33 Yrs Old, 2 Kids

Thanks so much for you tips! I love Dr. Weil and I am a firm believer in positive visualization so I will definitely follow this advice!

Good luck! Just don't try to do too much too soon and you'll do great!

It's so hard wanting to think about it so I can get prepared...but also not think about it at all so I don't freak out! I'll definitely keep updating!

yes for sure!! We can message healing tips on here while we lie doped up on our recliners :P

hahaha sounds good!!

I am doing mine on the 28th as well!! We can all go through it together!

woo hoo! crossing fingers and toes for all of us!

I just read your story! Yes, totally similar! I run, lift weights, but nothing is getting ready of this belly (or as my three year old calls it: his "old house" lol). I'll keep you posted on how it goes!

Thanks so much for that encouraging post!! I just love hearing stories like this!

Goodness exciting for you too!! Yay can't wait to see pictures!! We cannot think of ourselves as selfish. We are mothers. Every day of our lives, we think and do for others. It's okay to want good things for ourselves too. We are allowed to be happy! Xo

You watched a video on the surgery? ewww! I am so squeamish I couldn't do it! I looked up a drawing of one tho so I knew what they were going to do to me. i am excited to see what my belly looks like tomorrow when I see the surgeon. my incision looks fantastic i saw a little of it when I was looking at the drain tubes. i am home and resting! You are going to do great!

thanks girls! cant wait til see your pics :) i go in at 930 am tomorrow

you are going to do great! I am just glad it's over so I don't have to think about it anymore!

you'll be great. I was truly imagining the worst. I was scared of being put to sleep, I was scared of waking up, but both were fantastic. I didn't even count down, I was talking about my husband's job and then remember nothing. I woke up gently in recovery and was in no pain. Maybe a slight bit of pressure in my abdomen (like sit ups), after a bit, I experienced some burning feeling (not terrible, not comfortable though), but they gave me something (haha no idea what) and it soften. Getting up out of bed into the wheel chair wasn't bad. You'll get used to hunching over and shuffling. I would say I'm more uncomfortable than I am in pain if that makes any sense.

I was so mad when I they woke me up in recovery! they didn't let me wake up on my own I don't think I was only in there for like 30 min! I was so hard asleep that I wanted punch the nurse that woke me up because all I wanted to do was sleep! haha! and then the Dr. told my boyfriend to get me up every hour and walk, so now i can only sleep for an hour at a time. I told him if he wakes me in the middle of the night every hour I will kill him.

oh man walking every hr?! i dont know about that lol. dont blame you if you kill him jk. i wake up from surgies all different each time it seems. so we shall see how it goes this time lol. its midnight where im at and i have to wake up in 5 hours.... ugh took a xanax tonight to help me sleep... its starting to work. nighty night!

You'll be great today!!! Thinking of you!!!!!

well i made it! hurting but i made it! the muscle repair is no joke! and i paid extra for medicince to help the pain internally.

And how you feel is important and completely valid, good for you mama!! :) yes there is a beautiful hotel connected to the surgeons clinic so we literally get wheeled from recovery room, through a door and into the hotel room. He like all of his tummy tuck patients to be super close for the first 24 hours. It's comforting for us too! How are you feeling so far?

I'm feeling really good actually. I need help getting out of my char and stuff but I don't have much pain just sitting here, and when I walk around the pain isn't terrible! I lifted up my binder and saw my incision lol it's not as scary as i thought it was going to be. I see peoples on here and they look so bad! I got to the point where I had to stop looking at peoples pictures because it make my tummy upset looking at the wound.

haha that's what I thought with you! I was like: I must know how she is!!!!

I'm trying to remember what Pam said about what he took off (it was the only time that I felt faint/nauseous when got back to the bedroom and that's when she said it). The number that comes to my is 270, but what I do remember is that is what enough for a sour cream tub lol
Just out of curiosity, when were you able to get up and back down comfortably by yourself? I know my husband will help me, but I feel so guilty that he'll also be wrangling the babes. Once Im up I can shuffle myself to pee but the initial sitting up feels like I need someone

Yes I had 636 grams, 2 sour cream tubs lol! I'm so happy for you, honestly I can't wait til tomorrow when you see your belly for the first time. What hotel room are you in 103? That was mine. The corner suite. Such a beautiful room!! I was able to get out up and down by myself when I got home. At the hotel I had help the day of surgery and the day after. I think there was once that I got out of bed myself though. It wasn't necessarily comfortable but it happened. You have a recliner at home right? You'll be fine with that. I suggest sleeping in the recliner until the worst of the muscle repair pain is over. For me it was 3 nights in the recliner. Then. I moved to my bed with a plethora of pillows around me propping me up every which way. Congratulations on coming this far! Now you get to relax and recover :)

I'm sure you're just tough and have good pain management and that's why you don't feel it ;) we did it!

my binder isn't really that tight and I put my had down and felt my belly button... it seems higher than it was, and my tummy feels squishy still. I guess I was thinking it would feel like a trampoline LOL

oh my gad, you're brave, I haven't felt a thing lol

Well I wanted to see what my tummy felt like. Lol

Lol too funny. I was way to scared to look or see anything. Even when the nurse changed my bandage the next day, I could barely look down. I was so nervous to see the changes. You're brace to go fishin around in there blind haha! Congrats to you both, yahoo!!

I just emptied my drains, 30 out of the right and 26 out of the left after 12 hours. I don't have any back pain which I am so thankful for! It seems like everyone has some! I might later on when my back gets tired of being bent over.

hmm i'm really wondering about my drainage scenario, it's barely filling and I only have one...

I think that it's ok to not drain! Some people even do drainless ones!

Interesting, only 1? I wonder why he only decided to do 1. My lower back was the worst part. Absolutely the worst. It was actually the part that was making me most nauseated. The back pain was overwhelming for me. It didn't even allow me to complain about the dang surgery itself lol. Piggy back Tylenol and Advil for the back pain. I attempted a heating pad, and it made the pain worse. So weird. I don't recall feeling any burning per say. The incision hasn't bothered me at all to date, for me it's been the abdominal muscles. Like the most extreme after workout pains in the world. That last 2 weeks hah! Every day gets easier. :)

I'm going to ask about why only one, but I'm assuming it's because he only took out "one sour cream container" ?! lol