40, 4 Kids & Finally Getting a MM for a better ME :D - Miami, FL

I had my first daughter when I was only 17 years old! I am only 5'2" and was barely 100lbs at the time and I gained a whopping 60lbs!!! I was so young and had no idea what gaining that amount would do to my body-lol, I just did what EVERYONE told me to do-EAT :( (I hate them all) shortly after delivering my daughter which was one of the happiest day of my life, was also one of the saddest days for my once beautiful smooth tight skin, now was filled with millions of stretch marks, some on my thighs, a little on my butt & boobs but worst of all on my belly!!! I was mortified at 17 my body looked like what I imaged a 90 year olds body to look like after 15 kids lol. I hid my belly from the world but little by little as I gained confidence, got back into shape and the marks did lighten up, I dared to bare belly even with all the marks, I was never criticized but I did get a few horrified looks, even my OBGYN after my 4th child said "you're so pretty and have a great body, why not just get the TT done" she had done it and loved it, she gave me her Dr's number and I checked him out but I didn't click with him. I have worked out basically my whole life, I eat super healthy and am more toned and fit than I was at 17, 19, 19, 20-30's and all my family and friends admired how confident I was even with stretch marks and always told me I looked amazing and they wanted my body (yeah right) After 3 more children the toll on my belly got worse and the flabby skin was unfixable no matter how much i exercised and ate right. I think the last straw (funnily story) was my beautiful, innocent, 7 year old Goddaughter, saw me in a bikini for the first time. My body was looking amazing- tight, toned, I was doing a new workout where everyone was complimenting my fit body... then my Goddaughter saw my bare belly and asked me "what happened?!" the look on her face was in shock, I told her I had 4 babies and was stretched out 4 times, she looks away and quickly said "Thank God my mother only has one baby!"....LMAO!!! Gotta love kids. Sooooooo, after years of researching, consultations and debating should I, shouldn't I, I decided to bite the bullet and go for it! I never thought the day would come, but after seeing Dr. H, MM results pics online and meeting with him twice (had two complimentary visits-nice!) He seems sincere, soft spoken and calm. He said my goals were realistic, except we disagreed on type of BA lift I needed. He wanted to do a full lift and I want a benelli lift (minimal lift) He is giving me what I want, but thinks I won't be happy with the result, I feel I will, I still want a natural sag in my breasts, do not want to have much cleaveage and want to remain on the smaller side. I am a C right now and want to stay a C, I need a lift but with the lift I will loose volume so a small implant should help that. All along I have always wanted a TT, I actually like my breasts size but after nursing 4 kids they have become pretty saggy and I lost muscle tone, so now I am going for the full MM. I did explain to Dr. H that I want a slight lift and want to keep some sag, I know that might sound crazy, but I just don't want to look like I got all this cosmetic, optional, selfish surgery-as some people may think it is :( My husband has not wanted me to do it, he (of course) says I'm perfect, but I finally got through to him when I told him I want to feel good in my body I work out so hard 5 times a week, I do pilates, I do kickboxing, I eat super clean, super healthy, I'm fit, I want my hard work to show on my body and my two problem areas will never improve without surgery point blank. He has always been supportive no matter what I want out of my life and said he would be happy with whatever I decided to do. So here I am scheduled for about 4 weeks out and I am so excited (terrified beyond my wildest fears) but I am SO ready to have a better ME. Please wish me luck! I will be posting before pre-op pics soon and will also put post-op pics :) I am really happy I found this site, it has helped me tremendously. I hope my story will help you too.

I'm having lots of sleepless night & tons of mixed emotions :) :( :/ Been going through Dr. Hochsteins before/after pics. I am trying to be as realistic as I can be & am feeling very confident I'll get what I am wishing for...only a few more weeks to go & I need to get some zzzzzzzz's

I'm sure my hubby of 18 years is just having some fears for me but lately he's acting out (strange). He's saying some hurtful things & already throwing "my surgery" in my face-which is totally not like him. My husband is not only the sweetest most gentleman man he is also a good looking 45 year old who is physically fit (he works out) with a great body, confident & will do anything for his family. He has seen me before kids (super fit) & He wants to come to my pre-op with me but I told him if he's going to act negatively about it I would rather him not go! He says he will not be negative & will be support.....BUT.....he still doesn't understand & says he will never understand why I need to go through with this. I asked him "why do you need to workout" he says because he wants to be fit & healthy & I ask him for who? He says for himself & I say "EXACTLY" but then he says "well I'm not getting surgery".... wow that cut like a knife... so in return I say "aren't you so lucky you don't need it" so that's been the little jabs at me here & there For the past week. I know he loves me the way I am & maybe he's scared he won't like the new me... I don't know. A lot of our friends wives have had these procedures & their husbands practically helped them through each step of the way being super happy...while mine changes the subject every time I mention something about it & want to share a story about my Dr. He always has a smart Alec reply... Hopefully after the pre-op appt he will feel better (I hope so).