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My BA and Full TT is This Week! Surprisingly Calm...this Far.. - West Palm Beach, FL

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I am 34y, 5,2", 108 lbs mother of 2, my son 4 1/2Y...

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I am 34y, 5,2", 108 lbs mother of 2, my son 4 1/2Y delivered him vag. (W/Epidural) my girl 14M delivered her vag. (W/No Epidural) breastfed them both for 8M so needless to say my abdomen and breast are destroyed! My breast is a 32 small B and I would like to end up a C cup (not D) and have my muscles back in place and remove the extra skin. I have a wonderful and supportive hubby and an amazing mother in law that will take care of me as well as my aunts and close friends help on that aspect I am ok as far of the pain....I am no so sure what to expect.....I want to believe that I have a high pain tolerance after having my daughter but I am unsure if it will be on the same level, another concern of mine is the "blues" that everyone talks about.
I am so excited about this site and I am pretty sure that I will be coming to here to spill out how I am feeling....
So for that Thank You!

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Richard G. Schwartz, MD

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I went in for my PO on Feb 12, 2013 and took my...

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I went in for my PO on Feb 12, 2013 and took my hubby along for support and to help decide on the size of my BA, my PS filled my husband in on the steps that we looking to take to give me my body back BA and Full TT as well as a hernia repair (this will be done by another Dr.) I know i want to look natural and fill out the volume i lost from my 2 pregnancies so I tried high profile sizer and moderate profile they both looked good but I knew #1-I didn't want it to make it difficult to fit clothing as i am petite and #2-I didn't want the"fake boob" look. Do to my chest size I can choose either profile, i knew i wanted silicone due to the natural feel vs saline implants and after talking with my PS, Nurse and Hubby I picked the moderate profile now the question was "how big" I mean how many cc's, we ended up ordering to different sets of implants 339cc's and 371cc's and we schedule the surgery for Feb 22nd BA and full TT!! OMGosh!
Feb 13th: The next day I couldn't stop thinking about it! Did I choose the right profile??? Will they be big enough?? so I called the my PS office and I asked them if I can come in to do the sizing again they were great about the only thing was that my PS was not going to be there due to a conference but I met with the surgery coordinator/GN who is also a patient of Dr Swartz and she walked me through it again.
Feb 15th: I went to my 2nd implant sizing with a friend of mine to help with the decision after much discussion, trying and retrying I went back to moderate profile and up the cc's my PS he still bringing in 2 sets a 371cc's and a 394cc's!!!!!
Feb 18th: At the hospital's PO I was very frustrated trying to get register, the lady not having any clue why I was getting admitted made me uneasy then they told me that my insurance was only covering $150 of my hernia procedure (i know is not the hospital's fault but that just added to it) and then they told me to go to anesthesia on the 4th floor and kept waiting for someone to open the door but was no one in the office at 2 in the afternoon!!!

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February 23, 2013

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February 26, 2013
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Feb 22nd: The day of my surgery is here!! The...

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Feb 22nd: The day of my surgery is here!! The surgery is to start at 12pm I am felling anxious and excited as the morning goes by I feel more excited than anything by the time my hubby and I make to the hospital at 10 am I can't wait for it to get start it....I did all this prep work to have a bowl movement the morning of the surgery but due to anxiety I was not able to have one ... so I am a bit concerned about after surgery when everything slows down I guess it is what it is at this point.....so both if my doctors are late! (Hernia Dr and my PS), the surgery nurses and anesthesiologist staff are keeping calm, they are all super nice, around 12:20 pm my PS came in to talk with me i showed him some "wish" pictures and he marked me....it is happening! They rolled into the operating room, one of the nurses (Kim) was so nice so I asked her if she can take some pics during my surgery......yes....I said pictures....she agreed if the Dr allowed her, I hoped over the operating table next thing I know the anesthesiologist is giving me some medicine in the IV, I was watching both of the Drs talking about who is going in first and next thing I know I was waking up in recovery.
My PS told my hubby that everything went well, that my hernia was ok and it didn't need to be repair YAY! The surgery took 5 hours as expected, my PS went with the bigger implant (394cc's) he said that after fixing my muscles the extra skin was quite a bit that the incision had to be longer than anticipated :(
I guess I was in the recovery area a while before they brought me to my room because I didn't make it there until 8pm or so, I was in and out sleeping due the meds and anesthesia I guess until the next day.

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