![]() I discovered that abdominoplasty eliminates the back pain that many women suffer after childbirth and abdominal separation. He discovered that my abdominal muscles were still separated after my births, and my stomach and pubic area had “collapsed”. Meeting with my chosen surgeon was daunting, but exciting. I researched the best Canberra surgeon using online plastic surgery forums and local Canberra Facebook mother’s groups. I wanted to be in safe hands, recovering in hospital in Canberra, not miles away. I felt uncomfortable travelling overseas for plastic surgery I had children to think about and God forbid anything go wrong. I made the decision to have a tummy tuck – abdominoplasty – on a whim, but I immediately immersed myself in research. I felt so undesirable and it was beginning to affect many areas of my life. I’m all for ageing gracefully, but there was nothing graceful about this. The rest of my body I could live with- but I now had the tummy of a 70 year old, when I should have the stomach of a woman in her 30’s. The lovely lady wasn’t being rude and I didn’t want to make the situation any more awkward. At my most recent encounter, a stranger asked if I knew the sex of my unborn baby- when I was very much NOT pregnant. I was tired of the embarrassing scenario – I would explain that I was not “with child” and they would guiltily apologise. Over the years several people assumed I was pregnant when I wasn’t. ![]() Surely they were thinking ‘how can she look pregnant when she had her baby months ago?’ I remember attending a birthday party and receiving directed glances from acquaintances, as they eyed my large tummy. My once little pot-belly now sagged and hung over my pubic area. Becoming a mother had changed my body shape. “Ooh, that’s a big gap!” she exclaimed after measuring a four centimetre separation. After the birth of my first baby, I remember the hospital physiotherapist checking my abdominal muscles.
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