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6 months pics update. Extended TT with muscle repair, a little lipo to the flanks and tubal ligation
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I'm 33 years old, around 129-130 lbs, 5 feet 2"......
WORTH IT$2,600
I'm 33 years old, around 129-130 lbs, 5 feet 2"... I had 2 c-sections with 2 boys at 4 kgs each pregnancy, I've been walking around with a huge gut since 2008! Today I still look like I'm about 6 months pregnant, yet I gave birth 6 months ago!!! Much needed Tummy Tuck with muscle repair!!! I'll also be tying my tubes same day cause not a fat chance that I'm going back on the huge gut side after being back on the flat side the first in what...7 years?...nope!!!naha!
UPDATED FROM Yardiebarbie
1 month pre
Can I do it? Will I do it???
Might I add that since I got cleared by my gynaecologist to start exercising post my c-section delivery last August, I've been working out with a personal trainer for the past three months, in addition to group aerobics like body combat, step athletics, body pump, rpm etc. Without a doubt doing abs is the hardest, I have no ab support, I seriously struggle doing leg raises! I've gained some muscle so I'm more toned than I was when I started exercising last November, but my weight on the scale of 59 kgs is still the same! Yeah I know muscle weighs more than fat, so they say...My body measurements have changed slightly but my belly is still there! I'm not surprised...like I've said in a previous post, I worked out hard back in 2011 with a mission to get back my pre pregnancy weight after my first son (born in 2008), I achieved my goal weight, 110 lbs toned at 5'2", body fat 19%... but the belly was still there! To my hubby I looked weird...I was skinny with a huge belly! So I stopped exercising right back to late 2012 where I got pregnant again. So in fact I just started exercising again since mid 2011. If I can get down to 57 kgs / 125 lbs toned, I'll be happy! 1 kg to lose in Feb, 1 kg to lose in March...I think that's a fair goal. I have approx 7 more weeks to complete this mission!!!
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February 10, 2014
Hi dear how are you well all the best for ur surgery , I can relate to you very well I have 2 beautiful kids one was 5 kg n other one 4 n I am 5'2 so here I am with hernia and raptured tummy muscles lol . Be in touch will follow your journey anyways mine is 25th feb so very nervous and excited too .
February 10, 2014
Hi! I'm good, just doing a lot of research re TT and getting nervous as time draws closer, which I imagine is the same for you. Yes we are in similar situations! I'm always searching for stories on here that are similar to mine. I'm glad you're going before me though, hehe!!! I'll definitely be following your journey, so do continue to post as often as you feel led, especially during recovery :-) thx!
February 10, 2014
I thought we should wait until a year after giving birth to have a tt? U can tie your tube along with tt?
February 11, 2014
It's advised to wait at least 6 months after c-section, both TL and TT can be done at the same time. My ob/gynaecologist and PS are at the same hospital so my gynaecologist will do her part first (I guess after my PS makes the incision) which she says will be a few minutes, then the PS will do the TT...
February 16, 2014
I can't wait to see your results! You will look great and if you keep your workouts as of today your recovery will be easier. It is good to be in good physical condition at the time of surgery... keep it up!
UPDATED FROM Yardiebarbie
30 days pre
Is this the start of an emotional breakdown?
I find myself in this situation where it seems my brain is 'divided into left and right'...the 'left side' is saying 'eat junk' and the right side is saying 'remember you have surgery coming up...eat right!'
A couple weeks back I was eating fairly healthy in addition to my regular workout, on those days I'll have high fibre cereal or oats for breakfast, protein shake and sometimes almonds after workout, spinach and cheese sandwich or boiled eggs or canned tuna for lunch, along with green tea; fruits or yogurt for snack in between meals, fish or chicken with vegetables for dinner, sometimes with a little rice...and there would be days where I skipped dinner because I felt full from a healthy moderate lunch! I had my days where I'd eat junk like chocolate, ice cream, chips, even right before bed... Now it seems that those junk days are increasing!!! Is it that I'm nervous because surgery is just next month? Mind you...I still exercise regularly, but the eating part is out of whack due to whatever is going on in my brain! I have my plans to lose 1 kg this month and 1kg next month, but this sweet tooth is getting the better of me! I'm still taking my vitamins and iron...not religiously enough though. I mean...I'm even thinking that I'm not doing enough with my life, being a stay-at-home mom and accompanying spouse (expatriate), feeling like I haven't accomplished what I set out to do before marriage and kids and travelling from country to country...I'm out of sorts!
