In LOVE with my body!!!

Hello Realself! I've been constantly on here almost everyday looking at the gorgeous bodies their doctors have created. I almost didn't make this page but I'm finding it hard to talk to people about my upcoming procedure because they aren't very supportive. Let me tell you a little about myself. I have been thinking of having a bbl for a while now (years!). Last year (April) I was going to go to Strax in Ft. Lauderdale. I did my blood work, took the time off of work and all. To my surprise, a week before the surgery I decided to take an at home pregnancy test because I didn't get my period in a couple of months. I just thought I was nervous for the surgery and that's the reason it didn't come on but to my surprise I was pregnant. Fast forward to now. My beautiful, healthy daughter is a bundle of joy and just 3 months old. Having her has not stopped my dreams from having the body that I want and know I can have. In fact, it's only made me want it more. I've always had love handles but since the baby it's become really bad in my opinion. I had been so used to wearing sweat pants when I was pregnant that I never noticed how bad my body was until I tried a tight dress on. On top of having love handles, I have no hips and dents in my non existent butt lol. (I'm 5'8 150 lbs.) So obviously I got my money back from Strax last year but was thinking about going back to them so I made a consultation. On my way home from picking my daughter up from the sitters, I noticed a billboard for vanity saying that they had a special on the bbl for $3000. I immediately called and spoke with Jessica who informed me the price would be $3500 with Dr. Hasan for lipo on the full stomach, love handles and waist. She recommended him because of my body type and told me to check SHAY08 and her profile to see her results. Jessica believed our body types to be similar but I don't see it. Shay08 actually has hips and a nice shape to begin with; I'm starting from scratch. Based on her profile and some other pictures I seen of his work I decided to go with him. And the price wasn't bad either lol. I'm a single mother and I'm the only one that supports my daughter as well as myself so i try to save as much as possible. I scheduled a consultation with Dr. Hasan after paying a deposit. Jessica was extremely warm and sweet and assured me thAt she would be in the office when I came in for my consult. Of course when I showed up she wasn't there lol but it didn't matter to me because Sheila was there and supposedly they work together. Everyone there was pretty nice; the only thing I didn't like was that I was there at 9am and didn't actually see the doctor until 12:15. The office was hella nice though but it bothers me that not everyone in there speaks English (idk its a pet peeve of mine--we live in AMERICA ijs). Anyways, when I got into the room with the doctor, he wasn't the friendliest person. He didn't shake my hand or even ask me to Sit down. He went right into asking me to put my pants down to examine me. Now, I'm sure he's a nice person etc but I do believe it's not what you say it's how you say things. Mind you, I just gave birth to my baby 3 months ago. He went on to say I didn't drink enough water when I was preggo and my skin was horrible. I appreciated the honesty but do believe he could of been nicer with how he talked with me. But whatever, I'm a big girl so I didn't get upset. He gave me realistic expectations and suggested I get the TT instead of the bbl. I didn't want a TT because I'm only 24 and although I'm not having more kids anytime soon I do want more in the future. More then anything I want a flat stomach and my love handles gone but I do want a bigger butt and some nice hips since I don't believe in wasting anything lol. After my consult with Hasan I talked to Sheila and she kept reassuring me that I'll be fine and I'll love my body after I'm done with everything. Idk. The closer I get to the date the more I'm becoming more and more nervous. Monday I paid more money and set my date officially for March 27th. I have not bought anything for the sx but I have requested the time off of work. The only thing now is I don't have the luxury of taking a full month off of work. I'm planning to return to work in exactly 7 days. It takes me 1 hours to travel to work in the morning and the same driving home so I'm trying to find someone like a friend or transport service to drive me to work once I go back because I don't want to lose or deform my investment. I work in the home with patients and basically do what I please for the 12 hours I'm there. I just have to try and hide it from my patients parents because I don't like ppl all up in my busniess. I haven't thought of an excuse yet as to why I would be able to sit on my butt but I have some time to think. Once they go to work I can lay on the floor, kneel and do what I need to do. I just hope I'm not too sore because my patient is a baby and spoiled so needs my constant attention. I do need to buy some things to make my time there a little easier though. I have my second consult with Hasan Saturday just to make sure we're on the same page about things. I just learned that he isn't board certified which concerns me and I was reading up on an incident he had with his license so I just hope he explains these things in a way that I feel comfortable because my life and the life on my child is literally in his hands. Wish me luck!

Quick question, did anyone start pre-op pills before hand? If so which ones? Jessica's recommendation is i leave myself natural both before and after the surgery. I was a smoker but I have now stopped because I don't want anything going wrong and I want to heal properly.

I hope that the women on here will encourage me and provide me with the guidance and strength I need to get through this. I'm so nervous about everything and hesitant. I have faith that I will find that here ;)

Ok so I finally got approved on RS lol. I've been debating with whether to post pictures up but it's only fair and I want you all to enjoy this experience with me. My mother always says "if you don't have anything nice to say then just don't say anything at all". We all have imperfections and impurities that makes us who we are. With that being said, I know my body isn't perfect and I don't need to be reminded of that. We can all use some improvements, some more than others but we're on here to empower eachother, not bring each other down like catty little girls ????.

(Btw: I've been having second thoughts about Hasan. I still have my consult with him Saturday and pray I feel more comfortable but just in case I'm going to call Jessica and schedule a consult with Dr. Salas as well. I've read great things about him; hopefully he's more personable then Hasan. I'll of course keep you all posted!!)

So yesterday I went in to vanity for my second consult with Hasan and first with Dr. Salas. I wish I never went because now I'm more torn then before lol. It was almost as though Dr. Hasan was another person. He was so warm and friendly unlike our first consultation lol. And Dr. Salas cute self was just as good. They're both more than qualified to be my surgeon but based on comfort I have switched to Dr. Salas. Some of the reasons being he went to Harvard medical school as well as Barry university which are both well known institutions. Also, I will be Dr. Salas' only patient on the 27th. With Dr. Hasan, he tends to have 4 surgeries a day so to him I'd just another number but with Salas I will have VIP treatment lol. Also, the difference in price between the doctors is only $300 and with Salas I'll be getting 12 sections of lipo, not just 6.

I'm sooooo excited for my surgery you all just don't understand!! I'm so grateful to have you ladies to share my thoughts with! Tomorrow makes 24 more days until the big day!! I'm starting to buy things little by little and I started taking vitamins and iron supplements. I go to my primary care physician tomorrow for a check up to make sure I'm at my best before going under! I'll keep you posted!!!