31 Year Old, Mother of 1, Getting 500cc Mentor Silicone. Columbus, OH

First of all, let me say that I am so grateful for this site. The stories and reviews here have played a huge part in my own journey. I appreciate everyone here who has shared their story and served as a sounding board for others. I have surfed around on here but haven't posted a review of my own yet because my surgery date (Dec 29th) has seemed so far away until now. But I went to my pre-op appt this week so things are starting feel real now.

But let me back up, I'll start from the beginning. I have wanted to get a breast aug. since I was about 18 and realized that the boob fairy not just passed me up but never even looked my direction. I'm 5'1, 115lbs and due to my lack of curves up top tend to get mistaken for a teenager. I started researching the procedure years ago then abandoned my pursuit as I got distracted by life. Its just never seemed like the right time until now. I was so busy working, or going to school, or getting married, starting a family that I've kept putting myself off. Well this year was finally the right time. I went into 2014 with the goal of scheduling my surgery and before the close of the year I will have my new girls!

So, I wore a 32b (very small b) before my son was born (He's 4 yrs old now). I nursed for about 6 months and once my milk dried up it was like someone stuck a pin in a small balloon and completely deflated it. I am smaller now than I was in college and that's pretty sad. However, I take comfort that my husband married me anyways and he's supportive in my decision but continues to tell me that he loves me the way I am...And, okay, I know he's supposed to say that but its still sweet to me... Also, it helps me to remember that this was my own decision and I wasn't influenced by someone else's opinion.

So, moving on, I've had my surgery scheduled and payed in full for about two months now. I went to a few consults but when I met my PS I knew immediately after the consultation that she was the one. She answered most of my questions before I ever had a chance to ask and her confidence and knowledge about this procedure were very apparent. I also liked that she listened to what I was looking for and let me know that my goals were definitely achievable. She also shared with me that for what I was looking for that instead of Moderate Plus implants her recommendation would be for High Profile. I had been looking at 400cc - 425cc Mentor Silicone Mod Plus and was told previously that 425cc wouldn't fit for me. After speaking with Dr. Grawe she said that 425cc was definitely possible and provided some 3D imaging for me to take home. I ended up taking home 3D images not just for 425cc HP but also 450cc HP. I tried some rice sizers at home in both sizes while I waited for my pre-op to make a final decision.

As I mentioned above, my pre-op was just a couple of days ago and now I can officially say that I am totally excited!! So, after trying on some sizers in the office I (along with my hubby) decided that I like the look of the 450's the best. So, my PS recommended going up about 50cc's to get that look because I'll loose a little volume going under the muscle. And I knew this but 500cc's!!!! Really?! I would have never imagined. But I look at it like this, I'm spending all this money and time and energy to change my body and 90% of the reviews I've read say that they wish they would have gone bigger. The look I chose allows me to be conservative under my clothes at work but should look pretty sexy in the bedroom.

I also got all my pre-op and post-op instructions along with my prescriptions which I've already filled. I'm putting together my post-op caddy so I'll have all my essentials close at hand. And this is why I LOVE this site b/c I got that great idea from another member. So, now its time to just hurry up and wait. I did start increasing my protein intake significantly and I'm putting myself on a water diet for a while. I may grab some gatorade at the grocery store before my surgery date also.

The last thing I will note is that I picked up my surgery bras already also. I ordered one that zips up in front from Amazon and I bought 3 more at Walmart. The three I bought from Walmart are all Danskin. The seem to have really good reviews from others and are made out of really soft material. I had also previously ordered some Coobie bras but I don't think I'll be able to wear any of those until at least a month or two post-op.

Well, that's all for now. If anyone else is having their surgery on or around the same date, I would love to connect and compare notes. Good luck and Congrats to all the girls getting their "new girls" this week. :)

Well this is officially my last day as an A cup and I couldn't be more excited! The couple of people that know about my surgery keep asking me if I'm nervous and honestly I haven't been at all. This is something that I've known I wanted to do for a long time and now that its here I'm really just excited. That being said, last night I had a very graphic dream about the actual surgery so I'm hoping that was just a one time deal. Once I woke up I got over it but I was a little freaked out for about five minutes.

Anyway, I think I have everything ready now. The house is cleaned, snacks and a few quick meals are ready to heat up as needed. I bought a couple of new pillows to assist with sleeping sitting up in the recliner. The only thing left is to charge my phone and IPod tonight and drop them in my bag in the morning. I set up two rest areas - one in the bed and one on the couch for easy maneuvering between rooms. I have two ice packs wrapped in light cloth to keep from burning my skin if I fall asleep while I have them on. I'm expecting to be pretty out of it for the next couple of days.

I have to be at the surgery center at 5:30AM so I really need to try to get to bed early but I think I might be too excited to fall asleep very easily tonight... We'll see I guess. Well good luck ladies to everyone that has surgery scheduled this week. I will definitely look forward to reading your updates. I will try to post again tomorrow if I can.

Yay!! The girls are here and they're great already! So I'll give you the full recap to the best of my memory.

On Monday we got up and arrived at the surgery center at 5:30am but it didn't actually open until 6:30am so the extra waiting kind of sucked. However, I read a book while I was waiting and that seemed to calm my nerves quite a bit. Once we got inside everything went pretty quickly. The nurse prepped me and my PS stopped in to sign some papers and mark my chest. A couple of the nurses that were hooking up my IV's gave my PS a great recommendation as they had worked with her before and were familiar with her work. Then one of them said she was giving me a sedative so that I wouldn't be nervous as we moved to the OR. That was the last thing I remember before waking up in recovery.

When I woke up my chest felt really tight but other than that I don't remember a lot of pain or anything. At least not right away. My husband got me home and settled without incident and I slept most of the day. I did end up having a reaction to one of my pain meds which made me nauseous and I got sick a couple of times. This was NO FUN at all! Once I threw up though I felt better immediately. Since I've stopped taking that medication I've been fine. Day one was otherwise uneventful. I needed help getting up and down, and spent most of the day in bed (propped up of course).

Day 2 has been a little easier. I can move around a little more on my own. I've been able to eat and drink without getting sick. I started taking extra strength tylenol this afternoon and that seems to be working fine with my other prescriptions to manage the pain. I've been trying to get up and walk around the house as much as possible today. I've been able to get up about an hour or so at a time before fatigue sets in. I haven't heard from my PS office yet but I'm supposed to be able to take a shower tomorrow and plan to take care of that first thing in the morning whether they call or not.

Anyway the best way I can describe what this feels like is an extreme tightness and pressure on my chest. It also feels like they are up super high right now. Everything from my armpits to my nipples feels stretched to the max. And they are a little heavy. I have to remind myself not to slouch constantly.

I'm super excited about the size though! I ended up with HP Mentor Silicone 500cc smooth round under the muscle. They are not glaringly obvious under my clothes but I can tell they're going to drop nicely. So was it worth it? Absolutely!! I can't wait to get feeling back to normal so I can start working out and finish getting swimsuit ready!

I also have to say that this experience has allowed me to take a real break from work. Its hard for me to unplug from work on vacation normally and this has forced me to for the most part. So I'm going to continue to take it easy and I'll keep you girls posted!