From 36b to 36d 397 mod+ Part 1

As a side: I am curious how you all felt about your boobs immediately post surgery... And those of you that consider yourselves to have a high pain tolerance, how was it? I am having under the muscle with infamamammary incision (in the crease). I am most curious about how they will look I mediately post surgery.

So, I'm thinking about all the things i need to do between now and surgery date. I know it's not until the 12th, and i have 21 days to go, but i'm thinking about all the things I need to have done before then. I am a photographer, and as such, i spend a lot of time sitting at the computer, but also a lot of time photographing kids/babies which requires me to lift my camera a lot. I will have photographed all of my sessions for this year (except newborns) by this saturday, and I am usually about 2 weeks from photographing them to editing them...however, I run behind a little this time of year. I want to have ALL of my sessions for the year photographed and edited by my surgery date, so i won't push myself to get them done after surgery. That being said... I have a newborn due ON my surgery date. Newborns have to be photographed when they are 5-10 days old, so i am looking at potentially photographing a newborn when i am 5-10 days post surgery. I'm not incredibly worried about this, and secretly hoping the baby comes early so i can get him photographed and over with. ;) (another is due on the 7th, but that one should be photographed barely in the nick of time) but will i get lucky enough to have them both edited by then?

Other than worrying about work (don't we all) I am compiling a "list" of questions i forgot to ask that I want to ask my surgeon about at my pre-op visit so far they include:

How soon to wear a sports bra and for how long (i know he recommends front close sports bra) and how do i judge what size to buy?
What restrictions will i have post surgery? (he already told me that he wants me to shower same day and go out for dinner that night, and that he has no restrictions on arm movements, but I am wondering about driving mainly)
When will he do my post-op appointment (he comes to town every 2 weeks)
What kind of suture and dressing will he use (i was a nurse before i was a photographer, and so i just wonder what to expect in the way of dressings, plus there is a suture i am allergic to that I need to make sure he doesn't use)

I am also thinking about it 100% of the time! I'm trying to work, but obviously, i am updating here instead. ;) How am i supposed to think about anything else for the next 21 days! I am so excited. and so far, have only told my sister and my sister-in-law. Of course my husband knows, but i'd rather just wait till after to tell anyone i decide to tell. I do have 1 friend who has previously had one done, i am having lunch with her next week and I am going to tell her about it and talk to her about her recovery. I am excited for that.

Oh, and I am posting a topless pic... that took a little guts. especially, since i didn't photoshop it. I usually photoshop all my pictures, and make myself thinner, (sometimes give myself a little more boobs)... so it was hard to post an unedited picture, but i want girls with my body type, size, an similar breasts to have a realistic view of what to expect. (ignore the awful (top lighting) but i will take my afters in the same light... it's my bathroom)