My Journey To The Flat Side - Morristown, NJ

I am a very active 34 year old mother of 2 beautiful children ages 8 and 4 born by c-sections. I am 5'1" and weighed 115lbs prior to surgery. My journey began 3 years ago when I found out that I had an umbillical hernia. I went to see a general surgeon who then informed me that I also had distastis recti and should consult with a plastic surgeon. I was very scared to even think I needed more than a hernia repair. I thought I could fix it myself. So I hit the gym hard,ate clean and was using kinesiotaping methods to try and change the way my abs looked. At one point I got down to 106 lbs and was thinking "I look pretty good". Then a few days later some random person said to me "Congrats! When are you due?" It was then I knew diet, exercise and tape weren't the answer. So last October I hesitantly made an appointment with Dr. Glatt for a consult. After my consult I was convinced that this was the only way to change my appearance and that Dr. Glatt was the right doctor to do it. I was still very nervous and hesitant. I finally got the courage to schedule my abdominoplasty with muscle repair and hernia repair for June 19, 2013. So I went for it and can say at almost 3 weeks post op, I am loving the results so far! I have included a bunch of pictures I compiled so far on my journey.

Here are some before pictures that I guess did not upload the first time. I felt silly taking these before pictures but now I look at them and can't believe that that was really me! There are also some before and after pics in the same shirt and bikini. Wow! I am already so happy I can't wait to see the final result after all my swelling goes down and I can get back to the gym! Today is 3 weeks po and I bought a new bikini and LOVE the way I look in it! So glad I did this.

Here is one more before pic from the front