Nervous but Excited - Orange, CA

1 month: Had my 3 week post-op appointment and everything is going well. My PS said I could stop massaging the top part of my breasts, that they had settled adequately but continue pushing them together to stretch out the cleavage skin. I started sleeping on my side at 3 weeks, traveled comfortably to Europe for a week, and only experience a mild "morning boob." It finally feels fine to lift my arms over my head and use my arms normally. My breasts still hurt when I hug or bump up against something. I bought my first wireless bra today and it was a 34C. Bought my first bathing suit and it was a medium/large. I look like I have big boobs in a bathing suit or naked, but look totally proportionate in clothes. Overall, happy and with boobs :).

Day 19: Had some issues with chaffing because of wearing a sports bra 24/7, but started putting vasoline on my nipples and moroccan oil on the rest of my breasts and it seems to be helping. My implants still feel firm, but in looking at my progression pictures, my boobs are definitely starting to drop/soften in shape. I am still tight in the morning (other posters call it morning boob), but feel better in the afternoon. They still don't feel apart of me, but instead of feeling like rocks they now feel like over-filled water balloons. I haven't had any zingers like others have mentioned. My nipples are still sensitive but I don't cringe anymore when they rub up against anything. Overall, I think I've hit my stride and am feeling well. I took pain killers the first 2 days and muscle relaxers for the first 5 days. Since then I haven't taken any medication. I am still sleeping on my back, massaging the top of my breasts a couple times a day and squeezing them together a couple of times a day.

Day 13: I am surprised how quick the pain and tightness fades away. When my girlfriends ask me what it was like- I tell them it feels like working out your upper body for 18 hours straifght and then trying to get out of bed the next morning- entire upper body hurts. Fast forward 13 days and life is (almost back to normal). The mornings are still unpleasant, sleeping on my back sucks, turning the steering wheel driving is still uncomfortable... But I don't feel like a robot with my elbows next to my side anymore. Swelling has gone down considerably- now I know why women often say they could have gone bigger, you get used to the (bigger) swollen breasts and it's kind of a bummer when they get smaller.