36 Years Old, 3 Kids, 5'6", 135-140 Lbs. Allergan Natrelle Inspira TSF 415 Silicone Implants & Mini Tummy Tuck - San Antonio, TX

I've always had small breasts (36A/34B) that were disproportionate to my very full backside. When I was in my early 20’s, I had a consultation with a PS regarding my desire for implants with my newly minted husband. I left the consultation excited to do it. However, after giving it some thought (per the gracious recommendation of the PS), I concluded that I was going to finish having children before pursuing it further.
10 years later, I approach the subject again with my husband. He was opposed to it initially. That lasted for about a day. Then he created an account on realself (I took over it now, haha, but hence the football user name), researched a ton, bought into the idea, and became extremely supportive of it. This website has been extremely helpful in educating us.
My husband started talking about things like implant profiles and sizes that made me realize I needed to get myself more educated. I read a lot about implants, the sizes women went with that were of similar build to myself, the outcomes, as well as women's regrets about implants (“when in doubt, always go bigger for size.”) When it came time for the consultation with my PS, I felt very educated in our decision making process. Had I not gone here, I would have told him that I wanted to go small and natural. But based on what many women have said about wanting to go bigger, I said I wanted a small D cup. I showed the PS pictures of how my breasts looked when I was nursing (he said they looked like a D cup) along with a few other “wish photos” I had brought. I also asked my PS what could be done about some excess wrinkly skin I had after pregnancy in my lower abdomen. My upper abdomen and muscles overall were in good shape. He said I was a good candidate for a mini tummy tuck, and he showed me that the incision would be low enough that it wouldn't show. I hadn’t read up about mini tummy tucks like I had implants. After the consultation I looked at many before vs. after photos of women like me with a little “extra pooch” that had me sold on a mini tummy tuck as a good idea.
At first I was extremely excited in my decision to undergo surgery. However, excitement turned to nervousness in the days leading up to surgery, and I was thoroughly questioning my decision to undergo a double elective surgery. But then I realized how much faith I had in my surgeon based on his experience and all the positive comments I had heard from other patients of his well (fellow colleagues of mine) as well as the raves about his work from his coworkers. So by the day of surgery, I was very relaxed and ready for it. Before I went back to the OR, my PS and I discussed the size of implants. He recommended 385 cc. I said I'd like a little bigger, 400 CCS if possible. We didn't talk much at all about the mini tummy tuck. He drew on my abdomen where the incision was going to be, and it was in a much higher spot than where he had pointed to me in the pre surgical consultation. My husband questioned the location of the marks after my PS had left. At no point had the PS checked to see where my underwear fit in relation to where the incisions were going to br. All the markup was done with me completely naked. After the PS left, my husband came back to be with me before I went to the OR. He advised me to ask the PS why the markings for the incision were so high. But I didn't feel the need to ask because of the trust I had in the surgeon.
All I remember is waking up from surgery with pain in my breasts and feeling content to actually have some good sized ones there finally. I was very nauseous for the next 12 hours. I threw up a little in the middle of the night on a trip back from the bathroom. My arms and chest were so sore that I couldn't even feed myself. It felt as if I had done the most intense chest workout of my life.
The following day, it was more of a very uncomfortable pressure feeling than pain. My breasts felt very engorged, as if I could easily nurse 7 babies. On day 2, I was feeling a little better but very gassy. On day 3, the drain in my tummy tuck area was very bothersome. Any time it was moved in any direction, it would hurt really bad. By day 4, I was no longer taking pain meds. It felt like an eternity had passed by, and I wasn’t very patient with the healing process. Time seems to stand still when sitting around all day recovering. My breasts still felt under a lot of pressure, but I had virtually no pain in the mini tummy tuck area ever unless pressure was put on that area. By the sixth day, I could fully move my arms again, and I went back to a half day of work schedule. I also had the drain removed in the tummy tuck area, which was an additional relief.
I'm now 7 days out and feel really good. I am really happy with the breast augmentation. I like knowing that I’ll have very flat abs too once the healing is done, but the incision is so high that nothing I have will cover it as far as being able to show off my abs. My PS told me when I brought my concern about the high incision that the incision will drop over time. However, I was very disappointed to see the other women who have complained about their incisions being too high were also under false hopes that the incision line would drop. It would have to drop several inches to look decent. And I know that's going not going to happen. All I can hope for at this time is a really good scarring process.

I wanted to mention here some of the ways I've been able to heal so comfortably. The PA who works with my PS advised I get a good fitting Underarmour sports bra. I went out and got one the morning after my surgery, as the one provided was very thin and not supportive. I was also given a very rigid abdominal binder that probably would have fit a large man well. For me, it was digging into my skin and boobs. Luckily, one of my colleagues had a Mommy Makeover right before me. I didn't know it until she was wheeled out into the recovery room (which is also the pre-op room, where I was waiting to be taken back.) I was telling her after surgery how much discomfort the binder was causing me, and she offered me one of her extra binders (Dale Abdominal Binder) that she had ordered in advance. What a world of difference that new binder made!!! My PA (she follows up with me after surgery rather than my PS) also recommended I buy a camisole to wear to keep the binder from rubbing on the incision. So I bought a camisole and a shaping liner, both of which come with compression. I like wearing either one!

Oops, I just realized that I put in the wrong surgery date so my posting timings are not correct. I don't think there's a way I can change it. My surgery was last week (on the 15th of Dec, not the 8th).