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My Journey To BIG BOOBIES!

A little about me
My name is Angela Dawn Maddox. I am happily married to a wonderful man named Marc Kimbley Maddox. Whom I have known for years and pretty much grew up together. I am a 30 year old mother of 3 beautifully wonderful children, Logan Ross who is 10, Hailee Lane who is 8, and Taegen Kimbley who is 2. My husband and I are also soccer coaches for our 8 year old daughter's soccer team. On top of all of this, I am also a full time student studying Surgical Technology. In case you haven't gathered this already , I lead a very hectic and busy life but I wouldn't change a thing.

My quest for breasts
I, for as long as I can remember, wanted BIG fake looking boobies. I was a really late and slow bloomer. At the age of 18, I weighed around 107 lbs. And wore a 32AA. Not much in the boob department, huh? Well anyway, I got married on my 20th birthday and shortly there after gave birth to our son, Logan. During this pregnancy I doubled my weight. I ended up weighing 168 lbs when I delivered him. Being young and all I lost the weight immediately. I came home from the hospital in a size 5. Needless to say, I was ecstatic. The weight just fell off. I guess that is one of the assets of being young. Then 21 months later I gave birth to our daughter, Hailee. With her I doubled my weight I weighed 189 lbs when I gave birth to her. I wasn't as lucky this time it took me about 8 months to lose the weight. As I am sure most of you with children know, gaining a lot of weight and losing it does a real number on the boobs. So at this point, I was like I am done having children and some day I am going to have a nice set of boobs. Then I had finally decided that I was ready to take the step and start researching the procedure and the cost and guess what. I got pregnant again with our 2nd daughter, Taegen. So getting boobs at this point was out of the question. I was more cautious this time with my weight gain but I still ended up weighing 168 lbs when I had her. Then my husband, Marc and I had decided that we wanted to breastfeed her. Which I definitely don't regret. While I was nursing I wore a 34 D and loved it. With my other pregnancies I didn't gain a whole lot in the boob area. Then when I stopped nursing my boobs pretty much disappeared and then dropped about 40 lbs, my boobs to me were hideous looking. My husband, of course said that they were fine and that he loved my body and that there was nothing wrong with the way I looked but as we women know it is how we feel about ourselves that really matter. I mean it was so bad I didn't even want him to see me completely naked. So I started researching breast augmentation and discussed the issue with him how that it wasn't a vanity issue, it was purely and simply a self-esteem issue. So he told me that if that would make me feel better about my self then to go for it. So I did.

My Consultation
I found my plastic surgeon through an ad in our local newspaper. I live in a very small town with a population of approximately 4000 people. I done some research on him and his credentials, and was extremely impressed. So I called and made an appointment for a consultation. I loved him from the second he walked in the room. Like I mentioned earlier, I had done a lot of research and also being in the medical field myself we just hit it off. He had the perfect answer to every one of my questions. I explained to him what I wanted and he said that it would be no problem. I tried on sizers that very day and at this point did not want to be any bigger than a full D cup. So we discussed all of this and he explained to me that he used the Mentor brand implant, smooth, and preferred the crease incision. All of which was what I thought I wanted at that time. I told him I would go home talk to my husband about all of this and would get back with him the next day. I came home got on the computer and started doing more research, talked with my husband and he was like go for it. I called the next day and scheduled my surgery. I was so excited. My dream was finally coming true. Then the more my husband and I talked about it we decided that while I was doing it why not go on and go bigger. Then just so happen I ran into a girl that had implants High Profile Saline, It was the look I wanted. So I emailed my PS and told him I wanted HP saline and instead of the original 420's o/f to 450 I wanted to be a 36 DD. He emailed me back and said he doesn't usually use HP but if that is what I wanted then he would special order them so he did.

Pre-Op 5/12/2003
I was a nervous wreck. It just seemed to make it all too real. I talked to anesthesia and answered all of their questions. They explained there procedure that would take place the morning of my surgery and then I was off to take those awful pre-op pictures. At this point, I explained to him that I was absolutely freaking out and he prescribed me some Xanax and told me to take these and chill out. So that is what I did. I spent the remainder of the week getting everything in order and getting my laundry caught up and my house cleaned and all of the kids lined out on where and with whom they would be staying and let me tell you the week just flew by.

Surgery Day 5/16/2003
My husband, Marc and I, arrived at Trover Foundation in Madisonville, Ky around 5:40 a.m. We were told to be there at 6:00 with my surgery being scheduled for 7:00. We thought we were doing great. Well, we got there in plenty of time and the pre-op nurse took us back and we went through all of the pre-op questions, signed all of the forms and etc. Then she announces that my surgery has been changed to 7:40. Oh I was pissed, I mean it took around an hour to get to the hospital so we left at 4:30 a.m. Which meant it was going to be that much longer that I was going to have to wait. While we were waiting, I read a magazine and watched some TV trying to pass the time (getting more anxious and nervous by the minute). Dr. Maguire finally came in and done his markings on my boobs and then off to the operating room I went. In the operating room they started hooking me up to all of the different monitors and things and doing the final preparations. Then the anesthesiologist told me I was getting ready to go to sleep on the count of 3 and he was right.

Recovery
I don't remember a whole lot about being in the recovery room except for asking for some lipstick (my lips were so dry and I wear lipstick all the time). I had to settle for Vaseline instead. And I was asking for Marc, my wonderful husband. They told me he was waiting for me in my room. I had to stay overnight. The next thing I remember was everyone telling me that I didn't even look like I had even had surgery. I thought at this point they were referring to my boobs so I was beginning to get a little concerned then Marc explained that my hair wasn't even messed up, my eyes weren't even blood shot, and I was wide awake. I even had the general anesthesia with the tube down my throat and the whole 9 yards and I felt great. As for the pain...I was worried for nothing. I had never felt better in my life, sure certain positions were a little difficult and certain tasks had to be performed at a much slower pace. Other than that it wasn't bad for me at all. I love my twins. I think they are absolutely beautiful and so worth the money, wait and even the anxiety.

~Angela D. Maddox

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