POSTED UNDER Natrelle Breast Implants Reviews
5'6", 112, 339cc Natrelle Style 15 - Omaha, NE
UPDATED FROM newmom16
2 days post
Day 3: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
WORTH IT$5,600
The Good: Saw my PS yesterday an he gave me the ok to take off the strap and the surgical bra!!!! I'm suppose to just free boob it and let gravity do it's job. Oh man, it feels so good. I think all of my back pain the first 24hours was from that darn strap. Even sleeping upright last night was super comfortable with that thing gone. They definitely look bigger in a bra. And they are still riding high. I can't wait til they drop down and fill the bottom more :) my pain has been amazingly low today. Dropping down from 2 hydrocodone every 4 hours to just 1, and hopefully tomorrow or Friday will switch to ibuprofen. My mother-in-law could not believe how good everything looks just 2 days after surgery. Gotta say, I'm pleasantly surprised too!
The Bad: the drain they put in for the diastasis/hernia repair feels SO weird! And the compression garment is getting itchy. But I can't believe how not bloated I am! I haven't even pooped yet, but haven't eaten much so I don't think I'm constipated. But I feel like my tummy is already flatter than it was before!! Oh, and yes, my boobs have been makin weird squelching, suction sounds. This is normal, for the first month, as the air pockets trapped in there are released. But right now it's like I have squeaker toys in my chest :)
The Ugly: the bellybutton looks totally weird and gross, I know. But I've seen some other umbilical hernia repairs and that's just how they are for a while. In about a month he said the swelling will go down and there will be a depression that will make it look like a cute little belly button. He'll take the stitches out when he takes the drain out, either this Friday or next Monday.
The Bad: the drain they put in for the diastasis/hernia repair feels SO weird! And the compression garment is getting itchy. But I can't believe how not bloated I am! I haven't even pooped yet, but haven't eaten much so I don't think I'm constipated. But I feel like my tummy is already flatter than it was before!! Oh, and yes, my boobs have been makin weird squelching, suction sounds. This is normal, for the first month, as the air pockets trapped in there are released. But right now it's like I have squeaker toys in my chest :)
The Ugly: the bellybutton looks totally weird and gross, I know. But I've seen some other umbilical hernia repairs and that's just how they are for a while. In about a month he said the swelling will go down and there will be a depression that will make it look like a cute little belly button. He'll take the stitches out when he takes the drain out, either this Friday or next Monday.
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UPDATED FROM newmom16
1 day post
Day of surgery
Leading up to the surgery I was cooking, freezing meals, cleaning, and organizing like I was about to have a baby. Guess I was getting read for twins :). I also started taking miralax 5 days before the surgery, just to try to preempt constipation. Also got dried apricots and prunes to snack on. Got a sneak peek in bed and later that night! Profile. I'm sure I could have gone 371 and been fine, but my PS said if I wanted to err on the side of smaller the 339's would still give me the look I wanted. I have always had a natural gap, so that doesn't bug me too much.
Replies (3)
L
February 17, 2016
I'm so glad I found your review! Just wish I had more time to 'follow' you and see your final results :) I'm going in for surgery in just a couple hours and STILL stressing about size...339 or 325 which I know is soooo close but I'm worried one will be too big and the other too small! we have very similar stats and similar pre-op breasts (I too got TOTALLY deflated from breastfeeding!) But I'm 5'7". Anyway, the size looks great on your so far, congrats and happy healing :)
N
February 17, 2016
I you are 5'7", you could totally do 339!! Now that they are in me, I think the difference between 339 & 371 would have been so small, I just felt more at peace with th smaller size. Good luck with whichever you choose!!!! I'm adding some more pics today :)
M
March 4, 2018
they look great!!! I too am small framed and don’t want enormously noticeable. thanks for sharing this a us helped me see the difference w low profile. I was a small C before breast feeding and now a 32 b with major gaping cup. lost all fullness up top! I’ll probably go a tad bigger than that but yours look amazing! good job ping w your instincts!
M
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Also, just have to say your stomach looks great! I can totally see the difference already! I haven't really talked about this on my rs review aside from a brief side note, but I was also blessed with an umbilical hernia from my son. I had the hernia repaired when he was 5 months, but just had a general surgeon do it (insurance wouldn't cover a plastic surgeon doing it) and while she fixed the hernia, she left large knotted up stitches directly behind my belly button which did not help the case aesthetically (even though I did express to my surgeon that I cared how it looked as well). :( so last August I had a ps do a revision, which did make an improvement, but still not back to it's pre-pregnancy look (after the hernia repair and before the cosmetic surgery, it actually stuck out a little bit...my ps got it to where it was flat with my stomach, not sticking out, but I want it back in at least a little bit to where I can't see it from my view!) So at my 3 month post-op, my surgeon said that he did think he could get it a little bit better and very graciously offered to do another revision at no cost...So actually just yesterday I had that surgery...belly button one day, boobs the next! Lol anyway, fingers are crossed that 3rd times a charm because I really don't think I would give it another shot if not, I would just have to learn to accept it :)
Anyway, Just wanted to share my experience with you since I hadn't seen anyone else post about an umbilical hernia on here (although I admittedly have only been researching boobs, not hernias ;)
I'm very happy for you to be taking charge and getting your body back..it really is important for us to feel confident once again after babies! Good luck with everything, I think you'll heal beautifully!
Congratulations on your surgeries! Feel free to join the February 2016 breast augmentation surgery forum for some additional post op support!