32a with 400cc Moderate Plus Memory Gel Implants. Owensboro, KY

I have been anxiously awaiting to get breasts since all my friends did when they hit puberty in middle school/high school. Even when I hit puberty and my breasts "developed" I still only reached an A cup. My mom told me that she didn't develop until after she had children so I figured I would wait until after I had kids and re-assess at that point whether or not to have a cosmetic treatment. I had my son 6 days before my 29th birthday and the milk came in and I was so excited to actually have more than an ant hill, lol. Even at my fullest, I was only a B at absolute most. I was ok with that, seeming as I at least didn't look the same on my front side as I did on my back side. I nursed him for 11 months and once I quit, they disappeared. They didn't droop, sag, or anything like that, they just literally sucked back in to my little ole 32A. I got pregnant again a year and a half after that and went through the same thing. Got to a B while nursing and disappeared after I quit nursing.

So once my youngest was 3, I decided it was time to see about an augmentation. I reviewed a bunch of before and after photos for surgeons in my area and talked with people I knew who had the procedure done. Once I decided on the surgeon that I felt had the best results based on the photos on his website and from the people I spoke with that went to him, I scheduled a consultation. The consultation took about an hour and a half. I watched an hour long video of what to expect and to familiarize myself with the terms and any possible complications. The video was very informative and I felt it answered more questions than I would have even thought to ask. After the video, I met the doctor and a nurse in a consultation room where we discussed my expectations and what I wanted to achieve from the surgery. He took measurements all over my chest (width and height of nipples, distance of nipples, base of breasts, and a lot more that I can't even remember). Once he was finished measuring, they had me put on a non padded bra and a tight fitting tank top and placed sizers inside the bra. He said with my frame, his suggestion would be to go with a 350cc implant. My first reaction was "???????????? these things look huge!" So we decided to go with a 325cc instead. He said due to my hip width, he wouldn't suggest going any smaller than 325cc to give me a more balanced appearance. I asked him to take pictures of me with the sizers in so I could remember it and he of course said he would.

I scheduled my surgery and they sent me on my way with all sorts of information to read over and prepare me for my surgery. So over the course of the next couple days, I kept looking at the pics he took of me with the 350cc sizers and the more I looked at them, the more they looked "average". I think it was just the initial shock of literally having no breasts for 34 years and then seeing a c cup on me that made me think they looked huge but in actuality, they were very normal. Now I'm not saying I wanted ginormous breasts, but I figured if I was going to spend the money, I may as well go a little bigger. So I called the office back and decided I wanted to come in for a second consultation. The whole time I was there I kept apologizing but they said it wasn't a problem at all, that people do it all the time. The problem with the sizers is they only come in 100cc increments so he put 450cc sizers in and immediately I knew those were too big. He put the 350s back in and they looked fine, but I knew I wanted bigger. After looking at my measurements he had written down, he said he would be willing to go with 400cc, but anything more, I would need to find a different surgeon. This immediately reaffirmed to me that I made the right decision with my doctor. He knew his work reflected on him and wants his patients happy, but at the same time maintain his integrity to do great work! So we settled on 400cc. They gave me my prescriptions (an antibiotic, a pain med, a muscle relaxer, and an anti-nausea med), a website to order my post op bras, and told me to buy some hibicleanse.

Fast forward to the day before surgery...that day I was supposed to start my antibiotic. I was supposed to take one pill a day for five days and also wash from my chin to my hips with hibiclense. I did as directed, but had never used hibicleanse before. I thought it was supposed to be like a normal soap so I put some in my hand and applied it to my chest and kept rubbing expecting it to lather up. It didn't lather so I added more...and more...and more. Finally I resized it wasn't going to lather and was more like an iodine type substance. I was also instructed not to eat or drink anything past midnight.

I didn't sleep that well the that night. I think it was the nerves of everything that was going to happen. I thought about backing out more than once but since I had already paid for it and would loose $500 if I backed out, I decided to go through with it. I was so scared of the pain I was going to be feeling over the next few weeks!

I was supposed to be at his office at 7am for the surgery. He has everything in his office and my payment covered everything except for the prescriptions and the post op bras. I really liked the fact that I wouldn't be getting any additional bills for anesthesia or operating room bills or anything else. The $5095 covered the entire cost of the surgery. So I woke up and had to take another shower and use the hibicleanse again that morning. My friend took me to the doctors office that morning. Once there, they weighed me and took some before pictures. I changed into the surgical gown and was given a medication to calm my nerves a bit. A nurse came in and hooked up an IV and got another antibiotic going and after that was in, they put me on a normal saline solution. Soon after that, the anesthesiologist came in and explained to me what she would do and that the surgery should only last about an hour to an hour and fifteen minutes. After she left, the doctor came in and we confirmed once again that we were going to go with the 400cc mentor memory gel implants. He also had me stand up in front of him and did some drawing on my chest area.

