10 Days Till Surgery - Richmond, CA

Hi, my name is Jazminn I'm 27 years old and I live in the bay area. I have had boobs since elementary school. Like literally breast that needed a bra. I don't remember a time I didn't have big breast. I've always looked older than I really was and got too much negative attention from older boys and men which I'm sure was because my large breast. It seemed like my breast almost instantly began to sag. I've fluctuated weight my whole life, but not enough to make my breast sag. On top of that I have large areolas which I hate just as much as the sagging.

Fast forward I've always had great health insurance, but never thought I could get a breast reduction completely free of cost. One day I emailed my Dr. and asked him how I would go about getting a breast reduction. He referred me to a surgeon and soon as he seen me he said I was a candidate. It was weird having an older man fondle my boobs but by any means I needed smaller breast. I ended up getting a date for some time in May 2015. We were some time in 2014.

Fast forward some more I got married Dec 2015 and was pregnant by January almost immediately after removing my IUD. That meant I couldn't have surgery right? I didn't care I was too excited to be somebody's mama. I had actually forgot about the surgery until they called to confirm in which I informed them I was pregnant.

Had my beautiful daughter Phoenyx October 2015. My breast grew from a 40f during pregnancy to a 40g. And even bigger when my milk came in. Not sure how much bigger though because I'm still squeezing these balloons in a 40g. Right now my boobs are massive and saggy and i literally hate them. You know how irritating it is for family and friends to constantly tell you how big your boobs are like I don't see them every day. Like [RS bleep] DUHH!!! Sometimes I wonder how my husband is even attracted to me. He reassures me that he married my boobs too when he married me so he doesn't have a problem with them. Love will make you do some crazy things.
Anyways early 2016 I decided to try again for a reduction which i was approved for basically immediately. And we decided to aim for late June early July. At the time I was on a weight loss journey so my surgeon said it was best to wait until I was done so my breast wouldn't sag from weight loss. I lost 25 lbs and as of now I gained all but 8 lbs back. Long story short my husband had to be hospitalized for a month due to a life threatening car accident so after that it was all fast food and no time for gym. He's home now and better, but my motivation for the gym is gone.

If I happen to lose weight again after this and my boobs sag a little I don't care it feel like anything is better than this plus I don't think they will because I never lose weight in my breast. I know I will be weighed and my surgeon will probably comment on how I gained weight but I don't care.

In order for a reduction to be not considered cosmetic you have to have some type of pain from them. Both surgeons never asked me if I had pain. My boobs are just that huge it's assumed.

Okay I rambled enough. Surgery is on the 29th. I'm so scared and excited at the same time it's all I can think about.

So surgery was yesterday morning and I just woke up feeling like WTF did I do to myself. The pain is In the bottom crease of my breast and on the sides where the drains are.
About yesterday. Post op was at 9:30 surgery at 11:30 till about 4pm. Everything went smoothly far as timing. Everyone was really nice made me feel really comfortable. I was so excited for this procedure don't think I ever had a nervous moment. Just a "wow this is really happening" feeling.
It felt like it went by really quick. All I remember is the nurse saying "you're going to feel a little woozy" and then I woke up from a dream. First thing I said was where is my boobs? I felt like I had a double mastectomy. I'm so used to having huge hanging boobs to look down and their right on my chest felt weird. Feels weird. The surgeon said I might be 2 lbs lighter when she got done she ended up removing 5lbs from me. That is a lot. I'm worried she may have made them too small, but she reassured me she left plenty, they're at least a D and kept telling me how perky they are. My only issue with that is she's like a small A so I don't know what a lot to her is. I still wanted big boobs, but not huge. She said they're proportionate to my body. The nurse said she sits you up during surgery and is very particular. I kept hearing how great of a surgeon she was and how lucky I am to have her.
I won't get to see my new boobies until August 3rd when I get my drains removed. Honestly though the way I feel now I don't even want to see them. I was okay yesterday. I made me soup and even muffins for dessert. Now today I feel like a truck ran over me. I think yesterday the numbing medication I heard the Dr. is so generous with was in full effect now today it has worn off.
Also my forearm where the joint is hurted horribly when I woke up and it had gotten better from me stretching it now after sleeping again it's hurting again. I'm going to include a before picture for now since I won't have an after till Wednesday so you can see the big balloons I was carrying around. When I look at that picture I wonder how I found a man to love me enough to marry me with those things. I feel like he won't show much enthusiasm about my new breast because he doesn't won't me to feel bad about the old ones.
Feel free to ask me anything about my experience I didn't already mention

Finally got a little peek at my new boobies. I have a appointment this morning at 10 am and I'll get a better look then and also my drains removed. I hope my Dr doesn't really think I was going to wait 5 days to get a look at what she did to me. At first I had no desire to look because I was in so much pain I was afraid I was going to hurt myself, but I got the courage to look last night and I must say I am satisfied. My surgeon did a awesome job far as I can see so far. I feel like the picture makes them look bigger than what they are. I was expecting them not to look so good so early compared to what I've seen on this sight. I think having the drains help them heal a lot better. I don't really feel swollen at all. I'm sure there is swelling, but it's not obvious where. A lot of people's breast look big and boxy like they're about to burst. My assumption is the reason why is because they don't have drains to help get rid of all the excess fluid. So yes they are irritating as hell, starting to hurt and itch like hell but I can tell they help.
Anyways like I said doctors appointment tomorrow and hopefully after then I won't have to be so bandaged up. But I just wanted to show you a little peek at them.