Mommy Makeover -1 month update & pics!!!!, Age 29 - OR

Almost 2 years out so worth it!

1 Month PO today!!! In the past week I have returned to work (phew) and had my 3 week checkup! Returning to work wasn't to bad for me even though I'm an orthodontic dental assistant which requires a lot of movement in fact I think moving is so much easier than sitting all day would be because when I sit for even an hour as soon as I get up I can feel swelling as pooled down lower making my stomach feel tighter. I seem to feel totally fine the first half of the day and then struggle more to get through the second half as I start to swell pretty bad and my shoulders start to kill me. It doesn't seem to make a difference if I lay down through my hour lunch or not although I do it anyway. I'm glad to be back to work though I couldn't handle laying around anymore. I had my three week checkup a couple days ago and my Dr. said I was healing way ahead of schedule he even joked "slow down girl". He said I could resume light activities like yoga at around 8 weeks but wouldn't discuss further activities until my next apt which will be at about 2 & 1/2 months. He said my scar is looking great and I don't need the sheets just the silicone/vit E cream he's given me(newgel). He said the folds in my skin around my nipples will go away that I still have swelling and settling to happen. He said my scar will smooth out and lay flatter on its own to that the way he does the stitches underneath he puts the tension on your fascia and not on your skin so that my scar isn't getting pulled on. Loving how things look so far minus the swelling of course and look forward to my scar smoothing out and fading a bit but I'd take that over my old flabby skin for sure!!

3 Weeks PO today and first day back to work. Very happy with my progress so far and I'm doing well with more healing to go for sure!! I had my first day back as an dental assistant today which requires lots of getting up and down, walking back and forth, lots of movement of your arms. The first half of the day was very easy and rather pleasant even with my super tight spanx on but I didn't go out to my car and lay down on my lunch like I had planned and man was the afternoon tough. By the end of the day I had a headache, my shoulders hurt, I could feel I was super swollen and my chest was super tender. I will be taking a pain pill probably at bed time for the first time in over a week if Advil doesn't cut it. The discomfort I'm in is totally bearable and really not necessarily more than expected but I do have to go do this all over again tomorrow and I want to make sure I get enough sleep. I posted my 3 wk pics today and included one from after work so you can see the difference in swelling.