A lil intro

Hello bloggers/readers! I decided to do a blog about my mommy makeover journey. See I've wanted a tummy tuck since I had my first daughter but it wasn't so bad until I had my second. Also the fact that when I'm really lean I have NO boobs at all, so I figured we'd do a breast augmentation while I'm under the knife. We know we are done having children so it's time for this, finally!

The thing is I love my girls, I love my husband and being a mom. My tummy skin constantly bothers me! I'm constantly tugging at shirts to make sure it's covered, I can't wear tight shirts even because the extra skin is obvious there too, I can't stand the skin being exposed for anyone to see and so on. It's rough. I know other people don't notice it so much and I know hubby doesn't mind so much, but it bothers me day in and day out. I've researched this for years and I know it's for me. I'm pretty sure not all my stretch marks will be removed but they don't really bother me like the skin does in general anyway and I can accept a scar in place of the skin. I can't wait for the time when I don't have to worry about my shirt scooting up a tiny bit or what I wear working out or in public or in bed etc. Heck, I'd love to be able to jog outside in a sports bra & shorts!

From what I'm seeing it's a long emotional journey this long healing process of the tummy tuck. You swell off & on for a year at least. Later months (once the surgery swelling is done) you swell from being active, so it'll be a battle but I will have before pictures to look at and remember how the skin made me feel. I'd rather deal with healing & swelling for a year than this skin for the rest of my life!

I'm not at my leanest by any means right now, the justification is that I'm now sure how much I'll be able to eat, want to eat, or even be able to keep down after surgery. So in my thinking, it wouldn't be so horrible to have a little comfort layer that my body can use to pull reserves from during the healing process. My eating will be kept in check and I will not gain fat after surgery.

I'm VERY excited and a wee bit nervous. The BA I'm really excited for because they will really perfectly balance out my larger hips and I'll get back what my girls took from me. The TT, well that's pretty easy to see why I'm excited to get rid of that skin.

9 days until surgery! I will post more later with preparations I've done/will do. I want to mention that www.makemeheal.com is amazing! Especially the message boards there, you can read about so many people's different experiences, it is where I've learned the most and everyone there is so supportive. It has already helped me immensely and I'm sure it will continue to do so.