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So, I have been asked to share my story. Since I...
So, I have been asked to share my story. Since I am just sitting here in my recliner I figured now would work. Where do I start? Well let me begin by telling you all that I have a very small frame. I am 4'11 and just out of high school I was 100 pounds. Which is when I found out I was pregnant. Actually 2 weeks after graduating. I also found out that I was expecting twins. Yes, twins!!! First pregnancy, first appointment. Needless to say the entire pregnancy was rough. I went into ealy labor numerous times. In and out of the hospital. I was put on strict bed rest for 6 months of the pregnancy. So, I laid in bed eating and getting fat. At 36 weeks and 2 days my water broke. Off to the hospital. I was 156 pounds. I freaked out! I thought I will never be little again. They had to do a c-section and of course the cut me up and down. Ahh.....my stomach was ruined. NO amount of ab workouts was going to fix that. I threw around the idea of a tummy tuck way back in 1995. However, I was a single mom and no money. Also, I had to take into consideration having more children someday. So, it went to the back burner. :(
Then in 2004 I met the man that would be my future husband. We were married in 2006 and pregnant the following year. Ahhhh....yes..that day. My first appointment. The doctor asked me about my period dates and how accurate they were. I told him they were extremely accurate. I write that stuff down every month. Then he examined me and looked a bit frustrated. He says to me and I never will forget this, "Angela, are you 100% sure your dates can't be messed up?" I said, "yes, is there a problem? Is something wrong?" He says to me, "well according to your period dates, you should be only about 5-6 weeks along." However, your numbers on the test were very high and when I examine you, it feels like you are at 12 weeks." "We are going to try to get a heartbeat with the doppler." I am thinking, okay, well I know I am not wrong on my dates. The nurse comes in with the doppler and nothing. Now I am getting a bit worried that I have lost the baby. They decide to do an ultrasound to see what is going on. Now, since I have been in this spot before, I know what I am looking at. My twin boys were discovered at 8 weeks. Yes, I have ANOTHER set of twins growing in there....and yes I was only about 6 weeks along. I start to cry. Needless to say, same thing as before. Bed rest for 6 months straight because I kept going into labor. Now, I am quite a few years older had already put on a little weight because I had been a smoker and quit. Actually 2 months before getting pregnant. I was about 112 pounds before the 2nd set of twins. Again, laid in bed eating and getting fat. A week before my girls were born, I was 208 pounds!!! I cry just typing that!!!! Of course, they had to perform another c-section. I looked at myself and was absoluetly disgusted. My stomach was soooo stretched out and gross it made sick!!! Still no money to do much about it. Very depressing!!!!
When our girls were 2 years old, we got a divorce. Yay me!! So now I am like I will never let another man look at all of the nastiness naked...not ever!!! I met someone a little over a year after the divorce. He kept telling me I looked fine. Yeah, whatever dude!! Right!!! Anywho, 3 months into the relationship we went out for a birthday party and both of us had a little beyond way to much to drink. Yep, I don't think I need to tell you what happened that evening! A month later, I take a pregnancy test and wouldn't you know it??!!! Ugh...here we go again!!! I am already at this point freaking out about twins again!! Thank goodness...it wasn't. However, I got just as big with her, possibly bigger than I did with the twins. Not sure if it is because there was absolutely no muscle tone left or what, but I hated my body more and more every time I took my clothes off after having her. Now don't get me wrong, I love all 5 of my kiddos and would walk through fire for them. If I had to take my last breath to save one of them, I would...in a heartbeat!!! However, they did a number on my body. I was about 120 when I got pregnant with my last baby. I worked out and worked out and worked out...the rest of my body was nice and tone and I got down to 110 pounds. Yay Angie!! I still had to look at that disgusting stomach though.
Finally, last year I decided I didn't care. I was taking my tax return and doing it. I am going to have a tummy tuck done. I had the tummy tuck done on April 24th, 2014. Painful, very painful. I went through a lot of emotions. Did I do the right thing? Is this worth it? Is it going to work? I read a lot of horror stories on line. Well, things were great for the first 3-4 weeks at my follow up appointments. My last appointment he examined me and found that 3-4 sutures had ruptured on the muscle repair. I cried and I cried and I cried!!! REALLY!!?? When can I catch a break!!??? My options were to just leave it and hope the rest of the repair didn't unravel or go in and have surgery again to fix it. Which, I still had to pay for the anestesia fees and fees for the use of the surgical unit. Awesome!!! I had to get a loan for that. I just had my revisional surgery done last Friday. January 9th, 2015. I am back to wondering all of the same things. Is it worth it? Did it work this time? Did I just not pick the right doctor? I am so depressed and just keeping my fingers crossed that it looks good. I keep looking at it and trying to keep in mind that the swelling is bad right now, but I don't know. I
I don't want to scare anyone into not having it done. We all deserve to feel good about ourselves. It is important. I just apparently have bad luck. Even though it isn't how I dreamed it would look after, it is far better than it was.
