To want a breast reduction part 3- I did it!!!

[Badabingy]

Hi all

just a quick post to say that I went ahead on Tuesday and had the op. So far all seems ok although not surprisingly I am quite sore and tender. But I love my new perky pups ( as quizteam would say- no longer megamams!). Am so pleased already that I had it done and can truthfully say were it not for all the advice and support here I would not have had the courage to go through with it. Still feels a bit surreal that I have! Anyway, fairly knackered but if anyone else out there is considering the op and would like more detail let me know and I'll post all the grim and gory details when I'm feeling a bit less out of it.

I saw bits of your earlier threads
Well done, glad you are pleased with the results and good luck with the recovery

I didn't see your other posts but just wanted to say that I'm pleased all went well.

I've had mine reduced too, twice, and am so pleased to be rid of the stupidly big pair I hated. I'm now a D cup but would rather be a C so may go under the knife again at some point. We'll see.

Anyway, hope the soreness eases soon. Then, once the swelling goes down, you can treat yourself to some lovely new bras.

Well done and congrats, feck it you only live once. Hope they dont grow back like Amanderr's!!!

Gosh,well done,though it all sounds a bit scary and sore... sure you'll perk up soon

Fwit-fwoo Badabingy (BadaBoingy?)!

You've made my commute home! I've been trawling since Monday evening and assumed that you must've been in.

I hope that your recovery & recuperation is going well and that The Boys aren't too sore. My Crackberry is going to die soon so just want you to know that I send hugs, soup, chocolate & slutfest bras!

Ooh, meant to say: after a few days my back was killing - I spoke to the surgeon and it's because your posture needs to adapt slightly. Just thought I'd mention it in case, like me, you get a random moment of paranoia and think they must've left a scalpel / summat surgical in there, that has somehow melded with your spine!

Oh, wow - completely not my place and almost certainly un-MN like but - well done, I'm reet proud of you!

Take care, have a great recovery x

Oh, meant to say - keep us all posted.

How exciting! Well done for getting it done! so you went privately then (think I missed some of the threads)?

Please do post the gory details when you have a minute. I wouldn't mind getting mine reduced (32G), but'll wait til after DC2 makes an appearance! :)

Good luck with the recovery, fingers crossed it all goes smoothly!

Hi I saw your earlier posts too but didn't post, I also wanna say congrats! I am considering a reduction too but will wait a while as I would like more babies!

Congratulations! I hope your recovery goes smoothly and you get to enjoy some serious underwear shopping soon.

I would like to know the gory details, I hate hate hate my boobs and would love to get something done one day

I read some your posts too, and just to say congrats an all that

find this fascinating as I have always wondered about having one. can you post a link to your original threads or do i just put "boob job" in the search box?

EYV: search AIBU for To want a breast reduction... Badabingy has three separate sections, numbered in a chronological fashion doncherknow. I think "boob job" may take you more along the inflation route, rather than deflation!!

You're so lucky! I'd do absolutely anything to have this done but keep getting refused as my bmi is just over their required 26 and due to the weight of my breasts (over a stone) nothing I can do changes this!

I really hope it's life changing for you which I'm sure it will be! Have you any idea how many grammes they removed?

Hello all

Thanks for all the lovely messages and words of congrats. So... a week down the line and I am feeling ok- well better than that really, I am feeling pretty good! My boobs are a rainbow of colours - deep purple to bright yellow and are still taped up around the scars but all seems to be going well so far. I am off all painkillers and managing ok although it still feels very tight around my chest and my boobs are hard as rocks!!

So for those of you who want all the gory details here they are..... I'm putting these down as I know when I was thinking about it I found it very hard to get some 'real life' stories about it all so hopefully this will be of help to some of you other boob blessed women...

Here are the links to the other posts BTW. I'm a MN novice so not sure how to go about these things!!

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/1015986-to-want-a-breast-reduction

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/1022767-to-want-a-breast-reduction-Part-II

So.. arrived in the (private) hospital on Tuesday at around 4pm. The nurse came in and ran through lots of questions with me about general health etc. Then the anaesthetist came in to see me and explained about the anaesthetic and the post-surgery pain management and care. He was absolutely lovely- in fact all the staff were. Then came the part I was absolutely dreading (my husband was with me but under strict orders not to look!!). The surgeon arrived and took photos of me- holding my gown at waist level with hands on hips. He took pictures from the front and side and 45 degree angles. Then he started to mark me up for surgery- argh. I just focussed on a red button on the wall behind his head and tried not to think about it!! At one point as he lifted up a boob to draw underneath it he said that thhey were definitely a design fault (har-dee-har). Anyway, this was the worst bit and it lasted around 5-10 minutes at most so in the whole scheme of things really not that bad.

After that I put my gown on and around 10 mins later went down to the operating theatre. There was the anaesthetist and a nurse- they were both so nice. The nurse squeezed my hands (I was clearly bricking it) and said that it must have taken a lot of courage and a long build up to get this far. Anyway, they injected me and that was the last I ever saw of my ginormous boobs!

I woke up in recovery- the op took around 2.5 hours. I wasn't in much pain at all- i just felt really uncomfortable, especially my left boob. I came out of surgery wearing an attractive flesh coloured front fastening springy bra. I had some toast at around 10.30 (starving as hadn't been able to eat since 12noon) and was sat up a bit. I had pain meds every couple of hours through the night plus various anti sickness drugs etc. All a tad hazy to be honest as I was in a rather pleasant drug induced fug!! My husband had spent ages about DS2 doing a poo in the bath and noone noticing, not even DS1, because of all the bubbles and I had very little recollection the next day!

