37 Yr Old Mom of 3 Who Has Always Wanted Breast Enhancement! - Oak Brook, IL

Here are some photos I took over the weekend.

Today I am 6 days post op and feeling pretty great. Aside from soreness periodically throughout the night and first thing in the morning I don't have too much pain at all anymore. More than anything my incisions (below my breast) are starting to a bit itchy and uncomfortable. Sometimes I feel those pangs and twinges from the nerves but not too often. I have to say, much of this recovery from breast augmentation, for me, has been very very similar to breastfeeding. The soreness feels like I'm engorged, when I massage my breasts it has that feeling of expressing milk and the breast feels so much better. It's so similar to me, in fact, that when I step in to the shower I cover my nipples like I did when I was breastfeeding (because they get so sore and cracked and the water pressures KILLS on the nipples during the first few days/weeks of breastfeeding) and then I giggle remembering that I'm not breastfeeding, rather, I have beautiful breasts.....albeit swollen. I'm very surprised at how well my recovery is going so far. I continue to be very careful with what I do throughout the day, I don't pick up my kids or the laundry basket or anything too heavy, I move slowly and I massage my breasts often during the day. I'm deathly afraid of capsular contracture! And surprisingly, my back is the most sore of anything, I suppose due to my subconscious bending and bad posture these past few days and the area where they put the IV in for the anesthesia is still quite sore. I hate IVs!

Tomorrow is my first day by myself with the kids all day long. I'm very nervous about it. My husband will be sure to take the boys out of their cribs in the morning and I have a sitter coming from 12:30-3:30 to take care of the kids and to give me a little break and to see the PS again for my 1 week check up. The sitter will put my littlest one down for a nap in his crib and also take him out of his crib. I can change his diaper just fine as long as he doesn't fight me too much or kick me. The only other thing I'm concerned with getting the kids into their car seats. My 5 and 3 year old can help out pretty good but my 1 year old is a beast and the car seat is where many battles occur (he screams, kicks, claws, head butts, etc because he does not want to go in it). So going places will be a challenge. But I can give myself lots of extra time and take it slow and protect myself and we (I) will be fine.

Anyway, that's my update for today. I hope everyone is enjoying their Memorial Day. I will post some pics soon.....I just hate how swollen and bloated my tummy has been lately.

I woke up this morning a bit sore (I didn't have my pain pump which I think helped to mask some of the pain the first two days) but feeling great overall. I have only had to take Tylenol today and not the Hydrocodon, which makes me feel loopy and nauseous, I finally went number 2 (probably too much info but seriously my stomach couldn't get any bigger from not going and being so bloated) and I took a shower. So I'm feeling pretty good right now. Last night I slept OK. I think I may have overdid some things yesterday with the kids and my youngest son did cry out twice last night when my husband was out with his friends so I had to get up to tend to him which I think may have caused some soreness in my left arm and it lasted until about 1am. I also switched to sleeping in the bed last night rather than our chaise lounge so maybe that is why I only slept OK. I have been massaging my breasts per the PS's orders and taking off my bra to let my girls breathe and relax a bit. It feels so good when I take the surgical bra off. Anyway, gotta cut this post off quickly because all 3 kids are having meltdowns and my husband is pretty much done with taking on all the responsibility. I knew it wouldn't last long! Gotta tend to mommy duties.