I am not up there,
at the 100s, even though sometimes I do feel that way, but I still love
Mother’s Day and know all of its history.
I got to appreciate this day more when I gave birth to my daughter and
the name “mother” suddenly acquired a completely different and heightened meaning!
This year, I had
to spend it away from my daughter … the pleasures of a college education (!)…
and it hurt. After all, when U.S.
President Woodrow Wilson officially set aside the second Sunday in May in 1914
for the holiday, it was meant “to celebrate the best mother you've ever
known—your mother—as a son or a daughter", which basically means that
you (as a son or daughter) would go home to spend time with your mother and
thank her for all that she did. Don’t
get me wrong … I did get my “thank you mommy” from my daughter – who actually
does not have to wait for Mother’s Day to tell me how much she loves me and
appreciates what I’ve done … but … she did not “come home” … she couldn’t! And I felt so awkward …
I
did however had a good look at myself … twenty years after having earned the
name “mother” and I could very clearly see why the marketing term “MOMMY
MAKEOVER” was born. It is really not a
surgical term, as it involves multiple plastic surgery procedures, but the
wanted outcome is one: the restoration and improvement of the bodies of mothers
postpartum (or post-pregnancy).
The package includes procedures that
refresh the body and allow us mothers to bring back the body we had before
pregnancy and before we actually set ourselves as second-in-line (sometimes
even third or fourth or fifth…) since dedicating our lives to nurturing our
children. It’s a way of saying “thank
you” to ourselves, for a change.
So looking at our bodies, we know we
need to fix the sagging boobs that became enlarged and bloated during pregnancy
and breastfeeding, and then kind-of emptied out and …went South! A breast lift is really the answer to that,
but since there was the “emptying out” as well, a combined breast augmentation
brings back the youthful bust we had and allows us to rid ourselves of the “required”
unwire bras and thick straps that hurt our shoulders. A good way to see whether you actually need a
breast lift, which reshapes and raises the sagged breasts, is to put a pencil
under your breast and see if it stays there.
If it does … then a breast lift is your option. If you have also lost a significant amount
of volume from your breasts and have extra skin that needs “tailoring” then a
breast implant can be inserted at the same time as the lift, resulting in both
an increase in the volume and firmness.
Ok, and the breasts are raised and
moved back to the correct position (not mid belly anymore!) but now, we can
actually see our tummy, which took the worst toll from the pregnancy … that’s
where our treasure was growing, and realize that we have loose skin we have no
control over. We are determined to get
rid of it, watch what we eat and hit the gym five times a week, doing abs over
and over …and over. Nonetheless, the
skin is still there, reminding us of our gems, our pearls, our children … but
making the good old flat-tummy times seem like centuries ago. Here is where the tummy tuck comes in
place. Abdominoplasty, as it is more
scientifically known, is the procedure that removes the excess skin and fat
from the middle and lower abdomen, tightens the muscle of the abdominal wall
and reduces the appearance of a protruding abdomen, removing unsightly stretch
marks at the same time! Wow! Nice one!
Since we are under the observant eye
and expertise of our skilled and board certified plastic surgeon and under
general anesthesia, we might as well go ahead and have some liposuction done,
in any areas that could possibly need it.
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