The next morning I managed to get up to go to the loo- felt very dizzy the first time but after that was ok and walking around wasn't a problem. The pain wasn't bad at all- my boobs just felt incredibly tight and my arm movement was fairly restricted. I was on a cocktail of paracetamol, codeine and ibuprofen.

The surgeon came to see me and just had a look at my left nipple as he said that it had looked a 'little congested', whatever that means! anyway, he was happy with it and that was that. I had a fairly relaxing day in the hospital reading magazines and watching daytime TV- bliss in some ways! Food wasn't bad either ;)

I stayed in one more night although the surgeon had said that I could go home if I wanted to, but I knew as soon as I got home that I would end up having to hoist the kids around so took the opportunity to get some kip.

I came home on Thursday morning and went straight to bed for a long nap, and had another nap in the pm. Then went to bed at 9.30pm. I have never slept so much in my life!! Friday I had a shower for the first time since the operation and had a good nosey at my new boobs- all taped up around the scars (a circle around the nipple, a straight line down from there to under the boob and then a semi circle under the boob- think an anchor). They look great (if I do say so myself!!) shape wise and although I don't think they could be described as small they are so so much better than before- they look in proportion and are very pert. I can actually see my nipple when I look down! Not sure what size i am (and they are still swollen so apparently will go down a bit) but I would guess DD. Anyway, managed to dry my hair and get dressed which I hadn't expected to be able to do (In fact managed to get changed in hospital and it was uncomfortable but not painful).

Made it out on Friday night (it was something that had been arranged for ages and I had cancelled previously so felt obliged to go)- tried on a cross over top that before I would have struggled to encase my boobs in and they fitted perfectly- I couldn't believe the difference! no-one noticed (or maybe they did but didn't say anything) but they did comment that I was looking slenderer. I am taking the path of not telling anyone- although now having been through the experience perhaps I would feel ok talking about it all.

This morning I saw the nurse for my tapes to be changed. She said all looks absolutely fine. The bottom of each boob where the scars join (they call it the T-junction) is a little bit woozy but that's quite normal apparently.

So all in all (and i know i'm not out of the woods yet tec) I am so pleased that i went ahead and did it. i went shopping yesterday and tried on some dresses and they actually fitted- woo-hoo. Just need to work on the mummy tummy now which to date has been overshadowed by my boobs and is now a bit too apparent for my liking!

The stats:

• cost £5580 privately- ouch.
• they took around 670grams from one boob, 730grams from the other (one was a bit bigger than the other so has been evened out). Works out at 3 pounds in total ish I think.
• I was a 34HH/J and now think I'm around a 34DD but will have to see when they settle down and the swelling disappears.

Think that covers everything. I will update aagin in a couple of weeks but if anyone has any questions feel free to fire away!!

Bx

Not sure the links in my message below worked but just serach for "breast reduction" and you'll find them. x

Hi BadabOingy!

Just hijacking your post to let you know that I have been thinking of you & hope all is well!

TTFN x

Yay!

I am still dieting to get my BMI back down to pre baby level for mine but as DD is still BF it might be a while before I can have the op.

Really pleased to read about your recovery as that is my biggest fear. All the best.

Thanks for sharing your story. I'm hoping to have a breast lift done in the next year or so.

Hi all

Just got back from hols and thought I'd post a quick update. Quizteam- thanks for the hijack- you've been fab throughout all of this and I was thinking of you earlier.

All's still going well. I'm now 2 and a half weeks down the line. I'd be lying if I said it's been easy - I've felt tired a lot and my boobs still hurt - but it's not been too bad. Admittedly I've probably overdone it on holiday a bit- not sure playing football was high on the consultant's list of things to aid my recovery!

The last few days i seem to have gone backwards a bit in terms of my recovery - I've been feeling more uncomfortable and had to take some painkillers. I called the plastics nurse and she said it's not uncommon to feel this way. Also, I removed all the tape that they put on to cover my scars a couple of days ago as it was itching and driving me crazy. Everything looked great until I got to the last piece at the bottom of my nipple where the circular scar joins the scar that goes to the bottom of the breast and (now this took me totally by surprise)there was lots of pus underneath- euuugh. I slapped the tape back on in fright!! Spoke to the nurse and she said this wasn't unusual- it will just form a scab. have had the courage to look a bit more closely and it looks like the skin has separated a little - say 2-3 mm - so my scar there may be worse than expected. But it's not like I'm planning to show them to anyone so I'm not too bothered and frankly just relieved it doesn't appear to be infected.

Still not sure what size I am. I'm not as small as I expected/hoped to be but they are now much more in proportion. I can see that any smaller and they would start to look a bit of a weird shape. And my husband says that i wouldn't be me if I wasn't still curvy... Just need to work on my tummy which until now I hid under baggy tops and ddin't really think about- now it's not hidde underneath my boobs shock horror!! Buit the really pleasant thing has been trying tops on and them actually fitting- yay!! I have to wear my attractive beige front fastening support bra for 6 weeks and then lingerie stores here I come- can't wait!!

x