I guess I'm becoming more worried. I just have some concerns...I'm anaemic, so I've been trying to build up my iron level. My second c-section was a bit scary...it wasn't general anaesthesia like the first c-section which was an emergency; I lost a lot of blood, levels dropped to just below 9! I couldn't breathe properly due to the anesthesia because my numbed chest felt so heavy trying to inhale/exhale, and I was shivering and fluttering like a fish out of water from the loss of blood in the icy cold theatre! Frightening!!! I don't want to experience that again! I'm just wondering if with the muscle repair I'll be able to breathe since my intestines are just hanging loose right now and will be tucked back in after the tightening of my abs...I am already used to wearing belly bands/girdles to hide my gut so as to look normal though...so that part I'm used to. I keep forgetting that I'll be tying my tubes at the same time, my gynae will do her part first which will take a few minutes. I've read on here that some doctors believe the tubal ligation (pumping air in the abdomen) affects the tightening of the ab muscles, that's another concern for me, but since not all PS believe so, I think it won't affect the MR. I might just ask my gynae to do a bladder tack because this urge incontinence can be a bit embarrassing...it's like my body and brain feel and think that I'm still pregnant! I just pray and hope there'll be no complications! I'm anxious to get back my pre pregnancy body...even with a better tummy than I had...with tight muscles so I can work my abs and get me some six pack!!! That's the plan....my PS and his 2 assistant PSs better be good for it!!!Â
So I've been posting pics of my post pregnancy body...I'd like to look even better than I was in these pre pregnancy pics at age 27! I'm sure the tummy tuck can take my body back 6 years in time! ;-)
A couple weeks back I was eating fairly healthy in addition to my regular workout, on those days I'll have high fibre cereal or oats for breakfast, protein shake and sometimes almonds after workout, spinach and cheese sandwich or boiled eggs or canned tuna for lunch, along with green tea; fruits or yogurt for snack in between meals, fish or chicken with vegetables for dinner, sometimes with a little rice...and there would be days where I skipped dinner because I felt full from a healthy moderate lunch! I had my days where I'd eat junk like chocolate, ice cream, chips, even right before bed... Now it seems that those junk days are increasing!!! Is it that I'm nervous because surgery is just next month? Mind you...I still exercise regularly, but the eating part is out of whack due to whatever is going on in my brain! I have my plans to lose 1 kg this month and 1kg next month, but this sweet tooth is getting the better of me! I'm still taking my vitamins and iron...not religiously enough though. I mean...I'm even thinking that I'm not doing enough with my life, being a stay-at-home mom and accompanying spouse (expatriate), feeling like I haven't accomplished what I set out to do before marriage and kids and travelling from country to country...I'm out of sorts!
I guess I'm becoming more worried. I just have some concerns...I'm anaemic, so I've been trying to build up my iron level. My second c-section was a bit scary...it wasn't general anaesthesia like the first c-section which was an emergency; I lost a lot of blood, levels dropped to just below 9! I couldn't breathe properly due to the anesthesia because my numbed chest felt so heavy trying to inhale/exhale, and I was shivering and fluttering like a fish out of water from the loss of blood in the icy cold theatre! Frightening!!! I don't want to experience that again! I'm just wondering if with the muscle repair I'll be able to breathe since my intestines are just hanging loose right now and will be tucked back in after the tightening of my abs...I am already used to wearing belly bands/girdles to hide my gut so as to look normal though...so that part I'm used to. I keep forgetting that I'll be tying my tubes at the same time, my gynae will do her part first which will take a few minutes. I've read on here that some doctors believe the tubal ligation (pumping air in the abdomen) affects the tightening of the ab muscles, that's another concern for me, but since not all PS believe so, I think it won't affect the MR. I might just ask my gynae to do a bladder tack because this urge incontinence can be a bit embarrassing...it's like my body and brain feel and think that I'm still pregnant! I just pray and hope there'll be no complications! I'm anxious to get back my pre pregnancy body...even with a better tummy than I had...with tight muscles so I can work my abs and get me some six pack!!! That's the plan....my PS and his 2 assistant PSs better be good for it!!!Â
So I've been posting pics of my post pregnancy body...I'd like to look even better than I was in these pre pregnancy pics at age 27! I'm sure the tummy tuck can take my body back 6 years in time! ;-)
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February 18, 2014
U looked so nice in the pre preg pics. Hope u will have a flat tummy again, but how can the dr remove fat around the intraabdominal? I have fat in the mid section too so i am eager to know. Thanks.
February 19, 2014
Thank you! I hope so too!Â
The intraabdominal fat is the visceral fat which is fat around the organs, that is different from subcutaneous fat which is fat under the skin and which can be fixed by liposuction. Surgery won't fix bulging caused by visceral fat, only exercise and proper diet can. Although I'm still about 6 lbs over my 'second' pre pregnancy weight, I'm proportioned just about the same as I was three years ago when I exercised away my body fat (body fat 24%, bmi 20, my visceral fat was 2, via those machines) but was still left with a bulge that made me still look pregnant to everyone! That's when I went to a PS asking for lipo and he told me there was hardly any fat, just mostly skin and the bulging caused from my intestines hanging loose due to the diastasis recti. So he said I'd have to live with it until I'm done having children then do a tummy tuck. This time around (in India) other PSs tell me the same thing, that belly bulge will not go unless I do surgery. So they've told me to lose the pregnancy weight (which by exercise will reduce some fat) and then come do surgery. They'll also do lipo to my flanks. So maybe in your case it's mostly skin with some fat under the skin and diastasis recti. During your consultation your PS should let you know what's what...
Hope this helped.
February 21, 2014
Thanks so informative...hope he can get rid of all the mid fat in my tummy. Grrrr!
February 18, 2014
I feel for you. I was in your boat too. Small statured ladies cannot "hide" it. You will love your flat tummy!
February 19, 2014
Allow yourself a cheat day. That's what I do. I eat clean Sunday - Friday, and on Saturdays I have my junk day. My SUGAR day. It's something for me to look forward to. Good luck on your journey! You're going to have amazing results, I can already tell :-)
February 20, 2014
Thanks Amy! I think I'll have to choose a day (or two ;-)) and stick with it, definitely on the weekend though cause on weekends I'm off gym schedule :)
February 19, 2014
I also had a similar stomach , my muscles were stitched and hernia repaired , Appendix removed and a few adhesions from my earlier c sections , today I feel so good , I can finally wear tight tops and love how I look , just take it easy and rest
Breathe deeply and take care
February 20, 2014
Oh wow...well I will definitely be looking forward to it! I have dresses and tops that I haven't worn yet because I purchased them thinking I'd lose the belly along with all the weight I lost after my first pregnancy...not a problem with jeans because my belly just hangs right over :) Can't wait!!! Thanks!
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