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Dawn's Journey

Hi, my name is Dawn from South Bend, Indiana (Notre Dame) & mother of two son's (13 & 8) & this is the start of my journey for firm perky boobies that has taken me down a long road for the last thirteen years. I have always been pretty happy with the size of my breast 36 c until I had my first son at a very young age. I gained an extreme amount of weight with him (114 lbs-198 lbs) & after the birth of my son & losing all the weight I had gained I noticed that my boobs were now starting to sag. Since I was very young when I gave birth I never thought about doing anything to my breast. I think I was just hoping that they could not get any worse then they already were.

I have always been very pleased with the size of my breast & in a bra or bathing suit they looked perky & firm. I have been very faithful to my bra's the last thirteen years & would never think about going without one. I have always worn a bra to bed & the only time these things were not locked up in a bra was to shower.

After a very hard second pregnancy I started to notice that my breast were really starting to sag much more & they were vanishing before my eyes. I started thinking what I could do to get my breast perky & up there like they were before the child bearing years. I have gotten so tired of hearing people say all you have to do is work out & firm up & your breast will too......YEA
RIGHT. I started my quest & called a P.S. about a consultation about having a breast lift since I was still very young & had never thought about having a breast augmentation. Well my motto was I just want to have a lift & be natural. I went to my first consultation that was at least six or so years ago & was very happy with what I was told they could do too give me those perky firm boobs that I have wanted to have once again. I left the P.S. office thinking yes I am going to have this done & talked about it for some time.......that's all I did was talk about it because I never made it back to the P.S. office again until year 2001.

Every time I gave getting that breast uplift one bit of thought I always pushed it to the back of my mind & started feeling guilty as there was a million better things I could use that kind of money for. Being a mother there is always things you go without to make sure your babies have everything they need & want. Well I guess it was not meant for me to have that breast uplift as I found out shortly after my consultation that I was now facing a very difficult situation. I was told that at 23 yrs old that I needed to have a full hysterectomy & that was a very big blow to me ....as I always thought only older people needed to have those done not someone as young as I was.

As time passed I never gave up on wanting to make my dream come true to have nice firm perky breast. I then started thinking about getting implants as now my saggy breast I did have were gone. So for several more years all I did was continue talking about having a breast augmentation done. Once again any time I would get that idea in my head there was always something I thought was more important for me to spend my money on.

Finally in year 2000 I thought I have always put every body else's needs & wants before mine & this next year was going to be my year to do the things I have longed for all this time. It all started when I went to the dentist about having this gap in my teeth that I have always hated for so long & once again have always put everyone before me. So I knew from that day on I was on a mission & was finally going to get everything I have put off for all these years done. After all I just put my oldest boy in braces the year before & that cost me a pretty penny as I did not have dental insurance.

After getting the dental work done that I have put off for all these years I was motivated enough & once again called the same P.S. & made a appointment for a consultation for breast augmentation & lift this time. I was very happy with how the consultation had gone & was real shocked she answered all my questions before I had a chance to ask any. When I left the
office that day I told my self I was on a mission & was getting this done & nothing was stopping me this time. I was not going to feel guilty for spending the money......after all it was money that I was not taking from the house hold rather money that was my compensation for a car accident. I went home & did some more research making sure that all my questions were answered. I sat there for another month having those crazy thoughts again.....guilty.....like I could be using this money to pay off my SUV.

Remember I said I was on a mission & nothing was going to stop me this time. I could not wait any longer as summer is approaching very fast & I want this summer to be able to wear all those little shirts & dresses that I could never think about wearing before because the bra thing always stopped me. I had not received my settlement from the car accident yet but did not want to have to wait as the P.S. gets very busy at this time of the year so I did what I would never usually do & took out the credit card that I never use because I hate owing money. I called the P.S. & was hoping to have my augmentation & lift done in April & was told they were already booked now I was looking at May 2nd & since that is my B-day I was not to keen on having it done then. Then she said well we do have a March 28th opening........I was very surprised that I would be able to get in that soon . It was a Friday & March 28th was only a little over a week away. I was told to come in that Monday for last consultation & too have blood work done.

I went that Monday had my blood work done & went over last minute questions again. I then whipped out that discover card & paid for my boobies. I was given my paper work & four prescriptions & told to be at that surgery center at 5.30 am for surgery at 6.30 am . I left there thinking what did I just do....yes I wanted for so long to have this done but it was that guilt thing again. I then told my self ....oh well you go for it Dawn .....You deserve it.

Up until the day I paid for my boobies my grumpy hairy thing I call a husband was thinking she is all talk & will not spend out the money to have this done. Well did we have a big surprise when he came home from work......oh I am having my boobs done next week. I always seem to surprise him with things since he does not want to ever hear about anything. I take my
vacations like that too .....I just say hey I will be out of town & I have everything covered as far as the kids go. It works for me!!! Just as I thought being the person that he is.....there is better better things you could be doing with that money. He seems to forget about all his greasy toys (cars) that he spends his money on. He was not going to do this to me this time......no...I was not going to feel guilty about this no more !!!!!

