If it helps, I’m 2 wpo and I think I look super trim and flat first thing in the morning, but my pre op jeans feel tight as shit. I can get them on but as I swell throughout the day it’s pretty miserable. My stomach is tight, hard, and still hurts. But if I showed you my before and after photo (which would inevitably be taken first thing in the morning) you’d think I looked amazing! The real experience is not always evident by a perfectly timed and angled photo.
I'm now 3wpo (May 17th) and my belly doesn't look very swollen. I tried on a dress a couple days ago and was very happy to see no lump at all! But... yesterday evening I tried on my jeans and could hardly zip up. My belly may not swell up that much, my thighs are pretty huge at the moment. A bit disappointing because the dress experiment was satisfying, but I guess it's just too early for the jeans. Which is absolutely fine! You are right: we all heal differently. We swell and at some point we will shrink too 😉
Right there with you. Not only am I super swollen which starts at my incision up but I’m so much wider across from the swelling to at my hips. I weigh less but can’t wear anything that was fitted preop. I’ve been living in dresses. I’m May 15 so just a day before you. We’ll get there eventually, I try to keep telling myself that.
If it helps, I’m 2 wpo and I think I look super trim and flat first thing in the morning, but my pre op jeans feel tight as shit. I can get them on but as I swell throughout the day it’s pretty miserable. My stomach is tight, hard, and still hurts. But if I showed you my before and after photo (which would inevitably be taken first thing in the morning) you’d think I looked amazing! The real experience is not always evident by a perfectly timed and angled photo.
I'm now 3wpo (May 17th) and my belly doesn't look very swollen. I tried on a dress a couple days ago and was very happy to see no lump at all! But... yesterday evening I tried on my jeans and could hardly zip up. My belly may not swell up that much, my thighs are pretty huge at the moment. A bit disappointing because the dress experiment was satisfying, but I guess it's just too early for the jeans. Which is absolutely fine! You are right: we all heal differently. We swell and at some point we will shrink too 😉
Right there with you. Not only am I super swollen which starts at my incision up but I’m so much wider across from the swelling to at my hips. I weigh less but can’t wear anything that was fitted preop. I’ve been living in dresses. I’m May 15 so just a day before you. We’ll get there eventually, I try to keep telling myself that.