5 weeks

It has been 5 weeks today and I feel totally back to normal in my everyday activities.  All the little aches and pains are gone and my breasts are really softening up.  They still haven't dropped as much as I would like so I am massaging religiously and even wearing the dreaded bra for a few hours a day just to keep things moving down and filling out.  One side is dropping faster than the other, but I can tell that both are making progress.  I just keep telling myself that they will each "fluff" in their own timing.  They really are so much softer than they were for weeks and weeks.  The massage helps out tremendously.  I can now squeeze them from any angle and they feel very natural already after only 5 weeks.  Some of the pains I had before are totally gone; I think they were worked out by the massage.  There must have been some scar tissue and stuff just sitting there and needed help to get moving.  The massage has also helped the muscle with the tenseness as well.  I did try running after my son while he was riding his bike.  I felt OK at the time, but that night while I was sleeping my boobs were pretty sore.  I guess I will wait a few more weeks to start running.  I was given the go ahead to start light weight lifting but no strenuous activity for one more week.  I have slept braless for about a week just because I CAN and don't have to wear "the bra" anymore.  I am hoping to find something comfy and mildly supportive so they don't get saggy!  I have not had any luck on finding a good bra yet.  So far I am only allowed to wear non-push-up & no-wire styles which are HARD to find in a 34d.  I found an awesome sports bra (under armour) that is soooooooo comfy and supportive.  I could wear it all the time and be happy!  I also settled for a 36c bra which was only $7, but it has ended up not fitting quite right and is incredibly itchy.  I would rather wear "the bra" than this cheap thing.  I just hated to spend too much on something that I might not wear for too long.  I may just have to shell out the bucks for another under armour.  If anyone has any good suggestions PLEASE LET ME KNOW!!!!!  I have measured myself to try and order from VS's (they don't have much I can wear in my size either), but I measure as a 34b which is what I was before (how can that be?????).  So strange.  Anyway, hopefully at some point I will find something besides sports bras to wear.  Other than that, I am feeling GREAT!!!!!!!!!!  Oh, one more thing for anyone thinking about this surgery:  It is amazing  how different I can look in different clothes.  The other night I wore a strapless dress out with my husband and my chest looked HUGE, but when we had dinner with old friends, I wore a conservative top with a camisole underneath and I looked not too much unlike my old self.   I definitely was not drawing any attention to them.  I have been so many various sizes in the past after breastfeeding two boys that I feel perfectly normal with an A or with a D.  (For the first few weeks when they were very firm and sore I did keep thinking that I felt exactly like a breastfeeding mother! Thankfully I am over that!!!!!!)