If you are a mother or a daycare provider who has recently undergone breast implant surgery, there are some very important things you need to know about your recovery.
Many people think of breast implant surgery as something that young,
single women undergo, Hollywood types with free time for tans and martinis. Very rarely do we think of harried moms with toddlers or daycare providers with multiple children requiring their attention.
Yet, this demographic undergoes augmentation procedures all the time. Their surgeries are as successful and deserved as those of the single ladies. They do, however, come with a whole set of complications with recovery. Those complications require diaper changes and demand being picked-up.
Herein lies the problem. One of the first things your surgeon will tell you, when it comes to your recovery, is “rest, rest, rest.”In order for your body to fully recover form the trauma experienced in breast implant surgery, you need to spend much of the two or three weeks following the procedure lying down.
At the very least, you need to keep a close watch on the amount of time you spend on your feet. This can be an impossible and laughable thing for a mother or a daycare provider. There is no resting when young children are involved. You need to match their needs and energy 110 percent, 100 percent of the time.
The next thing your doctor will tell you is careful with unwanted pressure on your recovering breasts. Sleep on your back, don’t wear tight clothing or sports bras and watch out for hugs. Anyone that has ever worked with toddlers or older infants knows that one of the most common things in the day is the hug. Hugs are given after falls, after naps and during play.
Your surgeon will also recommend that you avoid lifting heavy objects. Lifting heavy objects can cause complications with the sutures left behind after the procedure. A suture could pop or become infected or the weight of the load could cause a large flow of blood to the healing area. Yet, picking up children, putting them on the diaper table or in the crib is a constant in the life of a mother or daycare provider.
Does this information mean that moms or those that work with children shouldn’t get breast implant surgery? No, it doesn’t. Surgeons often perform surgeries on individuals that could have post-surgery complications. They just do the surgeries with caution. They make sure that the patients create solutions to some of the recovery issues.
Instead of picking up a child and carrying them to the diaper table, a mother can bring the diaper changing station to the floor. If it is a provider that gets procedure, they can request different duties during the weeks of the recovery. Another teacher could lay the child down for the recovering teacher.
There are many solutions to what seem like insurmountable complications for successful breast implant surgery for mothers or daycare providers. It may take some creative thinking, but there is no reason to avoid having the procedure done just because there are young children in the picture.
