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How I Came About Getting Boobs

A little about me-

Hi there, My name is Cindy. I am 30 years old. 5ft 9 in and weigh in at 135. (for now) I have a fiance, two kids (9 and 18mo), two dogs, a cat and an iguana

me & my sister (before boobs) Miss Cleavage Me and my babies

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A little about my little boobs-

God gave all the breasts in the family to my oldest sister. My youngest sister and I grew up seeing her and wondering where our breasts were. My mother said that we were just developing late. But I turned 30 still waiting to develop. After having my daughter I did develop one thing, hips. I had decided years before to get my breasts done and chickened out. This time I was going to do the research I needed to and not chicken out. I did not want to look like a pear any more.

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My doc and consultation-

I had researched many doctors. I went down the checklist of what to look for in a doctor and I got patient referrals. I ended up going with Dr. Wesley Wilson. My boss’s wife used him and I saw her stuff, she looked awesome. He had come highly referred by her friends as well.

At my consultation, I was very nervous. I brought a picture of what size I wanted to look like and a shirt to try on with air filled implants.

I was sweating like crazy since I was nervous and having a man I didn’t know checking out my breasts so clinically. He measured and asked what size I wanted to be. I told him on the small side of a D and then I tried on the shirt with the implant inside my bra. It felt like I was a little kid again, trying on mom’s bras. I looked HUGE. (Going from a small B to a D would look enormous I guess) But Phil (my fiancé) and the doctor said that it looked nice (I was trusting men here) The doctor did say that with my height and weight that I could pull off a D and would look very natural.

Preop-

I was told to give up my diet pills and to up my daily dosage of Vitamin C. He also had me drinking 6 glasses of pineapple juice per day. Other than that I just exercised extra due to the amount I would have to miss.

My Surgery- November 6, 2000

I was so nervous. Phil kept trying to talk to me and bug me about being nervous (bugging me is what this man lives for) I was just getting irritated. Plus I was tired and hungry (no food after midnight the night before) We had dropped my 11 month old daughter off at her babysitters at 6am, We live 2 hours away from the outpatient center. We got there at 8 am and I went into surgery at 10am. The nurses were so nice. I thought that they would be looking at me like I was some sort of shallow person. (maybe I am, I’m not sure) But they were really nice and informative.

I asked the one nurse what the most common complaint after surgery was. She said the pressure of the implants and the bandages across your chest. She said it was worse especially if you were claustrophobic. Which I am.

I remember my doctor talking to me about golf as I drifted off............................

I woke up. Oh my God, there was pressure and pain. Lots of it. I had heard women talk about not having so much pain. And I had hoped I was one of those. NOT! I had the incision under my arm, so I had to prop them up on pillows. Phil said that when he picked me up from the pick-up room that I was blue. He pretty much carried me to the car and I slept all the way to the hotel. I don’t even remember what the hotel looked like. I couldn’t eat anything. I didn’t feel like it. The medication said to have it with food, so I ate bits of a roast beef sub sandwich. Mostly, I drank Gatorade.

By midnight on the night of my surgery I was able to go to the bathroom by myself and actually reach the toilet paper.

The next day I was on the phone calling everyone letting them know that I had made it through alive. We went to my post op appointment and then to Victoria’s Secret. The doc had told me to get a bralette because the sports bra I had was too tight and they would never fall.

The first time I saw them-

Was in the hotel. I took off the bandage because I was itching and looked at them. They didn’t look all that big to me. I thought, "I should’ve gone bigger".

Later I realized that they didn’t look that big due to the fact that I was laying down and looking down on them.

At VS’s I had to try on the bralette. It was the first time I saw them in the mirror. The looked so huge and ugly they made me nauseous.

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Reactions-

I have had great reactions. I was worried about my mother most of all. She was not receptive of me getting them in the first place. Then I found out that she was worried that I was going enormous. But the doc was right. I look very proportioned. I am at 7 months post op now and I love them. They have dropped and shaped up very nicely. I’ve had no problems (knock on wood) and the scar is in the fold of my armpit and invisible.

After the surgery I wouldn’t of recommended it to anyone. It hurt so bad. But in reading other women's stories and talking with them I do know that the pain is based on an individual basis. And I now look like those other women that I have always envied. I need to work on the hips but maybe my next journal will be about lipo........

Cindy!

UPDATE: 3 1/2 years post

I know it's been a long time in coming. I've promised several of you that I would get these updated pictures on the site for you and it's been procrastination extreme! I am very pleased with my results. The only thing I would like to change is the size. They are DD's at the moment, but don't look like it! I don't know if it's because my back is bigger or what, I cannot wear any bra other than a DD. But I would like them to LOOK bigger.

So I think that I will be going for a redo at some point. I would like to go Silicone High Profiles. They weren't out when I got mine done, 3 1/2 years ago. So that will probably be my next endeavor.