Week 1 post tummy tuck

Today is my post op appt, I'm 6 days out from surgery. I so ready to get these drains out, honestly they are the worst part of all this! They snag easy, any time you move they hurt. now mine are leaking at the drain site, it's just nasty. I haven't had much drainage lately so hopefully they will remove them today. Over the past few days I have been able to layback further and walk around more, just a overall better range of movement. Yesterday was my best day so far, my pain was pretty low. I even went down stairs! ...I also discovered almost all my tadpoles were dead because my care takers weren't feeding them... The swelling on the incision has gone down a bit but my abdominal area is generally swollen. So awesome looking at my before and after pics! Lol my recent pics make me look so tan, pretty sure it's a mixture of the lighting and left over iodine. Makes me want to go out and lay in huge sun after I'm all healed up though!



The kiddos are doing pretty good. It's so hard not being a mama right now. Emotionally this is the hardest part of recovery. Just sitting down watching other people care for your children while you are in bed. They cry and you can't go to them. They open their arms to you and you can't hold them. It's just temporary, I know, a few weeks and everything will be back to normal. But while your down and hurting what else makes you feel better than a warm hug form your little baby! Or just to sit and cuddle!  It breaks my heart, but really only a few more weeks and I'll be back to normal! Poor Wyatt is getting his bottom molars and is just miserable.

My post op appt went well. Doc cleared me to start walking around more. I had the bandage and drains removed. Those things were causing most of my pain! I'm so happy to have them out and feel like a new woman! My belly is still very swollen. My thighs are even swollen! Every day I am able to sleep a little better by getting closer to laying flat on my back. The first few days I sat up almost exactly like sleeping in a upright chair. I would wake up with horrible headaches from being upright for so long. Now I'm down to just a few pillows. Why do I need to sleep this way? They removed so much skin and stretched it so tight that it needs to stretch out a little more to allow me to stand up straight or lay down completely flat. Sounds crazy, but it's normal.