Feeling Anxious, Nervous and Excited - Scottsdale, AZ

I'm travelling to Phoenix in November to have my Mommy Makeover! I'm 47 and Mom to three girls--two teens and an 8 year old. After 3 consultations I chose Dr. John Corey. I will be having a breast augmentation and a maxi mini tummy tuck with lipo of hips and flanks. My husband will stay home with the girls and my two closest friends will come with me to look after me. I'm excited about this as I've wanted to do something about my c- section pooch since I had that baby girl. And my breasts have always been quite small so I've wanted to have them done for years--ever since I realized they weren't going to get any bigger than an A cup. I'm 5'9", 158 lbs. As many women on here say, I'm tired of trying things on that don't fit right--especially bathing suits! I've bought VS add two size bras and bathing suits but I always feel like its so obviously fake. Plus when I'm in my padded bikini top and I bend over or lay sideways the gap between the material and my post baby boobs gives me away!

Now that I have a surgery date I'm experiencing many contradictory emotions. Sometimes I'm excited for the new me, other times I'm feeling extremely self absorbed and superficial-- I'm worried about how some people will react and about the cost. Oh and I'm also worried/scared about the recovery.

I had a very interesting conversation with a young woman who has had a lot of plastic surgery done post gastric sleeve weight loss. She was excited for me when I told her what I was doing. I told her that I was concerned about telling someone close to me in my family (with a negative opinion about people who get "work done") about my surgery. This young woman said that she believes that people ( women) with a negative attitude toward plastic surgery are often really just jealous. I hadn't thought about it that way before! That helped me when I finally got the courage to tell my family member. She really surprised me by saying that she had considered the same thing for years! Who knew? I felt much better after that. And she agreed that we often mask our jealousy by saying negative things about women who get their breasts done. I don't know why we are sometimes so hard on each other. But I do know that this site is a wonderful place to find out a lot about the whole journey and to witness an outpouring of support and kindness.

I will post pics and more stuff soon.