Breast Lift W/augmentation, Full TT, Lipo of Flanks - Louisiana

Hi everyone I am 31 years old and a mother of 4 children ages 2,4,6, & 8.. I really do have the most supportive husband. We will be celebrating our 13th anniversary tomorrow or should I say 20 minutes! My surgery is scheduled for August 1st 2012. I had three natural births and my last was a C-section. I was just about to schedule my surgery 3 yrs ago when I found out I was pregnant with my daughter! After three boys I'm so thankful to have had the opportunity to be blessed with another child but I am done tubes are tied and it's time to do this!! I was very large with my first two pregnancies I weighed at my heaviest 225 lbs! After my second child I lost a lot of weight but it wasn't until after my third pregnancy I got down to 148lbs. My daughter is two I really wanted to be 145lbs before my surgery but I'm currently 155lbs. I'm hoping to lose some with the surgery.

I don't know how prepared I am and honestly have tried to not think about it as much as possible. My mom took off a week and I also have a babysitter coming to help. The first night I will be staying at the surgical suite and will go to my dad and step-mom's home to recover for a couple of days everyone felt it would be best since my children are all home from school still my husband will be staying with me the whole time to take care of me.

My reasons for getting this are obvious. I had lunch with one of my best friends the other day she couldn't seem to understand why I was doing this so I showed her my stomach and boobs without the super padded bra and that shut her up quick! Lol.. I'm doing this for several reasons. I don't want to feel like I need to cover up when I'm intimate with my husband, to fit better in clothes, not have to tuck in my boobs in a bathing suit an the list goes on an on!!

I'm understandably nervous but very ready to start my transformation. I'm telling people I'm having a corrective surgery which really that's what it is. I will continue to blog my experience as much as possible. Thank for reading and I would appreciate any advice you can give me. I'm trying to upload pictures but I'm not sure how to. I'm doing this on my phone may have to wait till I'm at a computer.

Today I am 3 days post-op. Morning of surgery was a good experience. I don't even remember them giving the medicine in IV or telling my husband goodbye. When I woke up in recovery it felt a little hard to catch my breath because of the heaviness of my chest. I would immediately dose off into strange dreams like I was on a wipeout episoode weird I know but that's the only way to explain it. The pain was not bad and still has not been bad. My physician instead of a pain pump injected a medicine That leaves your stomach numb for a few days it is truly a miracle. What I didn't expect was the nausea. I was white as a ghost and almost passed out several times even threw up the first night. It was terrible my husband got a huge scare with all the blood that was pouring from my lipo areas. After getting to my dads to recover getting in and out of bed was too difficult so my husband went and got me a zero gravity recliner (highly recommend) pricey but we were fortunate to have a friend who was selling his at a good price. So first 48 hours is difficult but totally worth it. My breast look great and perky and my stomach is so tiny it's unreal I look like a totally different person. I knew this was what i wanted and it wouldn't be easy but it will all be worth it. Like I said day 3 and I'm getting up walking around. Still trying to have a bowel movement (ugh) so lots of gas! I also have a swollen area on my left hip that I'm trying to compress down. I'm definitely over the worse. Still taking pain meds on schedule until I can start taking ibuprofen which is on day 5 I believe. I sleep a lot. My kids came to visit yesterday and we FaceTime often which helps but I'm sure it feels longer to them bc I have slept most of the time. My attitude is staying positive despite the fact that aunt flow came to visit yesterday! I was like really like I'm not losing enough blood. Arrr. Going to try a shower today. If you have any questions I'll be happy to answer them. thanks for reading:)))

Today I am 6 days post op. I felt really good today when I woke up. It had my first follow up appointment and had one drain removed it surpisingly did not hurt at all. My doctor left the drain on the side that i am VERY SWOLEN! I dont think this swelling is typical. My hips and legs look huge from the swelling. I was discouraged last night but I feel better after seeing doctor today. She drained my side with a huge needle today but it didnt relieve it very much. I have done a lot today and feel wiped out. Going to log off and rest.