Hard to Believe It's Really Happening - New Mexico
Hello ladies. Here's my story and I'm so...
Hello ladies. Here's my story and I'm so glad to tell it as I am glad to hear your stories as well. I am a 41 year old mother of 3. I had always been satisfied with my breast size, not so happy about a small about of asymmetry but it wasn't bad enough to go under the knife for, in my opinion. I was really happy with my breasts when I was nursing! Just within the last couple of years I have begun to feel the effects of time and gravity on my breasts. I went through a divorce about 3 years ago and lost a good deal of weight rather quickly and don't feel that my breasts handled that sudden drop very well. So for the first time in my life really I started thinking about breast augmentation. I went to a consultation a year ago then talked myself out of it saying that my breasts are fine and that I'm being greedy and besides the operation is expensive and somewhat risky. A year later I still want to improve the look and feel of my breasts so I'm doing it! I had consultations with four surgeons this time around and have settled on one.
My surgery date is March 21, 2012. That is just 16 days from now. I go back and forth between excitement and anxiety, sometimes daily. The final outcome, the end result, seems like it is kind of up to chance in a lot of ways. Theres no way of knowing exactly what my breasts will look like after surgery, exactly what size they will be and what size implant it will take to reach my goal, and if my goal is reasonable for my body, and if I will need to have follow up surgeries. I want to be a 34DD, starting from 34B, is that too big of a jump. Do I increase my risk of complications like bottoming out or having my breasts drop to the sides leaving a gap and no cleavage by going that much bigger? If not, will 450 CC's get me to a DD? That is my current dilemma - size. If anyone could chime in on that I would really appreciate it. :) I feel like I need to speak with my surgeon again but I have already had two consultations with him and have increased the size of the implant twice already. not sure how much more of me he will be willing to tolerate! Lol My stats are - Bra - 34B Ribcage - 29 BWD - 12 Height - 5'5" Weight - 130 Goal - 34DD provided this size increase wouldn't be too risky for me I look forward to your feedback!
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Hello. So Sunday I made rice sizers that are...
Today is kind of a big day because I paid for the surgery in full!! I also took my 34DD bra to the doctors office with me and tried it on with the implants in their office. Since we will be using 450 on the left and 475 on the right I decided to try on 400 and 425 implants today because the nurse said that in my size range about 50 CC's is kind of lost to compression of the implant and I thought I might get a better feel for the actual outcome by trying on smaller implants. I am happy with that look and feel so I THINK I'm done stressing out about the size. ;(
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Thanks for sharing your story and photos here on RealSelf! I'm glad you're able to get this done for yourself. It sounds like you've been through a lot the last few years.
The larger the implants the larger the possibility of complications. A B to a DD doesn't sound outrageous, but DDs are pretty big and heavy.
Here's some info on choosing the right size for you.
Hope this helps. Please let us know what you decide to do.
I love my new DDs! :) I'm amazed by your goal photo -- well done on finding someone who has a similar build and breast shape! Do you have photos of you with the rice sizers in under clothes?
You should see a button to "update" your review, and be able to add more pictures there.
It's 5 days till my surgery and I have been...
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I'm gonna have to try the rice test!
Good luck w/ your surgery! Keep us posted!
Thanks for the encouragement and for wishing me luck and good luck to you as well. :)
I cut sections of pantyhose and tied a permenant knot in one end and filled it with rice. I used a slip knot on the other end so I could add or take rice out easily and play with the size.
Good luck. Post pics. I would suggest playing around with the rice bags until u have a size you're happy with. Then, in measuring cups, see how much rice is in the bag and you can check this link to use the conversion chart to tell you how many CC's ur rice bags are. Then add 50 CC's to that volume and you'll know what size implant you'd like to get. :)
http://www.wellness.com/blogs/jdzwiren/1180/implants-size/jdzwiren
I'll update as soon as I'm feeling up to it. I hope that's today!!! :)
I tried the rice test today. I only did 450cc to see what that would look like. I liked the size. Although it was hard to tell because I think the bra was too small (I guess Vicky's near my house only sells bras up to a D size... what is up with that) so I don't think it looked entirely correct. I'll try and post a pic of it later.
I certainly hope so. I talked with a friend today who just had hers done last week and has been having a super speedy recovery and that was really encouraging.
Can't wait to hear what size you settled on! Good luck on Wednesday :)
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