32 Yo, Mom to Three, 5'7" 147 Lbs. 400cc Under the Muscle - Salt Lake City, UT

Well tomorrow will be the three week mark since my BA. My only complaints are that my nipples feel so raw. That same feeling you get when you're first nursing a baby. And my incisions are still sore. But overall I feel pretty great! I'm even wishing I had gone a little bit bigger! But I think they look great in clothes. I think if I had gone bigger I'd feel like I looked fatter up top which I really didn't want. I'm glad I've taken regular pictures so I can see the slow progress they're making. The top picture is from one week after surgery and the bottom picture was taken today. If you look at my scars you can see how the implant has dropped closer to my incisions in just that two week period. Not a huge change in appearance otherwise but they're dropping! Slowly but surely.

I got my stitches removed yesterday. Mine weren't the dissolving kind. It didn't hurt that bad! I'm pleased with my progress! Also dr said since I skipped my period I'm likely due to have a bad one next month. So that's just great. Also my scale is broken! My dr was concerned when I told him I'd gained ten pounds and he made me get on the scale at his office and said actually I'm showing you have lost three since your surgery... Oh gosh I could've hugged the man! We just moved and our scale had a lot of erosion around the battery when I took it out. And it's about ten years old. Well surprise! It's broken! I could've cried I was feeling so fat.

I made the mistake of weighing myself yesterday. Oh ladies, throw the scales away if you are getting BA surgery. Throw them in the garbage, have your husband, significant other, bff whoever, hide them in a place where you can't find them for a few weeks, bury them in a pit, hit them with a sledgehammer, do whatever, but do NOT, I repeat do NOT step on a scale until you are at least four weeks past surgery. I got on that scale and got lightheaded like....it's broken!! That's the only explanation! I immediately started hyperventilating and bawling and my husband, (bless his heart) had to spend the next twenty mins "talking me off the ledge" so to speak. I'm about to get real ladies and I was plus ten pounds! I was immediately looking on here and researching the weight of my implants (400ccs = roughly 1.75 lbs FYI) post surgical weight gain and apparently it's normal--water weight, and constipation are the two biggest culprits yadda yadda. I look and feel bloated. It doesn't help that I appear to have skipped my period completely. I was due to start the day before surgery and I'm telling you, my body is like clockwork, and still no period. I was crampy today though so maybe soon. It's buggin. I even took a pregnancy test like, it would be an immaculate conception but it's happened before!! Haha. Negative of course--praise the heavens above. My stomach is usually quite flat and it's all kinds of bloated. I've been pregnant three times and I'm serious--I look pregnant! I haven't been having any more bathroom issues so I'm thinking it's part period part still that post surgical water retention. I'm starting regular walking this week and of course watching what goes in my body. Pray for me. I've never been petite although my figure is slim enough it's a lot of work for me to stay "semi slim"--especially after three babies all c-sections. Those tummy muscles just aren't the same. Doing my best to stay positive and know it's in my control and within my reach to get rid of this bloat. I don't feel sexy--even with my new additions. That's a real bummer :( my husband did say today though, and I quote, "I love your boobs." I was like that's great honey, they cost you $6000.