Talked About It for 30 Years, Time to Do It~ New Haven, CT

My update doesn't come without some issues, unfortunately. The night of the surgery, I was coughing from the anesthesia. I heard a tremendous "pop" inside, and then later, after coughing again, another pop. When I went for my first post op visit, it was discovered that the pop was the popping of internal stitches. So unfortunately my belly button is a bit west of where it should be. My doctor who has been fantastic said we will do a revision at three months. A smaller incision is made into the tt incision, the muscles are pulled and re stitched and we will bring that bb back east where it belongs. One drain came out at 12 days, the other drain unfortunately had to come out a little earlier than it should have because I developed a staph infection at the drain site. I am now five weeks post op, infection seems to be gone. (2 antibiotic pills left) and things seem be be settling down. I have had to go in three times so far to be aspirated since the drain came out earlier than it should have. It doesn't hurt a bit as things are still pretty numb. There is a tremendous difference between the before and after pictures already so far and I can hardly wait until I can see the final results in a few months.

Ladies, I have chosen to post pictures one month at a time because it was very frustrating to me to have to wait for updates from women that were at the same period as I was. This way others can see it all at one time. I do want to share a fantastic discovery that has helped with the itching that some have talked about. Some of the meds cause itching, Percocet, Valium and a few others. Wear a wife beater (I stole one of my sons old ones) and put it on over your bra but under your compression garment. It helps tremendously. Oh the relief!!!!

Front shot. Anyone know how to add the little decal to cover the va jay jay?