Breast Augmentation and TT with Lipo on waist and lower back is the plan for July '15 - Dominican Republic

Hello ladies,

After much research and talking to 5 different doctors here in NY, FL and in DR, I have chosen to get a tummy tuck and breast augmentation with Dra. Yvelise Bello Paredes. I am very impressed with her work, all the women were of different sizes and are left like barbies... Whoa! I like where the Doc. marks the TT scar is placed below the belly button and a thin scar line. Docs in the States leave their patients all square shaped and with very high scar line and if they are really good at the TT they are gonna charge crazy amount $$$!! I also like her breast augmentations work. I am impressed with Dra. Bello work and very confident she will give me the best results possible.

I booked my ticket yesterday, so its official!!!! Dra. Bello was very pleasant to talk to. She calmed my nerves and assured me that as along as I follow her instructions everything will be fine. Also she told me that I won't be alone during this process and that I will be in the best care post op. --everything will be fine! I will be traveling alone and will be in a recovery house (i haven't to decide which one yet) for 9nights and 10days. My advantage is that I speak spanish (i am Dominican) and that my mother will fly down to meet me with my kids a week after my surgery and pick me up when I am done at the recovery house. Initially i was willing to go completely alone and only staying for the recovery days, but my mother was panicking that the time is too short.. what if something happens.. all valid concerns and we ended up with a huge summer trip. It is the best decision because I am actually staying there till July 30th at my mothers summer house giving me plenty of time to recover and able to see the Doc after my recovery time. I didn't want to come back to NY and then have complications. It's 4 months away and I want to share my journey so it might help others who might have doubts about traveling outside the United States. I am a nervous wreck, I have not traveled to DR since I was 14 yrs old so I am oblivious, except for what my mother and grandparents tell me whats going in with country. So technically i am pretty much a tourist, that is sad. Hopefully after my new body I can travel more.

I am 27 yrs old, I weigh 123lbs and I am 5"3. I am married and have two kids who really tore my body up :( As of June 2014 I finally decided that the summer of 2015, is my year! I have been working out and lifting weights 4x a week since June '14 and my body is changing/molding beautifully. I dropped from 131lbs to 123 lbs. it doesn't sound like a lot based on 6 months but I have managed to turn fat into muscle and I am very happy. My legs, bum, thighs, arms, back and chest are toning up. My waist was 32 inches and I have dropped down to 29inches!!! I'm still in shock???? with my results. I can feel my abs getting hard and flat, but you can't see them because of the excess skin that's hanging around, ugh. I wonder if they will show afterwards?

My problems:
My stomach stretch marks literally look like a road map..traveling to my bum..sigh.. And i have excess skin that gets in the way of my life! Lol, i haven't seen my belly button since my second pregnancy, that was 6yrs ago... Excess skin flaps over it, ugh. My boobs... Oh boy, they look traumatized.. I actually feel bad for the mistreatment my pregnancies and lifting weights have done to my boobs. I was a full and perky C/D cup and now I am a flat A/B cup :( they are so empty, I am sure the breast augmentation should fill them up nicely.

What do I want:

I don't have unrealistic demands or ideas. I know I will have a long scar and most of the existing stretch marks ( I don't really care, proof of my motherhood) from the TT it's better than what I have know. I don't even have an idol I want to look like, so I will pick a mermaid, lol! I just want to be the best me, I can be.. I am addicted to the gym and I am on the journey to have a fit body (not skinny). I want silicone D cups and have the best TT my skin will allow and to have an actually belly button!.. Hopefully i can lose 3 or 4 inches off my waist to be a size 26. Woop woop!

I have waited since 2012 to get this
surgery done. Many personal obstacles arose, like paying my college tuition or unexpected emergency costs have delayed my surgery but I think it was for the best, as of now i am the most fit i have ever been and with my surgery it will just enhance it! YaY!

Please excuse any type-os or grammar errors, I am writing this fast from my phone.

I will post pictures as soon as I get the courage... No seriously I will post pictures soon.

I cant stop thinking and dreaming about my trip this July! I'm getting that nervous feeling again just thinking about it but it is a good nervousness.

I haven't spilled the beans to many people about my surgery because I just don't want to hear the negative comments especially from people who don't know me that well. I need positive energy! My husband , my mother and kids support me 100% and that is all that matters to me. I feel here I can vent about my feelings and experience with others who know how I feel like and want to learn about my journey.

I will try to write as detailed and often as possible.

Finally had the courage to post my pre pics and for some strange reason all my pics are loading upside down... Great!

After a year of working my ass off at the gym, no regrets is my final conclusion. I'm happy I never gave up the gym or cut myself short of any workout. I feel great and have the energy of a 10yr and I can keep up with my children :)