52 Yo Mother of 4 with Low Volume and Sagging Due to Breastfeeding and Loss of Weight. 5"4" 122 Lbs - New York

Being a mom of 4 and having breastfed all of them my breasts have gone from an A/B cup to a D or DD with breast feeding. Recently I lost about 20 lbs and most was in my breasts. Now they are sagging and lost most of their volume. Never thought I would be getting breast augmentation but excited about having some volume back! Went to three PS. Two recommended a lift but was not thrilled to have the surgery if I needed to have lollipop scars or scars around my areola. I liked my little [RS bleep] the way they were. When i went to the third PS I was totally expecting for him to say i needed a lift but surprisingly so he said he wouldn't do a lift. My areola's are large and there was no skin showing under the nipple. He said that the lift would not work because there wasnt enough skin to pull it up so it was aestheticaly pleasing. Needless to say I was thrilled. I knew they were still going to hang down and wasn't looking for 20 year old breasts. He said the volume would pull the areola up a bit or he could do an areola incision to pull them up. I decided to go with just silicon implants and at the sizing appt we decided on 275 CC implants but to try to go a little larger if he didn't think they looked too big for my frame. I am a personal trainer so I wanted to be able to exercise comfortably. My husband is happy with me either way and just wants me to happy so he is supportive of whatever I decide.

Got home from the hospital and I cans ay the meds really helped. Feeling was like when I had a newborn and my milk came in. Last night I had a rough time. I had a sharp nagging pain in my left shoulder blade all night long. I couldnt get any relief whether I sat up or was lying down. I took my pain meds but it wasn't touching it. It felt better when I was up walking around but couldn't walk around all night long. I was really worried it was something bad going on or a hematoma.In the morning I had my husband look at me and see if there was any swelling going on but there wasn't. Thank goodness. The doctor's office called and I asked the nurse and she said it was relatively normal because during the surgery they have you sit up with your arms raised and even though I feel like I am in good shape I was totally relieved it wasn't anything bad. She did say there may be swelling under my armpits and may get worse before it gets better! It is really hard to push up in bed because I can feel pulling in my pec muscles. I ended getting 300 cc Mentor silicone implants under the muscle moderate profile. So happy with the way they look so far!!!

Well it has been 5 days since the surgery. I think I feel good, wish the post op bra was a little more supportive. Seems comfy but feel like I could use more support. Still suffering with sleeping due to intense pain in my left shoulder blade area. It is fine when I am upright but when I lie down the pressure just builds and I can't sleep. My hubby has been great and since he couldn't take off from work we went to see the doctor at POD 3 instead. I was glad about that since I didn't sleep at all the night before and that was on muscle relaxers, and pain meds which I am trying not to take. Tried sleeping on the couch, upright, on lots of pillows in bed raised up but was the same could lie there for a short while and then I feel like i need to get up, stretch it and move.
Can't believe how wiped out I have been feeling and luckily I have been able to lay low this week. My 15 yo son is confused why I can't be driving him everywhere but just told him I am sick. Didn't want to tell him, thought it would be too weird for him to know and he hasn't said anything so far.
Went to the doctor, they said everything looked great so far but at the max of swelling. They thought that the pain was just muscular, not a hematoma or nerve pain or anything bad and should get better. Said to keep taking the muscle relaxer and should improve. I hope so I need my sleep! Even sitting in the car was difficult to do for an hour each way. Has anyone experienced anything similar? Would love to her about it. Hopefully it has peaked and as the swelling goes down it will get better. What is interesting is that my doctor does not want me to ice them and didn't mention anything about massaging them but they aren't high. He said he tried in surgery to put in 325cc but felt they were too bog and high. I think they look great and wouldn't want them any bigger! Hubby absolutely loves them. I feel good and would like to go back to work teaching exercise but my doctor feels I should lay low at least another week. My hubby is really trying to keep me relaxing so I can heal properly. Just not used to laying low but I don't want any complications and want them to keep looking good.