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33 Years Old . Four C-sections. TT w MR. New beginnings
UPDATED FROM cc's heart
8 months post
New Update
WORTH IT$4,700
I do hope everyone is well. I am now about seven and a Gr months post op. Still no feeling in my lower half of my belly and I still get slight swelling. I have what looks to be small dog ears on the side but that's not awful. Overall my healing process has been wonderful. I will try to post pics soon or I will have to as these toned abs may not last me too much longer.
UPDATED FROM cc's heart
4 months post
Four months PO--- a small precaution
Hey ladies! Just hit 4 months PO. Overall I feel good. Still loving my results thus far. I still don't feel 100% as far as activity but getting there, I was able to do Zumba for the first time this morning and oh boy! I was beat afterwards,definitely need to get my stamina back up, but I am happy to be able to do it. I do still swell throughout the day, but that's to be expected. I love the way my profile looks without having to suck it in so, no regrets. So anyway, I know I posted before about how I still wear my binder all the time even though the PS was like...stop! So this week after four months I decided to take it off to see how I do during the day and I will say,maybe he was right or maybe I should have gradually stopped sooner. My back muscles felt so weak after walking around for a bit that I had to sit. It's just been a painful last two days to where this morning, I had no choice but to put it back on after Zumba because my legs were giving out on me. Now, keep in mind, I haven't really been working out like I should so the lack of back exercises I am sure contributed to it. I will gradually work back up to a good routine during the next month to try and get my strength back ,but that's just a small precaution if you keep the binder on all the time past the allotted time set by your PS. It's not awful but very painful. It sucks feeling weak when you are trying to move around and get things done. Other than that, I am loving my results, life has been so busy this last month,grateful for the experience. I just took pics. Hopefully once I start working out again I can start seeing more definition. Hope everyone is doing well.
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N
October 24, 2015
I'm 4 1/2 months po and I still wear my compression garment to sleep. When I workout I make sure I put my compression garment. Without that I wouldn't be able to do it.
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UPDATED FROM cc's heart
4 months post
103 days PO
Day 103 or my annoying way of saying 3 months
PO. So the past two weeks I have been released to do whatever I want. I have to admit, I have not been doing that. I think the first day I took off my binder and swole so bad I panicked. Crazy part is I think I have had more swelling since hitting the three month mark than I did before. Overall, I feel good. Rain still makes me hurt a lot. But I am back to lifting my daughter, can't carry her far, but she is two so I am sure happy to have me pick her up. I had to stop wearing the silicone tape as it started to get irritated and the itching was unbearable almost. Now I just use my Shea nut butter on it and it feels ok. I plan to get back in full swing of my working out soon, I am just in big transition right now, trying to move amongst other things so trying to ease back into the crazy has been a small challenge. Still wearing my binder for now. I just can't give it up although my PS told me it's time. I will try to take pics in the morning to post, belly doesn't look much different from the last pics to me, but I will try to take some anyway. Hope everyone is doing well.
PO. So the past two weeks I have been released to do whatever I want. I have to admit, I have not been doing that. I think the first day I took off my binder and swole so bad I panicked. Crazy part is I think I have had more swelling since hitting the three month mark than I did before. Overall, I feel good. Rain still makes me hurt a lot. But I am back to lifting my daughter, can't carry her far, but she is two so I am sure happy to have me pick her up. I had to stop wearing the silicone tape as it started to get irritated and the itching was unbearable almost. Now I just use my Shea nut butter on it and it feels ok. I plan to get back in full swing of my working out soon, I am just in big transition right now, trying to move amongst other things so trying to ease back into the crazy has been a small challenge. Still wearing my binder for now. I just can't give it up although my PS told me it's time. I will try to take pics in the morning to post, belly doesn't look much different from the last pics to me, but I will try to take some anyway. Hope everyone is doing well.
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N
October 3, 2015
It'll be 4 months po for me and My doc said the same thing that I can go without the binder or girdle but If I don't wear it I swell up pretty bad. So I wear the girdle during the day and the binder to sleep. No one said this would be easy lol.

F
October 7, 2015
I still have a ton of swelling too, so I can relate! It gets worse as the day progresses. Thankfully though, the post-workout swelling is now minimal. For a while, I swelled up so badly after every workout that I had to take 1-3 days off to recover. The silicone tape makes me itchy too, so I have been alternating wearing it for as long as I can stand (5-6 days) and then using my EO scar-treatment mix for a few days.

F
October 7, 2015
Also, I am at 14 weeks post-op and I am wearing a waist-trainer for 4-8 hours per day. I don't wear it to sleep, but I definitely still need some compression on a regular basis.

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