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31 Years Old, 2 Kids - 275cc Mod Plus - 32AA to 32D!!!! New York

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Hello ladies! After reading everyone's stories, I...

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Hello ladies! After reading everyone's stories, I wanted to share mine and hopefully get some feedback. I am 31, 2 kids (ages 3yrs and 6 months), both BF for just a few weeks. I'm 5'4", 110 lbs, BW 11.5. I went from a 32B before my first, to a 32A after and then a 32AA after my second.

Even though I had always dreamed of bigger boobs, going down to totally flat after my second baby sealed the deal for me. So about a month ago, I start seriously looking into options. I picked my surgeon and was ready to go. He kept telling me not to be married to a size because he would go with what looked best in the OR. I wanted 300cc Unders, Mod Plus, but he ended up going with 275cc. He said he tried the 300's and they started to look fake.

I have attached my before and afters. I'm really very upset at the result. I think he did a beautiful job, and the final result after the drop and fluff will take some time to be seen, but I feel like I'm back to the size I was before kids, and the point was to go bigger if I was already going to do this. I still fit into my XS bathing suit tops =( I feel even more depressed now than I did before the BA because at least then I had a dream of bigger boobs. I'm not going to spend the $ all over again now to go bigger, and I'm sad. What does everyone think??

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March 27, 2015
I think you look gorgeous but I understand your initial disappointment as I am going through the same thing. Yesterday was my surgery day and I'd hoped for bigger, too. I hope you feel better about them as the days go by and they go into their settled form because you look beautiful!
March 27, 2015
Thanks for your comment, it makes me feel better :) what size did you go with? My doc says they won't settle much more this is pretty much it but they'll fluff a bit and swelling will go down, so we'll see. Im sure you look great, post pix!
March 28, 2015
Aww give ur self some time. Once they heal after a few weeks you will feel better. I think they look proportioned, full, and pretty :)
April 13, 2015
Thanks! Im feeling a bit better :)
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March 29, 2015
I think you look fabulous happy healing.
April 13, 2015
Thanks! Feeling a bit better about them now :)
May 8, 2015
I'm scheduled to get mine done next week on the 13th. Haven't had much feedback on my first posts so I just search for other people's experiences. I'm currently a small A (if that) and I find a 32 fits better than a 34, never actually been sized before though. My goal is full C/small D so my ps had me try sizers 350cc-425cc. I wouldn't mind being a full D but my husband wants me to look natural.. I think not for exactly the right reasons, and I would love to let him be as happy as possible but at the same time this is not at all for him or to show off, I just want to feel confident again and be happy with at least one aspect of myself.. I don't mind not looking natural in the bedroom as long as while fully clothed I can get away with those not knowing me not being to tell as I'm actually quite conservative and really try to avoid any unnecessary attention. I liked the 400cc sizers best but am going to see if the 425 will fit since I'll lose some from going under the muscle, but if he can't comfortably them in I'm fine with going down to 400.. I go back and forth on whether I'm going too large, but Then I look back at in love with my boobs I was while nursing- I would shockingly jump from A cup to DD/DDD.. Even with my petite typical 5'1 and 98lb frame. Reading other experiences still hasn't quite helped me decide if I'm making the right choice and which direction to go, but since I have the skin I know the 400 will fit at the very least.. Are you still wishing you'd gone larger?
May 8, 2015
Still wishing I went larger for sure. With your frame you would have to go high profile to go larger and that's something you need to decide if you want to do or not. In clothes I think I look the same as I always have, especially from before kids when I was a very small B. So what's the point of them? I only got 275 and I'm a full 32D. On small frames you go up in cup size very quickly. 350 would probably be great on you! Good luck!!!
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May 8, 2015
I'm wishing I went larger too! Got 360cc I was so scared to get any bigger...... Really dumb of me... I WISH I at least got 400cc I woke up from surgery, grabbed my boobs & was was in shock, they were smaller then I expected
May 10, 2015
I know :( they settle and look bigger though give it some time you look great
January 5, 2016
Wow, they look amazing!! The shape and size looks gorgeous! It looks like your cleavage also dropped closer together too as they dropped?
UPDATED FROM ReadyForThem
2 days post

Feeling a bit better today

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So with the meds out of my system and having seen the Dr for my post-op today, I feel a little better. Im sure that once all is settled and im in a regular bra I'll feel a lot better. I appreciate that my PS cares to make sure I look natural and have a result I'll be happy with in the long run. Here I am Day 2 post op.

I have tape around my nipples where the incision is, they should fall of on their own. I go back to see the doc next week.

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March 29, 2015
Interested to know your height and weight?
March 29, 2015
5'4" 110, it's in my original review =) I took a look at your profile, with a 12 bwd, you can go much bigger than 270 HP. In HP you could easily go up to 400 and in Moderate Plus you could go up to 325. I don't know what you're starting with, but go bigger rather than smaller and save the disappointment. HP will create more of the upper pole / bubble effect, but if you like that, go with it. I wish I could have went bigger. Good luck!
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March 29, 2015
Thanks for sharing your story. I found it helpful and will keep this in mind when going to consult.
UPDATED FROM ReadyForThem
5 days post

5 days out, now getting a little bruising

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So I'm 5 days post op now and just now I'm stayig to bruise, which is annoying. I also feel a little lopsided today. I hate wearing the surgical bra and wish I could ditch it and go braless at home and get a regular bra for work. It's going to be so hard to find clothes to wear that don't show the surgical bra for two whole months! I definitely look exactly the same now without a bra as I did before with my super duper padded bra, so no one can tell I got my BA, which is depressing. Hopefully you'll be able to tell when I'm in a regular bra :(

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March 31, 2015
I didn't realize you just had your surgery a day before mine! Pretty cool that were healing together. Im sorry you're bummed hun I think your boobies turned out great! Mine are super high and look like torpedo boobies which is what I was afraid of with hp. I think ill be one of those women who has to wait three months before they improve. You look great already. :)
April 13, 2015
Thanks! HP drop to look wonderful after, im thinking I should have done that. It takes longer to see the drop but it's worth it!
March 31, 2015
I Had my surgery the 27th. I hate this itchy annoying bra too! Honestly makes me look just as flat. It's just patience until maybe a real bra will make me look like I FINALLY have something! Your results look great!
April 1, 2015
I hope so :( I want to go bra shopping!! Good luck to you!
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April 2, 2015
My doctor told me that he usually doesn't fill them as full as they can go so that way if women feel they are too small later he can inject more saline in the office without having to go back to surgery. I'm not sure if that's an option in your case, but it may be something to ask about.
April 3, 2015
Mine are silicone :(