For those of you with breast implants....

[Sassy69]

Wow - I'm 5'7", I'm 34 D - got 425 & 475 cc. You must be the "big girls" in town I'm pretty happy w/ mine, though I don't like when I get "off season" - I start to look like a linebacker.

 

[superqt4u2nv]

Mine is charging $60 for the consult. I was surprised at first but it seems to be like that at several surgery centers here now. The dr I am going to came recommended from a friend so I don't have a hard time paying for the consult.

My GF just got hers done I will probably go the same Dr. she did. She went from a B to a C. I just talked to her and she already said I kinda wish I went bigger.

 

[indyswife]

My GF just got hers done I will probably go the same Dr. she did. She went from a B to a C. I just talked to her and she already said I kinda wish I went bigger.

How long was her recovery? (I may be getting a tummy tuck too, after two kids, alot of stretch marks and extra skin after 40 lbs weight loss I need it) but I am hoping to be up and going by the Classic. I am going to try and schedule it for mid February. Working around the kids is hard, another reason to stick with a C cup for me, I can only imagine my preschooler going to school saying mommy's got big boobs now.

 

[caligirl]

I have a question. What do they feel like to have on your chest, I would imagine they would feel heavier, but do they feel harder, like when you roll over sleeping etc. Do they feel anything like breast milk engorgment? the hardness, pain? ??? I don't know what else to compare them to.... how long does it take to feel like they are normal and yours??

 

[superqt4u2nv]

How long was her recovery? (I may be getting a tummy tuck too, after two kids, alot of stretch marks and extra skin after 40 lbs weight loss I need it) but I am hoping to be up and going by the Classic. I am going to try and schedule it for mid February. Working around the kids is hard, another reason to stick with a C cup for me, I can only imagine my preschooler going to school saying mommy's got big boobs now.

Her recovery is slow. She is still very weak and it has been nearly a month. In her case I think it will take a bit longer to heal. She is also not a health nut. I am hoping that the healthier you are the easier the revcovery. However she told me that her Dr. said girls with well developed pec muslce have harder recovery when going under the muscle as they real have to tear the fibers to put the implants in.

CaliGirl my GF says that she has days where the feel like rocks and she is so itchy from the skin streaching that she wishes she almost never got them done. She still can't sleep on her back or side yet but remember she is in recovery mood. Once she is fully recovered I am sure she will be fine.

 

[Sassy69]

As soon as the healing is complete - the scar tissue, the nerves settling in, and just the general settling in, they feel just like yours. I never felt like I had a foreign anything on my body. Ever. For the several months I couldn't sleep on my stomach which was hard because I was a stomach sleeper. Then I developed this way to sleep w/ my chest propped up on my hands, sleeping on my stomach - which managed to hyperextend my back. Had to stop that. It wasnt' until about a year ago I was able to get a massage laying flat on my chest w/o a towel rolled up to prop up my chest a bit. The only issues I have now are needing a couple layers of good sports bras if I plan to run at all (e.g. treadmill) and the girls tend to get in the way when I'm doign a cable row or some sort of crunch or some such yoga / pilates somethign or other.

The only other time I really am aware of them is when I diet down for a competition - around 10% bf I can start to see the rippling of them, but since that's not really a bodyfat I maintain, I don't worry about it too much.

Oh yea, if you do a serious chest flex or something like a cable fly, you do see that the implants get stretched a bit - like a balloon being pressed against.

I still dont' consider that a big deal relative to the good stuff about having them.

 

[superqt4u2nv]

Sassy did you go over or under the muscle? Also how were the done I forget the technical term for it but I think the best option is threw the armpit.

 

[caligirl]

As soon as the healing is complete - the scar tissue, the nerves settling in, and just the general settling in, they feel just like yours. I never felt like I had a foreign anything on my body. Ever. For the several months I couldn't sleep on my stomach which was hard because I was a stomach sleeper. Then I developed this way to sleep w/ my chest propped up on my hands, sleeping on my stomach - which managed to hyperextend my back. Had to stop that. It wasnt' until about a year ago I was able to get a massage laying flat on my chest w/o a towel rolled up to prop up my chest a bit. The only issues I have now are needing a couple layers of good sports bras if I plan to run at all (e.g. treadmill) and the girls tend to get in the way when I'm doign a cable row or some sort of crunch or some such yoga / pilates somethign or other.

The only other time I really am aware of them is when I diet down for a competition - around 10% bf I can start to see the rippling of them, but since that's not really a bodyfat I maintain, I don't worry about it too much.

Oh yea, if you do a serious chest flex or something like a cable fly, you do see that the implants get stretched a bit - like a balloon being pressed against.

I still dont' consider that a big deal relative to the good stuff about having them.

Thanks for answering, I have debated because when I'm done nursing I will go down at least a size if not two. My Mom has them and hers are great, I had never though to ask her how they felt.... also with my sport, I'm on the groud alot flying around can be high impact at times, some girls have them with no problem, but I do know one, whos were over the muscle that popped... she was dubbed "the uniboober" for a few weeks

 

[indyswife]

Thanks for the help girls. I will let you know how my consult goes.

QT, I think Sassy said in a previous thread that hers are unders and her incision is periarealor or thru the nipple.

 

[Puddles]

I was naturally big boobed. 36DD before having a child, then I went up to a JJ cup when I was nursing for a year. Lost weight and was down to a D. I needed a lift as well as implants. I went under the muscle to prevent sagging in the future but had complications with scar tissue and infection. Mine were done a few yrs. ago and I definitely know they're there at times but I'm still glad I got it done. It has definitely affected my training though. I had 450's, high profile, under the muscle, and was a DD when the swelling went down.

Right now I'm on HRT and my boobs are growing. I'm not liking it. I'll be 40 in a few months and I never thought my boobs would be growing at this age!

One thing to consider when trying to decide if you're gonna go over or under the muscle is having mamograms done when you're older. With unders they can perform a regular mamogram but with overs they can only use ultrasound which is not as effective in detecting breast cancer. If breast cancer runs in your family I would strongly advise going with unders.