The Truth after 6 weeks and 2 days PO FTT/MR/Lipo

Hello my fellow Tummy Tuckers and Real Selfers! My name is LexC, and I literally itching with excitement because today I scheduled myself for a long awaited, much deserved Mommy Tuck! And by that I mean a full tummy tuck with muscle repair and a little lipo love!

I am all of 23 years old, but the past 3 years have aged me tremendously, gracefully of course :). I have to beautiful delicious baby girls, they are 2 yrs and 1 yr old (insert GASP here) yes they are 11 months apart. I adore my Irish Twinnies, and have been busy juggling to toddlers, LITERALLY juggling...but I have also been Jiggling, down under---->my shirt :( , which I am less than thrilled about.

SO here's what got me here---I am 4'10" (no I am not legally a little person, although sometimes I wonder)...therefore my prego bellies had nowhere to go but OUT, and OUT they went...but when the darling chubsters vacated the premises, I was left with what look like a deflating balloon that's been rained on and stepped on, Not purdy to say the least. I have been PREOCCUPIED, depressed, self conscious, every negative self loathing feeling u can conjure up, i've felt since having my babies. It has been so bad that I kid you not, my own husband has NOT been allowed to see the Elephant skin that torments me, since our first daughter was born.

I had always toyed around with the idea of a tummy tuck, deep down inside wondering how I would ever be able to afford it...until one day in the shower- I thought I heard footsteps coming towards the bathroom, and I literally choked with anxiety trying desperately to cover my self with the shower curtains so I could run and lock the door, before my husband could barge in and see my shameful body....SAD I know...It was then that I knew that something had to give. I had always been very confident, pretty popular, and always blessed with love and attention, but now, that was all slipping into the folds of my extra baby skin (YUCK, sorry for the visual)! So I made a plan, I promised my self a year to save for my procedure, research doctors, look up (more like STALK) Real Selfer's and their reviews, and then when I was ready, make my appt, do a happy dance, and join Real Self!

SOO Here I am today! I have scheduled my appt, paid for my procedure and now I am left with a crap-load of anxiety, excitement, and an overall "OhMahGosh I can't believe this is happening" feeling! My husband has been supportive since day one (partly because he is tired of hearing my whine)..but nevertheless, his support is appreciated! My doctor has been a DREAM so far, taking his precious time to explain the procedure complete with jokes, anecdotes , and theatrical performance (my kinda guy!). I feel very confident with the doctor I chose, he suggested I do a little lipo and charged me very little extra, which was darling of him! I am in the process of losing weight to maximize my result (on the cube of cheese a day diet!) I currently weigh 118, and I hope to lose 10 lbs by April, (crossing fingers). My biggest concern right now is preparing for surgery, so if anyone has any suggestions (scar strips, vitamins, or just letting me know how bad the pain sucks) it would all be much appreciated!! My daughter's 2nd birthday is on May 19th, so I hoping I will be good to plan her party by then.

Well, this journey begins here. I thankful to be in the (online) presence of so people who know that you cannot just simply "Work Out" sagging skin or stretchmarks (I get tired of hearing that)! Thanks to you all for listening, your advice is welcome as much as it is needed! Happy Nip and Tucking :)

So sorry for the typos in the previous post, I guess I was a little too excited to spell correctly! Well today I got amazing news, my mom will be flying in from NYC to help with the recovery process and the kiddos! (we're military and live out of town). In the meantime I have been flooding my brain with preop preparation , post op recovery, high tension tummy tucks, regular ones (did not know there was a difference)...the list goes on. I guess my main concern can't really be eased by Google...I'm terrified of my scar being too high , my ps assured me it wouldn't be, so perhaps I'm irrational , but I'm obsessed with the fear...I do want to wear a bikini again , and I hope that's not too much to ask...anyway I'm happy that the basics have been taken care of, now all I have to do is endure the anguish of waiting 4 weeks before I'm willingly cut open...can't wait!!!

Well Ladies I am still 3 weeks and change away from my TT. I am still super excited but I have since started to obsess about other parts of my body ugh, I guess we girl's are never totally satisfied. My boobies are quite non-existent ( I wear a very smalll B probably closer to an A) and I am having flash backs of how much I Despised my chiquita bananas pre- pregnancies and belly bulge. So I have been going back and forth on the idea for boobies, I have to make that decision very soon though. Anywho, in other news, I have an appt with my Pricary Care Doc for blood work and clearance for my surg (he better pass me with flying colors if he wants the rest of his day to go smoothly)--hehe kidding! (sorta). I am oddly excited for this clearance appt, I guess it feels like a validation of sorts. I have tired my eyes out from peeling through countless before and afters and have decided to switch gears and obsess of compression garments. My doc is going to give me one, but I am soo confused, like: Does this mean I do not have to buy more? I see so many women on hear who buy like 20 different CG's. If so, which do I buy, there are like a gazillion choices!!

Dieting: This needs it's own section to really get the full feel of my RANT! I am dieting, my PS said that extreme diets are no bueno prior to surg, so I kicked the meal replacements, and I am well within 10-15lbs of my goal weight, but I want to produce more skin by losing belly fat to make sure the PS has more than enough skin to hide my scar as low as possible. My worse fear (or one of the 7000 worst fears) is that my scar will be too high to wear a sexy bikini...I've seen many pics on here with women modeling rather modest or high waisted bikinis and I can't help but wonder if that's a style choice or a sacrifice to conceal a neck-high scar...hard to decipher in pics. But my dieting has been rather successful, I've lost 6 lbs in 2 weeks, not to shabby I would say. I've kicked every drink but water, all junk food snacks, and have been monitoring my portions. I have also been substituting alot of starchy or fried sides for greens, I don't feel like i'm starving myself, but i'm seeing results :). Have not been working out much, not sure what difference that would make now....

I have been following many March Tummy Tuckers reviews and they have definitely put many of my fears at ease. Hope I can provide the same type of anecdotal support to future hot mamas..but first I gotta get cleared, that's tomorrow, (wish me luck!!)