A BA - A Birthday Present to Just Little Ol' Me, Underdog! 5'6" 125 lbs 435cc

No photos this time. I've been suffering from low-level side-aches and backaches for some time now. I don't know how long, but when this newbie said something about backaches when the implants were new, it hit me. I'm not wearing my bras tight enough, like the lady in Victoria Secret recommended. She said that to keep from the shoulder straps from digging in, you have to wear the proper band size, but I always wear it one size bigger. I hate wearing bras to begin with, so I have no idea about what people with boobs have to go through. I love the freedom of not having to wear them, just when I want to wear them. At least that was before my breast augmentation. Going from an A cup to a DD cup was quite a change and I didn't realize that not supporting them could cause backaches and side aches, but today I picked out my most supportive bra as soon as the pain started and it helped, but now I have the annoyance of the tight band around my ribcage. I really am starting to wonder why I decided to burden myself with these things, they really are bigger than I wanted and they are too heavy. They have healed so wonderfully and I'm having such problems with my eyelids, I just don't want to mess around with it. Sorry about the venting, but this is the only place I can do this.

It's been one year with the new puppies! I'm so happy I had the surgery. They really don't feel any different than they did before, so that's great. I can see that they have dropped somewhat from awhile back, but other than some really nice healing of the scars they look the same. Am I happy with the size? I still think they are a bit big, but I'm not going to complain, they might come in handy if I have to get a new husband. I do have more side-boob than I wanted, but I don't know what could have been done about that as I went with a 435 moderate profile. Maybe the gummies would have been better for the upper pole, but this isn't bad at all. They do look fake to me but at least they are mine and I'm not stuffing it. My mom said once "What God has forgotten, you fill up with cotton!" No more filling for me! I've gotten the confidence to wear padded bras that make me look even bigger and everything I try on looks great, whereas before everything looked horrible. I have about 15 bras and may do a post just on bras.

Its coming up to my 11 month boob-day anniversary on Dec. 6th. What has changed? I have grown accustomed to my new augmented boobs, yet still feel as shy about them as I did about not having boobs at all. Now I'm afraid people will think they are fake - I just can't win. Having boobs doesn't make you happy - I'm still upset about the things I was upset about before. My body looks great, but it didn't change what I wanted it to change. I still don't like wearing bras, so I don't most of the time. I can't even feel the difference except when I lay on my back at night - they tend to slide to the sides and kind-of annoy me. I do have a sleep bandeau that I can wear if they are moving too much. The don't move like real boobs, but it's better than nothing, that's for sure! My husband is very happy with the results and wouldn't change a thing. I no longer worry about being too big, I've found that the way I've always dressed is very complimentary to my new shape, too. I now am worried about people who will be jealous of my body because all of my friends are overweight and I'm still just 126 lbs. My scars are almost gone and I can't feel them, but I keep up the BioCorneum cream just in case. I do have a big gap in the center between my breasts where my breastbone sticks out - I don't really like that but I don't think there's anything to do about that.

All in all, I'm very glad I did this and it was a great 60th year for me. I'm grateful for my health, no aches/pains, pretty boobs and my eyelids aren't saggy anymore! I feel like 45, not 60 and pray that this lasts a long time.

Merry Christmas to all!