Around 8:15, they took me over to the operating room and hooked up a oxygen monitor on one finger, a blood pressure monitor on the other arm and put my legs in these things that were supposed to help with circulation. They felt like blood pressure cuffs for my legs and would inflate and then relax. The only thing I kept thinking about them is how much I would have paid to have them while I was pregnant and had all the swelling in my legs, lol. They put an oxygen masks on me and told me to take deep breaths. After about 2 minutes, they told me they were going to start the anesthesia and when I woke up, I would be in recovery. That's the last thing I remember until I woke up.

I remember asking the nurse when I came to if I could look them and she said I could. I lifted the sheet and seen that for the first time in my life I had boobs. I literally high fived the nurse, which if you know me, that's of course what I would do, lol. They put the post op bra on and a band across the top of my breast to help push them into their pockets and helped me get dressed. Once that was done, they put me in a wheel chair and took me out to my friends car and told me to be back the next day for my one day follow up. Even though I am typing these all out on same day, I'm going to try to break them down into each day up until the current day so they don't get confused as to what day the pics were taken.

So yesterday was the big day! After I left the office, I wasn't sure how I would feel, so I planned on making it a just veg out in the recliner day, but honestly, I felt fantastic. I had zero pain, a little soreness, obviously some tightness in my chest from the skin stretching, but over all, felt fantastic. I ended up going and getting a pedicure but I made sure the massage chair was turned off because I didn't want all the jiggling and shaking that happens in those. My friend coaches cross country for a local middle school and was having a pizza party so I went to that. If you would have seen me, you would have never known I had surgery that day! I took my pain meds and muscle relaxers as indicated every four hours but honestly thought it was a waste because everything from my collar bone to my navel was numb anyhow. The night of surgery I propped up in a recliner and slept rather well. I woke up 2-3 times, but that is typical for me so I didn't think it was out of the norm.

The next day, I decided since I couldn't feel any pain, I wasn't going to take them as prescribed and only take them when I started to actually feel like I needed them. I ended up taking them about every 7 hours, but I wasn't taking them together. I would take either the muscle relaxer or the pain med and about 3-3 1/2 hours later, I would take the other. 

My one day follow up wasn't until 4:45 in the afternoon so I had some time that morning to do some things. Of course being anxious to know how "big" I was now, I went to the store and held up some bras to my new addditions outside of my clothes. I was easily filling out a 34C. They didn't have 32D at the store I was at so I wasn't able to see if I was that size or not. I was super happy considering though! 

That day for my follow up was the first time I was able to see them without the bra and band and I was nervous and excited at the same time! The follow up took all of about 10 minutes. The nurse came in and removed the band and the bra and then removed some sort of bandage that was placed over top of the steri-strips and I waited for the doctor to come in. I didn't realize how high they were on my chest until I had my friend take some pictures. All in all, I am still 100% satisfied with how everything is going. I am obviously anxious to see them once they have dropped. The doctor told me I would have a good idea of how they will look around 6 weeks post-op, and I told him I figured I would give it 3 months because I am realistic and know that things take time to heal and settle. I asked him if it was ok that I am not taking my meds every 3-4 hours and taking them less often because I don't feel like I need them. He assured me that it was perfectly fine to do that and that I could very well have a high threshold for pain. I just said I didn't think it was necessary to take pain meds if I'm not in pain. 



I was told my implants are still very high and was instructed to keep wearing my post op bra and band 24/7 except for when I am showering for the next four weeks. 



I am still a little sore but it feels like I just went to the gym and did a bunch of bench presses for hours on end. Other than soreness in the muscles and some tightness, I would say the band across the chest is the most uncomfortable thing because it is so tight. Not much pain though (which is funny because that is the thing I was most concerned about) 



The left breast is sitting higher than the right but I know from doing way to mush research that this is normal and they typically drop at different rates, so I am not concerned in the slightest.

It's been two days since surgery and I am currently needing to take the pain meds about every 6 hours. The majority of the numbness has wore off but I'm still feeling really good. I was scheduked to take three days off from work but since I felt ok, I decided to go to work for a half day today. I think the right breast is starting to have a little settling but that may just be wishful thinking. The left breast is still sitting very high but I am keeping my band on all the time except for when I shower and making it as tight as I possibly can and as high as I can so that I'm not pressing them flat at the top but more so down.

I am feeling very swollen and uncomfortable under my left arm pit and discovered why today when I went to take a shower and look at them. I have a very large bruise on the left side and I have bruising forming in the creases on both breasts. Other than the soreness, not too much pain today either.