34yrs old mother of two beautiful kids - finally doing me

I'm a 34yrs old mother of two beautiful kids. Me and my spouse have decided that were done with having children, so now the next exciting chapter is to finally commit to getting my mommy make over done

So far most of my swelling has subsided, I still have some swelling on my abdominal muscle area, however Im still numb around my abs and upper right thighs, the swelling has subsided at least by 50%, I’ve been draining less after day 5, now we’re seeing more yellow fatty blood through the drainage. my post op appointment is on Friday I can hardly wait for my drain to be taken out, and also stitching on my belly button has healed beautifully. I’m definitely thankful to have an amazing support system at home! Below I have a short list of what have been my saving grace this whole week.

Things to consider to purchase/ rent
- lift recliner chair. We bought one from Ashley’s furniture &spent around $1,000. For a good quality electric recliner, but you can also rent them from medical places! It’s much cheaper I got a quote for $300/month to rent it! Some insurance cover this as well!
- if you don’t already have a bidet, go order one and installed in your main room where you’ll be recovering. You can’t go to the bathroom by yourself the first 3 days!!! Purchase those conttonelle flushable toilet wipes. You’ll thank me later!
- get/borrow a walker! The walker helped so much for my post op appts to get in & out of my vehicle and into the medical facility. I also use this walker to walk myself around the house.
- electric compression socks, these are just good to have for the first 2, 3 days when you feel like you’re not ready to do your walks. To avoid blood clots.
- stock up on food, pedialite, ensure milk shakes. The first 5 days I was on a very light almost all liquid diet. I was soooo terrified of going to do #2. So on the 5th day I ate my first rice and soup combo and hubby made me drink stool softener drink which made it easy to go handle business in the toilet :)

I bought a two soft pj set both button up they’re so comfy and doesn’t press on my stomach area. Again have someone with you the first week! It’s going to be hell!!!

I hope these list help you prepare for your tummy tuck “grocery list”
This tummy tuck is really hard but so far I’m so happy with my results, everything is so worth it!