Post Twins Body: Will you have plastic surgery?

Cath&Brian

No, I'm not scheduling it yet! ?I just had my 6 week follow up and got the go ahead for exercise. ?After 10 weeks on bedrest and 6 weeks at home with my boys, I'm READY!

Still, I know my body, and I'm looking at it and I know what it's capable of recovering from. ?I only gained 46 pounds in my pregnancy, and I've lost all but about 10 of that. ?(Also, I was a good 30 pounds overweight when I got pregnant) But, like I know many MoMs discovered, my body is nowhere near what it was prepregnancy. ?

I have no problem with getting a little "work" done once we decide we're done having kids (probably one more pregnancy is all I can handle...). ?I'm not talking bikini bod; I just want to be able to be intimate with my husband with confidence (and maybe go back to not having to wear a bra to bed... ). ?I was talking to DH about it last night and lamenting over the cost, and he said "we can go into debt for plastic surgery." ?At first I was nearly offended, thinking he meant he thinks I'm disgusting (!!), but he reassured me that it's important to him that I feel good about myself and my body. ?So I'm wondering, have you thought about/looked into getting any work done? ?What would you do? ?Would you be honest about it to people or would you keep it to yourself?

I'm just wondering where I sit on the spectrum...?

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I'm afraid of what my body will look like post twins - i'm not young and my stomach did not snap back so great after just one baby - so i'm expecting a lot of "twin skin" flab just hanging there.

DH has already told me he's happy to use one of his bonuses to pay for a tummy tuck if I want one - like your Dh- not b/c he cares- but b/c he wants me to be happy with my own body.  I figure I'll do it in a couple years- when the twins are older and don't need to be picked up a lot - so i can recoup easier, etc.

 

spygirl29

Oh god yes! I've always had D-cups and I knew forever ago that once I was done having kids they'd be down to my knees (LOL) so I always said I'd get a lift after kids. Now I'm thinking tummy tuck may need to get thrown in there too. But first I have to find a new job...

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sweater

Think my surgery will be the lonely one here. I had a small B-cup, and now they are deflated raisens from pumping and whatever else. Seriously...what the heck happened there??

I would love to get breast implants (nothing major...some handfuls back would be nice) but dh is reeeeaaally against it... so who knows...?

krisc

If money weren't a factor, I'd be scheduling my appt for after this baby arrives in October!  But, I will never be able to because buying a new house is our priority right now...Weight Watchers here I come.

vkbaby09

One of my SIL just had plastic surgery done after having 4 kids (no multiples, but still).  She had a breast aug/lift and a tummy tuck and she looks great and is very happy with the results.  I don't think her recovery was all that bad either and she's 40 and her youngest is 2 1/2yo.

After seeing her process, I am definitely more open to ps.  I hope I won't need it, though my DDs are already sagging and I havn't even had the babies yet or bf! 

Oh, and as far as telling people is concerned, I think I would be open with family & friends.     

kimby3679

if i could afford it i would!

PianoPlayingSarah

I still remember the pain of my c-section and recovery so I don't plan on doing anything for years but yes, I will eventually have something done.  I suspect I can have insurance cover part of it due to severe muscle separation and I think I am getting a hernia at my belly button - well, I don't even have a belly button now.

I really don't want to spend the rest of my life looking pregnant and my back hurts a lot. 

 

traci_roo

I want a tummy tuck and maybe something done with my breasts.  I don't want bigger, but perkier (like pre-baby).  My DH is very supportive and he would say okay if I told him I want it done tomorrow (I think he misses my pre-baby body too).  However, I am still not 100% sure I won't want more kids in the future so I wait. 

EverAfterinMi

As soon as we are 100% sure we do not want another child, I will be making the appointment for a tummy tuck with out hesitation on this post triplet body. grr..

lajolla09.30.06

no way jose... i'm a super wuss and there's no way i'd do a voluntary surgery.

i even stay away from doctors as much as possible... i think the one exception is that i do occasionally give blood just because i have a superwoman friend who does it every 6 weeks (or how ever often you can) who guilts me into it.

but getting put under and cut?  no thank you!  it's saggy tummy and stretch marks for me.  my husband still thinks i'm cute so i'm cool with it

skimberlin

YESSSS!!!! I have always had big boobs and they have never been really perky. So H and I talked about it from day one and said after kids I could get a lift. Now money is an issue with him being layed off, but one day I will have my lift. I'm still very young, but we will see what my tummy does. I think it will be ok, but we will see.

