31, 2 Kids, 5'1 & 116lbs TT W/ Hernia and Muscle Repair &BA - West Hollywood, CA

Hope you all continue to heal well! My time here on RS is over. It's been fun!

Wow. It's been forever since I have updated but nothing has changed. Right now I'm bloated as hell. I bloat from right after ovulation all the way until AF comes and then my stomach gets super thin. I was the same way pre-op but I guess I was hoping my stomach wouldn't look so bad after the TT. No such luck. I look pregnant. What's the point of a tummy tuck only to look pregnant 2 weeks out of a month?? I am frustrated. This has nothing to do with my ps and his skills. He's awesome and extremely talented. My body is just weird. Granted I've been dipping into the halloween candy but I can tell it's almost all hormonal bloating and water retention. Lol lots of zits everywhere too. Blah. I'm in a funk. The pic I attached is from a week ago or something so I don't look as bloated as I do at this moment. I'm not brave even to show a pic. I'll just continue hiding out in my sweat pants and hoodie like the pre-op days. :( hopefully my next update I will be more upbeat. Oh wait...my boobies are still amazing. Right side is still not as squishy and awesome as the left but that's ok. They are perfect to me. 32DD in VS but I look like a C or even a B in clothing depending on what I wear.

Have a fun and safe halloween everyone!

Hey! Sorry I skipped a week. Not much to update. I'm still healing well. Swelling has gone down so much that I can feel and see a few knots near my incision. My ps says it's the dissolvable sutures and they will go away in time. Well, sometimes they pinch when my jeans rub against them. It huuuuurts! Those suckers need to dissolve NOW!
My belly button is looking better I think. Actually, it seems one day it looks great and then the next day it might look darker but then the next day it's ok again. I'm just trying to ignore it.
My breasts are hopefully done dropping. I have almost no upper pole fullness which I am happy about but I don't want them to get saggy. Lol I hope they stay right where they are. Fingers crossed! 32DD. They are squishy and I can't stop touching them.
Seriously, life with a flat stomach and beautiful breasts is really really good. No, I am not perfect and I never will be. When I find myself nit-picking, I immediately try and stop. Before my MM, I felt frumpy and older than I am. No matter how I dressed up, I knew underneath it all, I was a mess. I didn't want to be naked, I didn't like the lights on, I didn't want to be looked at or touched any place that pregnancy destroyed. I was constantly tugging at my clothes to make sure my pooch wasn't showing when I was out and about. But It was always showing through my clothing regardless of how much I sucked it in or wore tummy compressing garments. I have been asked if I was pregnant a few times. That's the worst. Now I can wear anything. I can grab things off the rack without thinking about if it's going to hide my protruding stomach. By the way... I hate when people think because you are thin, that you don't need a TT. I remember when I went to get some bloodwork done, the nurse asked what kind of surgery I was having. Of course, I told her and she was like "oh, you are small, you don't need that." Ugh. They have no idea what's underneath the clothing. Could we have spent the money on a much needed vacation? Sure! We thought about it but all I would have done is worn jeans and a tank top on a beach somewhere trying to cover up. Lol now when we take a trip, I will be wearing the cutest swimwear I can find. I'm actually really excited to just get in the pool with my kids and play with them. I never get in the pool with my babies. I'm always sitting on the side while other family members play with them. :( not anymore!
I'm back in the gym. Only doing the elliptical and I'm not using the arm part of it. I never really did before surgery anyway. I swell a little bit around my belly button but I always wake up flat. I've been dieting too. Nothing crazy but I can tell it's helping. My butt looks weird since the surgery. It's like all of the fat has dropped and settled lower. Not cool. Flat butt and flat stomach. Lol still better than before surgery. :)
Things are going to start getting hectic around my house but I will try to update when I can.
Hope everyone is healing well. Good luck to those having surgery soon!