Excited for a New Me - IL

I am 29yr mother of 2 beautiful babies. My oldest weight 9lbs 9oz @ birth and my youngest 9lbs 12oz..yeah huge babies. Their weight is the reason why they are 4yrs apart and the reason as to why I am FINISHED having babies. lol I was finally tired of seeing my poor stomach stretched out to its maximum. I may add that I only weight 101 at the beginning of my first pregnancy. I do accept who I am and I was never a self concious person, nor did I have any issues with my breast. However, after having my 2nd child I thought I would do something nice for myself and finally went for it. I got tired of seeing my stomach and I figured I'd throw an extra perk while I was already under. =] October 10, 2011 was my big day. I got a Tummy Tuck along with a Breast Augmentation. I am only 12 days Post op.

Procedures: Tummy Tuck with Lipo on my sides and partical back.
Breast Augmentation: 400cc's, Silicone, low profile.

Weight: 126lbs, 5'2

So to begin with my experience I must just say that the tummy tuck was not that bad. I will say that the worst part of of it was the drains they put in my pupic area, (not painful just really uncompfortable) and the lipo on my side and back. As for the breast augmentation, it was not bad at all except for the next day after I got released from the hospital I ended back up at the ER with a Heamatoma on my right breast due to me using my arms too much to move around. That's usually common hours after surgery but it happened 2days after mine, which for my doctor it was only his second case of that happening. My doctor was great and immediately took me into surgery to fix the problem. I must say that that was very painful, but not life threatening. That only took about 30min and I was back out.

The first week was definatly my hardest, I could not get comfortable for anything and felt like a total ZOMBIE due to loss of sleep. So far everything is going great. My doc took the drains out on the following Tuesday after my surgery. I can walk a little straighter and my implants are starting to settle. I am very happy with both and every day it gets better. I felt some of my energy come back by the end of my first week. It was a step back due to the Heamatoma. I don't have any before or after pix but will get some from my doc and post some after. I love this website it really reminds me of how it motivated me to do this after reading everyones joy and now I am happy to say that I can be part of that as well. So as soon as I can I will post pictures. I am also swollen, I hear that is common. I am new to all this, so as soon as I can load up some pix I sure will.

Day 13 - Still feeling good. Left my brace off last night. I started to get itchy with it and got a small rash on my left and right sides on my stomach. Nothing bad, just maybe moisture or something to do with my brace. I've had it on since I left the hospital. I also got some rest and the swelling is going down. I hear sodium makes you swell more. I will definately start watching my sodium intake.

Day 16, Feeling so much better. I can walk straighter and sleep better. The swelling is going down alot, but I can see my left side more swollen than my right. My breasts are a little soar also, but nothing to where I need medication of any kind. Everything is going well. Yay! Will be posting new pix at the end of the week. I see my doc tomorrow as well and I'm even thinking about going back to work next week. Not sure yet. :)