29 Yrs Old, 1 Child. 5'8, 175lbs. Tiered of looking pregnant and having sagging skin - Scottsdale, AZ

Hey ladies! After about of year of research and being on this site almost everyday, it is now my turn to have a tummy tuck operation :) I'm supper excited and nervous at the same time. Upon meeting with my surgeon, I decided to have a tummy tuck along with Lipo to tummy and hips (flanks/love handles). After my incision heals, I'll begin embrace scar therapy which is included in the price. Today I had my pre-op oppointment and its all sinking in now that this is really happening. I'll post my before pictures soon :)

I had many interviews with about 6-7 different plastic surgeons. After months of research I decided to go with Dr. Aldo Guerra in Scottsdale AZ. so far, Dr. Guerra and his staff have been amazing and I honestly feel that I made the right decision. Today they gave me all my prescriptions and gave me instructions on what to do to prepare myself for the big day. If you lovely ladies have any advise on what to expect or how to prepare for the surgery I would greatly appreciate it! :)

Also, I would like to thank you beautiful ladies for sharing your tummy tuck journeys. Your experiences and opinions really do mater and I can't thank you enough for sharing :) I can't wait to see what the future holds as I go through this journey as well :)

Before I got pregnant I use to have a flat stomach with a curvy figure. During my pregnancy I gained over 50 lbs and kept the weight in about a year after I had my daughter. It's been 7 years since then and I Can't wait to get rid of this extra skin and bloated pregnant look. Just one more month till I'll be on the flat side... Hopefully :)

Well'p I did it! This morning I had the tummy tuck procedure and now I'm back in the recovery room :). Surprisingly it didn't take too long to prep me. 1st they had me take a urin sample and then change into that lovely hospital gown that we all love lol before I came to the surgery center, dr Guerra and his staff advise me to go on a 2 day liquid diet and wash my self twice a day with a special anti bacterial wash. 4 hours upon arrival I applied a patch that goes behind the ear for nausea. I checked in at 6:30am and once I got dressed into the gown 3 people came and talked to me. Dr Guerra was the first to see me. He did his markings and reassured that today was gunna be a great day :) next, the nurse came in and went over all the paper work and gave me a brief run down as to what to expect when I go back to the surgery room. The last person that came and talked to me was the anesthesiologist. He also asked some question and explained to me what he was going to do when it came to the anesthesia part. Everyone was very nice which really calmed my nerves.

When it was time, the nurse walked me back to the room where the surgery was going to be performed. The room was hekka cold and the table they laid me on was very small. The nurse did her best to try to make me feel comfortable by putting a heated blanket over me and had me rest my head on this bomb neck pillow lol the anesthesiologist came and walked me step by step as to what he was doing. By the time he injected the "happy juice" I was out lol

The next thing I remember waking up feeling hekka tight. No pain, just lots of pressure. They took me back to the recover room and that's when the pain started to hit. I had to try my best to move from the surgical bed to the hospital bed and that's what killed me. I was in a lot of pain so they gave 2 volumes and a morphine shot. Took a couple minutes for it to kick in but then I was okay :)

I had the surgery this morning at 7:30a, (check in time was at 6:30a) it is now around 8:30p and so far everything is going really well :) they said around midnight they are going to try and make me walk. They wanted to wait because I have a catheter in and they wanted to make sure the anesthesia had completely worn off.

I'm so curious to see what my tummy looks like! Tomorrow morning Dr Guerra is going to stop by and remove the dressings to examin his work. I'm so excited! I bet he did an amazing job! :D