On the road to recovery- Oklahoma City, OK

Hello. I'm 5'3", 130 pounds, mother of 2 ( ages 20 months and 5 months). I gained a total of 40 pounds each pregangcy, natural birth with normal sized babies. I nursed my first and am currently nursing my second. I plan to quit nursing in March. I have had various levels of physical activity over the years, I'm currently exercising a couple times a week. I have promised myself I wouldn't let pregnancy get me down about my body. Since we are moving to Japan this summer, I had to pick up my plans to get the procedures done a little earlier than hoped. I've been to one PS, and. Found him to be competent and pleasant. The staff were friendly and the prices reasonable to what I have seen on line. I'm sure I will have more questions and concerns as I get closer.

Right now my only wonder is, my PS just opened his clinic up for the procedures rather than going to the hospital. It won't change my costs any. Will it still be safe, I'm thinking yes. However, I'm still considering it.

I do plan to post before picks as I get closer and if I can figure out how to do it on here. Do I have to put them on YouTube first?! Besides no one really. Ares what I look like before untill I've got after pics. Or at least I haven't when reading other posts.

I've been grudgingly cutting back on the breastfeeding. I stopped pumping at work, but haven't gone any further. Sometimes Im frustrated with the lack of independence, but at the same time I don't want to give up the bond we share while nursing. My PS needs at least 1 month without me breast feeding before he will proceed with the mommy makeover. My little angel will be 6 months on the 26th. To keep my sx date on may 1 I'll need to be completely done be 1april. But a lot can happen over the next month and a half. I need to be starting Her on baby food soon and I can already feel her teeth just under the surface waiting to pop through. Yikes! My weight is going down too, I'm much closer to my healthy weight of 126...slowly plugging along. Well this is me rambling on...best wishes everyone.

I went in for a consult yesterday and got the formal estimate. Dr. Porterfield recommended a mini tummy tuck with above the muscle gel breast implants. I'm very excited, but nervous about the results. He mentioned drooping but didn't recommend a breast lift. During the discussion of size...I want to be proportional. In order to do this he recommended between 350-400ccs, a large C/ small D. Looks like I'll have some big ladies soon! Also, he didn't recommend any lipo so I'm concerned about "dog tags" as i've seen commented in other posts or a result less stellar if lipo was included. Regardless, I have faith things will look great after I'm done. I'm anxiously waiting for 1 May!!!