Grumpy hairy dude had to find someone to feel sorry for him & went to his parents since they still live in the stone age. I was not to happy to learn that he told his parents about me getting boobs. His parents came over a few days before I was to get my augmentation & they knew when I was having it done....& his father says so did you have it done yet? Well now it was time to let the inner b**ch out & say well does it look like it. Right away I had to hear oh you look fine & that is so stupid you would spend money like that. Well his father even had said just like that dental work you had done that was too much money. Ok now I am really pissed.....Who was he to tell me what too much money is? He does not pay my bills nor am I his wife.....to each his own.

I have since found out that his loving parent's (not) have gone around telling every one about Dawn's new boobies. Well I knew before I had it done that people were going to talk...but little did I know that I was paying a high price for a little self esteem.......that's where they all are wrong .....Who said little ......HUGE SELF ESTEEM.

Thank God my family lives in the world as it is today. They were all very supportive of my decision & said if that makes you happy you go for it. My father is a real funny guy...he says "is there a Hooter's coming to town? You are going to get a job at Hooter's aren't you?" What a funny man that father of mine......that's why I love him to death.

The night before the big day I was up all night as I was too excited to even think about sleeping & had a million last minute thing's I needed to do. My best friend/ someday sister in law Mary was going to be taking me to get my new twins. Mary was too excited too sleep also so she came over about 3:30am & we ended up messing around on the computer & she was drinking coffee that I was dieing for. Time went by fast & we were on our way to the P.S. center. We arrived on schedule & was greeted by the intake nurse that took me back to the recovery room. I was soon getting dressed in my gown & was asked a lot of medical questions before I was ready to have the I.V. put in my arm & the P.S. came in too take some more pics & mark me out. I was very happy they kept me so warm because I usually am always really cold. I laid there going through my gift bag full of goodies they had given me. I was given a gift certificate from Victoria Secrets, candle, body lotion & a few other things. I was now ready to walk back to the surgery room where I was asked where we were going today......Cancun & off we were.

Mary said surgery was rather quick I was finished at 8:00 am & in the recovery room. That's where it all stalled.......I had told Mary before we went that it always takes me forever to recover from being put under. The nurse came out to let her know I was fine & everything went well & I should be ready to go in a few hours. I was told I must use the restroom before I could leave ......well give me something to drink & I just might be able to do that. Little did I know that I was given lots of fluids through the I.V. & still was not able to go. I heard the nurse say well I guess I will just have to use a catheter....& I was not to happy to hear that word.....but it worked & after about five hours or so I was finally going home way longer in recovery room then expected.

The minute I was home I went right for my big guy recliner & basically slept the whole night through. I needed to go back to the P.S. tomorrow to have the valve drains removed & I was pretty worried about if it was going to be painful. All went well no pain like I had thought there was going to be.

Remember the grumpy hairy thing I call husband......well he took off the next two day's from work to help with me. I did not need his help since I already had Mary & knew from previous experiences that grumpy hairy thing is no help . I did not want him helping me as he will bring this up too me at a later time as how another one of my surgeries he was there for me....he always says I am such a burden when it comes to medical things. Thank God I have such a wonderful best friend because she did everything for me. Mary took very good care of me & picked up my house for me & even cooked dinner for everyone. Mary went home at night to care for her family & thought that grumpy dude could care for me through the night. Well that is why he took two day's off from work was to help remember. Wrong he used me as his excuse to sleep & play internet checkers & sit for hours on e-bay.

On Thursday the day after surgery one of my ice bag's broke open & I was not able to even move much less get all this cold ice that had gone every where off me. I laid there trying to get him up while he was snoring his butt off. Thank God my dad lives with me because he came to my rescue & made everything better for me. Needless to say my husband lost two days pay to sleep & mess around on computer -- what help he was. I forgot he was so beat from everything he had been doing for me. (lol)

I was very surprised as I never really had any pain just a lot of discomfort from the straps & back pain. I hate taking pills so I was not on those pain med's for long. I never really had much swelling & did bruise around my one areola which is weird because the other areola is the one she did more work on during the lift. I did use SinEcch so maybe that is why I did not have much bruising. I am now doing these exercises with my pecks to help them drop down in place.

I was worried when it came time to finally take a shower as I was not sure if the water was going to hurt. I was worried over nothing did not hurt at all. I did notice that I had a blister when I was undressing for that first shower......& boy was I freaking out not knowing what was going on with that. I found out the next day it was a reaction from the medical tape they use to
tape the ends of the stitches......big relief !!!!!

I am very happy to say I made the best decision on leaving my saggy 36c's behind & welcomed my new McGhan smooth round 390 o/f 420 full under crease saline crescent lift 36dd's.

Now For The Photos!!

before & 3 weeks after 2 days post 1 week post more crescent lift incisions

*click on photos for a larger image*

I can honestly say I had a great experience & if I was too have to do it again I would have never of waited as long as I did. I would not give them back for nothing. The only thing I would give back is the grumpy hairy thing......(lol)

I hope I was able to share my story in a positive way for other's out there thinking of a B.A.