475cc Mentor Saline Unders Coming Out After 12 Years

Tomorrow it will be two weeks! Time flies when you're having fun :) I finally made it out bra shopping and was floored to discover that I'm measuring out at 36C. I finally found the one benefit of all that weight gain! For the first time in my life, with or without implants, I can truly say that I love my boobs. Not because after 2 surgeries and $7000 later I am **finally** a 36C, but because they're mine and I am finally comfortable with them. I've already started the next journey of getting my body back-I'm down 10lbs with 40lbs to go. I've joked with my husband about not getting too used to these C cups as I could very well shrink back down, but I don't really care anymore. Whatever happens, happens. At any size, they'll still be soft, natural, and mine. If you're reading this and you are on the fence about removing your implants-my advice would be to get your mental deck of cards in order, find a competent board certified PS, then do it. It's an emotional adjustment but it isn't insurmountable. Even if I had ended up back with my original size right after surgery, they still would feel amazing! And they do. Real boobs feel great! I'll try to post some pictures tomorrow.

I was very pleasantly surprised this morning when I removed my ace wrap and hopped in the shower. The pics don't quite demonstrate the amount of upper pole fullness that isn't there but overall I'm absolutely thrilled. Especially since I'm confident they'll fill out and fluff up over the next several months. In any event, this is way more breast tissue than I had pre-BA. So far, so good! My incisions are sore but not exceptionally so. I have some swelling under my armpits but I think that is probably some fluid that has migrated outside of my compression bra. I'll keep an eye on it but not at all concerned, really. So far I haven't felt inclined to take anything for pain which is awesome. No regrets! Real boobs feel so, so much better than my implants!

Surgery went well but knocked my on my butt. Came home and slept and slept and slept :) Doc doesn't want me out of the ace wrap until I shower tomorrow so I don't have much of an update on the actual state of affairs but from what I can tell so far, everything seems pretty good. I can tell that I don't have any upper pole fullness but they're soft! I'll take it. I'll try to update and take some pics tomorrow after I get out of the shower. So many of the other girls on this site seem to have had big changes over the first several weeks so I'm anxious to see what ends up happening. In any event, I feel great now that I finally woke up and had some coffee ;)