4 month update with pics

It's been 5 weeks since my last update...time sure does fly. I haven't really seen much change since last month although I just looked at the pics that I took and compared them to my 11 week pics and my tummy is slightly less swollen at the scar line. I'm not sure how much more changes I will see although my PS said last time I need to give it a year to see the full result. I haven't been using anything on my scar in the last month or so. My PS said that nothing really helps any better than time. I might start using the bio oil again although I didn't see any difference. But I don't want to have regrets later. I have a question for the "veterans"..... if you had MR in addition to your TT, is your stomach rock hard now? When standing, there's really only a little bit of skin to be grabbed and if I poke my tummy, it's rock hard all over. One would think I should have a six pack. LOL Is this just because my muscles were repaired or could it be layers of fat underneath? I had lipo in my tummy too so I'm hoping it's not fat.

I was PO 11 weeks yesterday and things are pretty much the same so I don't have a new pic. I do want to ask the "veterans" out there - did you have muscle repair (or a hernia repair) during your TT and if so was it still painful to you at 11 weeks? Whenever I sneeze or turn over in bed at night, I still get that painful feeling and now it's mostly in one general area. I am left wondering if that's my hernia repair. I have my follow-up appointment next week so I will ask but I'm just curious. My back and sides are still also very tender from the lipo. One of my friends came by and poked me in the side today and it hurt! I jumped and said "ouch, you poked me in my surgery" and that became the joke of the office for today. Haha. Anyway any insight if what I'm feeling is normal would be greatly appreciated! Happy healing xo

This weekend, I felt sore in one area of my tummy. It felt like a pulled muscle although I didn't do anything that would have resulted in a pulled muscle. The only thing I could have done was (sorry if this is TMI) was strained during my BM since I was having that problem this weekend. It made me worry a little bit but I thought I would wait a week and see if it went away. Yesterday when I was at work, I got this strange prickling sensation, like someone was in my tummy sticking me with needles. It would happen every time I walked a few feet. After a couple of hours, I went in to the bathroom and looked at my stomach and saw that the area that was having the prickling sensation very noticeably less swollen than it had been the day before. I wonder if it's coincidence or is that area just going through some healing? Anyway other than that nothing much has happened. Things are going well. I've been lax on my Bio Oil treatments the past three days and I need to get back on that. I really want to start doing some minor weight lifting and a spin class but I don't want to do anything because of my large hernia repair. I have a follow up with my general surgeon on 4/29 and hopefully he clears me then. Happy healing everyone! xo