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30 Year Old, Newly Single, Restoring Tummy After Baby - Toronto, ON
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I am terrified. I've booked my surgery for March...
nervouslynellyMarch 3, 2014
$8,500
I am terrified. I've booked my surgery for March 27th and am very nervous about recovery - especially since I am a single mother and will not be able to play, lift up and care for my son. I'm trying to hire a temporary nanny to live with us for 4 weeks but it is sooo hard to find help. My son is 20 months and very independent but he still likes to be carried, "Up, Mommy" i hear constantly. I'm curious to know how other single mothers have done this.
I have never been tiny, but when I got pregnant with my son, I went from 190lbs to 265lbs at his birth. A month after having him, I was 230lbs and a year and half later, I'm 173lbs. It has taken a lot of work to get here. Being 5'8, I'm happy with the 170-ish pounds mark but my tummy is just devastating. I'm embarrassed by it. I've started dating again and have been seeing a guy regularly. I'm always so self conscious when we get naked together. I haven't told him yet about my scheduled surgery - I guess I'm nervous about what he is going to think. I do believe though that if he doesn't support me or thinks that I'm selfish or silly for doing it, then he is not the right person for me. I kinda feel like now I should have waited to start dating until well after the surgery. How weird is it going to be for him to see me through this recovery?
I'll add some photos soon.
I'm having a drainless tummy tuck with the best surgeon in Toronto.
I have never been tiny, but when I got pregnant with my son, I went from 190lbs to 265lbs at his birth. A month after having him, I was 230lbs and a year and half later, I'm 173lbs. It has taken a lot of work to get here. Being 5'8, I'm happy with the 170-ish pounds mark but my tummy is just devastating. I'm embarrassed by it. I've started dating again and have been seeing a guy regularly. I'm always so self conscious when we get naked together. I haven't told him yet about my scheduled surgery - I guess I'm nervous about what he is going to think. I do believe though that if he doesn't support me or thinks that I'm selfish or silly for doing it, then he is not the right person for me. I kinda feel like now I should have waited to start dating until well after the surgery. How weird is it going to be for him to see me through this recovery?
I'll add some photos soon.
I'm having a drainless tummy tuck with the best surgeon in Toronto.
UPDATED FROM nervouslynelly
20 days pre
Ahh exactly 3 weeks to go
nervouslynellyMarch 6, 2014
Not sure if I'm ready to do this. Here's some photos. I never asked the doctor, do you think I have diastasis recti? My stomach significantly protrudes out.
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UPDATED FROM nervouslynelly
15 days pre
Pre op tests done
nervouslynellyMarch 12, 2014
Got blood work done today and visited my gp for a history and physical. She was great and didn't even comment against my choice to have the TT. I don't know why I think people will act so negatively about it. I've only told two people and one of them was pretty against it. They have a perfect tummy, have never had a child so I don't think she understands. The other was supportive. I still don't have anyone to take me to the surgery and stay overnight with me for first day, ahhhhh I gotta get this figured out. Surgery is a Thursday so I feel badly asking a friend to take Friday off of work. I have a friend that's a realtor so she could probably do it but we are new friends, not super close. Family all lives far away (and I'm not telling them).
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March 12, 2014
I tell everyone about my TT, some have been so happy for me, especially women who have stretched out bellies like mine. My co-workers think it's great. My fiance is against it, he thinks I am perfect, and says his baby was in my belly and he loves me. But at the same time he is supportive. I think he's scared of the recovery process. Whenever I did encounter a negative reaction to my TT I just explained to them why I was getting it, and that yes part of it is vanity, but it is also uncomfortable to have a huge flabby belly while working out and when trying to find clothes to hide it. Or u know, sitting a certain to try and hide it, pulling my pants over my belly when I sit down.
March 12, 2014
I was thinking about you the other day, and i found a website that is for finding nannies... care.com
March 12, 2014
I thought you were the one on here that was wanting to find someone to help with your children, but I might have been wrong lol
March 12, 2014
Thanks Jen! Yes I was /am the one needing help. I am 90% sure I have the nanny secured, she just hasn't confirmed yet! I'm on care.com and nanny services.ca, so many of these are such a rip off. You post an ad for free but to see any contact info of people that are interested you need to get a membership! So I got a membership for nanny services, but it got me no where. I must have emailed 30-40 people and only like 8 wrote me back, to tell me they are not interested! It's hard because people don't want to work nights and stay over I guess and college students are still in school and it's exam time. But anyways, I think I have one. If it falls through, I will lose my mind. I pay in full this Friday for the surgery.
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