FaeryStarGazer

Part of the reason I am trying to work now is so I can save money for a TT and breast lift. The tuck is going to be close to $12k from what I've read. I am looking to do it in two more years- the yearI turn 32. I will never have a bikini bod, but I would like to not have sweat rashes where my belly folds over my pants and it would be AWESOME to have my boobs on my front when I lie down, rather than slumped under my arm pits. Seexxxay.

Cato3

FaeryStarGazer:

...it would be AWESOME to have my boobs on my front when I lie down, rather than slumped under my arm pits. Seexxxay.

OMG, this is hilarious!  I'm sad to say that I'm quite familiar with this scenario.  I would love to have a breast reduction/lift, I just need to get the guts to do it.  Having enough money to do it wouldn't hurt either  

laurncui812.0

I don't have two babies but my body carried two to 35 weeks and right now (about 2 weeks after delivering) I look like a dr. suess character. The swelling in my legs is totally gone but I still have that funny really low belly. I had my boobs done about 7 years ago (I would do it again in a second) and they are gigantic now but who knows what they will look like later. I fear what my body will look like in 6 months from now. A tummy tuck would be a much bigger surgery (since they cut the muscle and the recovery is longer) and I don't think I could do it.

Tammy06

I have had an apron tummy since my daughter, only to get worse with the twins. I plan on a tummy tuck once we are 100 percent sure we aren't having anymore, I don't think we plan on to. My small Bs now point south, so a tummy tuck and a boob job, just to a nice C cup is in order maybe this time next year. I need them walking so I don't have to lift as much b/c you can't after a boob job for a few weeks.

weemodin

I have a consult on June 1.  I'm def. upgrading these As; may do something about the tummy.  It's flat, but there's a little loose skin.

kyluvsaj

TOTALLY going to have work done as soon as we can aford it.  On the menu:

Breasts
Lipo or something done with my tummy (I have some abdominal seperation)
Lipo on thighs
Lipo under chin (that has been a long term, not baby problem)

Mrs. Destructo

I want a chin implant. I'm okay with my saggy belly and deflated boobs, but god@mnit, I want a jawline. People look @ my face every day, and I sure wish there was a chin on it.

Alycia04

I am such a big baby about elective pain so no.?Plus I'd wait at least 5 years to see what my true post baby body looks like.But DH watched a show on women who had various procedures due to being unhappy about their PP bodies and he said, "if you want to get something done, go for it, I'd never want you feeling that bad about your body, ever".?

We still want one more baby and my only concern is my pelvic muscles. They still don't feel as strong as they should be.?

goldenmama

kyluvsaj:

TOTALLY going to have work done as soon as we can aford it.  On the menu:

Breasts
Lipo or something done with my tummy (I have some abdominal seperation)
Lipo on thighs
Lipo under chin (that has been a long term, not baby problem)

 my exact menu! i will most definely be getting work done as soon as we are done having babies....absolutely no hesitation there

heathb21

Funny!  I have always told DH that I wanted some work done after having kids.  I would love a boob lift/implants & a tummy tuck!  My DH supports whatever I want to do, but has told me he will think I'm beautiful no matter what.  But I just feel like I will need to do it for me. 

Before I get anything done, I will diet and hit the gym with a personal trainer.  I've always been into working out and running, so I will do that for a while, and see what happens.  But I just have a feeling I'll have all the extra belly skin just hanging there.  And well my boobs, I am sure they will just be down to my belly button when I'm done breast feeding! 

If I get anything done, we will probably tell some people, but not others.  But it really depends.

ARKMoM08

Sweater - I am in the EXACT situation as you.  I never had big boobs, which I had come to terms with in my late teens, but after pumping/BF'ing twins for 3 months - total deflation and now pretty much nothing!  My husband is totally against plastic surgery too, even though I tell him that I mostly want a boob job for HIM!  I want to still feel sexy for my dh!  What's a girl to do?

lanielove

At 6 wks pp, all I want right now is to not have these horrible stretch marks. I still have 30 pg pounds to lose, and more from pre-pg - but I don't think I'll ever get my smooth belly skin back.  So far, that's what I'm missing the most.  Can laser fix stretch marks???