are screw pics with no drains. I'm 4 days post op and very swollen. Belly feels like a rock and that there is cement in it. How long does this feeling last??
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August 25, 2014
Looking great!! The rocky cement feeling will pass with time. Some of us have hard bumps and lumps as well, which can last for weeks or months. Mine disappeared so slowly, I simply noticed recently they were gone as my PS promised. Also, hope that the tight feeling lasts and lasts! Tight is good. I learned that from my facelift, as long as we feel tight, we know everything is tightly in place;-) Your healing and changes will go on for many weeks! With your drains out, it is normal for the swelling to become worse, remember the fluid must go somewhere. Please continue to take it very slow, and don't overdo it like I did (which resulted in a seroma in the 3rd week). Take care, keep posting, and happy healing!!
August 25, 2014
First let me say that you look fantastic! I love that your son took a pic of his hot Momma relaxing in the pool. Congrats on your journey!! I am trying to go slow, but with 4 kids and the youngest being 2, it is hard! Yes, I'm very tight and still hard, which I think are my abs. My belly button looks totally heeled already! My incision has two areas where I've bled a little, and the holes from where my drains were are still a little bloody but things look good. My husband thinks I look great! He said he hated to admit that my belly looks a ton better, because he didn't want to imply I looked bad before, but this morning he said my old belly looked like crumpled up tissue paper and that the kids really did a number on me!
August 25, 2014
I think you and I are lucky with BBs that are innies. Mine healed fast too, but I think that is because the incisions are more inside than out, so we can't see them. lol! Your hubby sounds wonderful, even if he "thought" that. Smart man to wait and say it now ;-) Your incisions will heal up just fine! After 2 weeks (just when I thought I was out of the woods, one of my incisions opened, and I freaked out thinking it would heal that way, but it didn't and that area looks as good or better than the rest :-) Go slow and take care!
UPDATED FROM indiana6
4 days post
Drains Gone!
I went to see Dr. Leedy again this morning and got both of my drains out!! I was hoping, but not getting hopes up too much! Each drain only put out less than 20 in the last 24 hours. It didn't hurt and was over in 5 seconds for each drain. He says all looks good so I go back next Friday at 8 and he will take off steri-strips fro incision. He also removed scab from belly button. He wants me to wean down from drugs, so I am going to start that today and try and be fully off them by next Wednesday and just take tylenol and motrin. Still haven't had a BM yet, but I feel it's gonna happen today, LOL. I said that in the appointment and made my hubby, the nurse and doc laugh. Both my hubby and I really like Dr. Leedy. I'll try and take pics later. It doesn't feel real to me yet!
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