Gettin' it done

Haven't posted in a while. The boobs have been settling in nicely and I tried bra shopping. That was...tricky and confusing. Obviously my boobs are bigger than they were before. They look a lot bigger but when I tried on bras I noticed that I barely went up a cup. I've been really bad about dieting and not being able to work out hasn't helped, so needless to say I'm chunky. That being said I began by trying on 38 band size. Before I used to wear 38 B so I tried on 38 Cs and Ds. The D cups were big and so were some of the C cups I tried! I was dissapointed in having to try out 38 Bs. Stubborn as I am I then tried 36 Cs and Ds. The 36 Cs fit. Phew! I tried on some Ds and some were big and some fit. What. the. hell. Now I had bras fitting B, C, and D. I try telling myself that the result of my breast augmentation is not the bra size I turned out to be, but the physical and visible improvement. I'm trying hard to convince myself that it's not a bigger bra size I was trying to achieve but rather natural looking and full breasts. Does that make sense? So after trying bras at the store I decided to try on my pre op bras. They fit. I spill over slightly but not too much. 38 Bs. I have to get my butt into gear, loose weight and then I know I'll fit into a 36 C. Overall I am happy with my new boobs :D

Something I want to suggest to any girls considering BA is to take enough pre op pictures. I hardly took any at all because I hated my size and I was ashamed of the Itty bitties. Now I wished I had taken pictures to compare post op.

I took a few pictures in a pre op bra and a video showing the squishyness. I like the squishyness! No complaints there! Sorry about the horrible job with the video...

Time flies! I can't believe 1 week had gone. I'm very happy with having done the surgery. I went out today to my son's basketball practice and I felt totally normal. Since I'm on vacation (4 weeks off!) I think I think too much about my new boobs. Almost like I'm self-conscious about my big boobs. But going out of the house and doing normal things brings me relief that I didn't go too big. Going from a small B to what I'm guessing is a big C/little D is significant, at least to me it is. I wore one of my fave t-shirts and looked normal. I was worrying that the new boobs would be totally obvious, but I'm fine!

I don't k ow if I me toned last time that the post op bra I bought was one by Amoena size medium from Amazon. My doctor told me he wanted it to fit more snug and to stitch the back to make is smaller. Easily done, but I went to Target and bought a Champion sports bra in large. It's define tell a lot more snug. Too snug, in fact, that I felt the implants being pushed up too high. Went to Wal Mart and bought 2 Danskin sports bras. Smuggler than my original post op bra, but way more comfortable than the Champion one. And they're like $12-13, the Champion one was $25.

I meant to post an earlier update but my browser refreshed and deleted my long update ???? so far everything's been great. I had my post op check up this past Saturday, checked out my stitches, cleaned them up and taped over. I was pretty impressed with the stitches and lack of hyperpigmentation. I usually get dark scars even with the smallest lacerations, so I'm pretty happy with the incisions. Dr Torres is a firm believer of compression bras and told me they are a must, to not stop wearing bras despite my boobies are nice and perky. Then the doctor told me 2 things that were surprising to me. It was surprising to me because of what I have read numerous times on this website regarding massages and upper pole fullness. He told me there is no need to massage my boobs, that they would soft up and fluff on their own without assistance. I shall see, I guess. As of now they have been softening up as the swelling is going down. Still numb from nipples down. 2nd thing that surprised me was he told me the longer it takes for the upper pole fullness to drop, the better it is in the long run. He explained to me that it means that my tissues are strong and will better support the implants. Let's hope that's the case.
I'm loving my boobs right now. I'm happy I went through with the surgery. I tried on an old breastfeeding bra that's a 38 C and filled it up nicely. Yay for boobs!