Tummy Tuck - Scottsdale, AZ

After researching doctors for months, I narrowed down my top three choices in July. I used this web site and others to find as much information and reveiws as I could. I scheduled my first consult with Dr. Repta.
I admit that even picking up the phone to call made me get butterflies. The entire drive to the consultation I was so nervous at the thought of having to remove my shirt and show someone my stomach that I have spent the last 8 years trying to hide.
But after meeting with Dr. Repta and discussing basic questions I had, I felt much more at ease. I found him very knowlagable and considerate. I left that appointment 100% sure I was going to schedule my surgury with Dr. Repta. I am positive I will be under the best care and get the best results possible.

I can not believe that I am only five days away from surgery! I should share my information. I'm 31 and a mother of an 8 year old. I am 5'4 and I weighed 147 this morning. I gained a big 7 pounds this summer going on the best vacation I have ever had. So I haven't decided if I am really upset about it or not. :)
After I had my daughter I rember my gyno (who had 30+years experience) said that my stretch marks were the worst she has seen from a single pregnancy. I didn't like them to begin with and I grew really ashamed of them.
I gained 65 pounds while pregnant and got stretch marks from about 3 inches above my belly button to 4 inches past my knee. Not entirely all over but when I look at them sometimes it appears that way to me.
I took up running and cut carbs and dairy from my diet and with all that hard work... My stomach just looked saggy. So I quit running and gave up. The thing is I really liked running. But I felt like my stomach looked even more wrinkly and saggy every pound I dropped. While doing this I was never "skinny" I maintained around 134. I am pretty curvy.
This week has been a whirl wind of getting my house ready. I have been filling my freezer with healthy crock pot meals with directions written right on the bag for my husband.
But I feel like I'm nesting! I cleaned every inch of my kitchen cabinets and have been reorganizing everything.
Not only that, but I have been making lists and writing SOP's for just about everything I can think of.
I had no idea I was that particular or controlling until now! LOL!
I'm excited and nervous.
I finally told my family and my daughter.
I had no clue what to tell my daughter. At 8 I couldn't stand the thought of telling her that I didn't like something about my body. She had to have stitches once before and the thought of stitches or surgery really freak her out. I worried for weeks about what I was going to say. I decided to tell her that I am going to have my tummy fixed because it has been bothering me. ( nothing specific) At first she was upset I was going to have surgery but I explained it would make me feel better. She was fine with that and just requested that I not show it to her. Lol! I forget how wonderfully resilient children can be! As usual I worried and over analyzed for nothing!