So, that is my story. I do have before pics and after, but we just recently moved and I haven't gotten things organized yet, but I will add them later. I would tell anyone to do this to make themselves feel better. Best of wishes to all of you who decide to take the plunge and do something for yourselves.
Then in 2004 I met the man that would be my future husband. We were married in 2006 and pregnant the following year. Ahhhh....yes..that day. My first appointment. The doctor asked me about my period dates and how accurate they were. I told him they were extremely accurate. I write that stuff down every month. Then he examined me and looked a bit frustrated. He says to me and I never will forget this, "Angela, are you 100% sure your dates can't be messed up?" I said, "yes, is there a problem? Is something wrong?" He says to me, "well according to your period dates, you should be only about 5-6 weeks along." However, your numbers on the test were very high and when I examine you, it feels like you are at 12 weeks." "We are going to try to get a heartbeat with the doppler." I am thinking, okay, well I know I am not wrong on my dates. The nurse comes in with the doppler and nothing. Now I am getting a bit worried that I have lost the baby. They decide to do an ultrasound to see what is going on. Now, since I have been in this spot before, I know what I am looking at. My twin boys were discovered at 8 weeks. Yes, I have ANOTHER set of twins growing in there....and yes I was only about 6 weeks along. I start to cry. Needless to say, same thing as before. Bed rest for 6 months straight because I kept going into labor. Now, I am quite a few years older had already put on a little weight because I had been a smoker and quit. Actually 2 months before getting pregnant. I was about 112 pounds before the 2nd set of twins. Again, laid in bed eating and getting fat. A week before my girls were born, I was 208 pounds!!! I cry just typing that!!!! Of course, they had to perform another c-section. I looked at myself and was absoluetly disgusted. My stomach was soooo stretched out and gross it made sick!!! Still no money to do much about it. Very depressing!!!!
When our girls were 2 years old, we got a divorce. Yay me!! So now I am like I will never let another man look at all of the nastiness naked...not ever!!! I met someone a little over a year after the divorce. He kept telling me I looked fine. Yeah, whatever dude!! Right!!! Anywho, 3 months into the relationship we went out for a birthday party and both of us had a little beyond way to much to drink. Yep, I don't think I need to tell you what happened that evening! A month later, I take a pregnancy test and wouldn't you know it??!!! Ugh...here we go again!!! I am already at this point freaking out about twins again!! Thank goodness...it wasn't. However, I got just as big with her, possibly bigger than I did with the twins. Not sure if it is because there was absolutely no muscle tone left or what, but I hated my body more and more every time I took my clothes off after having her. Now don't get me wrong, I love all 5 of my kiddos and would walk through fire for them. If I had to take my last breath to save one of them, I would...in a heartbeat!!! However, they did a number on my body. I was about 120 when I got pregnant with my last baby. I worked out and worked out and worked out...the rest of my body was nice and tone and I got down to 110 pounds. Yay Angie!! I still had to look at that disgusting stomach though.
Finally, last year I decided I didn't care. I was taking my tax return and doing it. I am going to have a tummy tuck done. I had the tummy tuck done on April 24th, 2014. Painful, very painful. I went through a lot of emotions. Did I do the right thing? Is this worth it? Is it going to work? I read a lot of horror stories on line. Well, things were great for the first 3-4 weeks at my follow up appointments. My last appointment he examined me and found that 3-4 sutures had ruptured on the muscle repair. I cried and I cried and I cried!!! REALLY!!?? When can I catch a break!!??? My options were to just leave it and hope the rest of the repair didn't unravel or go in and have surgery again to fix it. Which, I still had to pay for the anestesia fees and fees for the use of the surgical unit. Awesome!!! I had to get a loan for that. I just had my revisional surgery done last Friday. January 9th, 2015. I am back to wondering all of the same things. Is it worth it? Did it work this time? Did I just not pick the right doctor? I am so depressed and just keeping my fingers crossed that it looks good. I keep looking at it and trying to keep in mind that the swelling is bad right now, but I don't know. I
I don't want to scare anyone into not having it done. We all deserve to feel good about ourselves. It is important. I just apparently have bad luck. Even though it isn't how I dreamed it would look after, it is far better than it was.
So, that is my story. I do have before pics and after, but we just recently moved and I haven't gotten things organized yet, but I will add them later. I would tell anyone to do this to make themselves feel better. Best of wishes to all of you who decide to take the plunge and do something for yourselves.