Hi lovely!
we have pretty much the same stats!!
i’m 8DPO and in all honesty, the first few days were the worse. I barely slept the first couple of days and spent all of the third knocked out. your boobs just feel very tight and uncomfortable but honestly it’s being unable to sleep comfortably upright which is the worse! it’s not unmanageable. I just about managed to drive 10 minutes down the road and still can’t bend / pick things up. Emotionally I feel drained as well, feel ready to cry at anything! it is a lot of stress on your body and it is all worth it ????
In regards to the needle, that’s what I was stressing out about the most!! I even asked if it could go into my arm instead lol. in the end they gave me numbing cream because I was stressing that much but I didn’t feel a thing! cannula and needle went in and I didn’t even realise, 30 seconds later I was knocked out clean. I wasn’t on a drip when I woke up but had oxygen. my cannula was taken out 3 hours after my op and I didn’t feel it 🙂
tips would definitely be to make sure you have proper pillows to prop yourself up with! and definitely have someone there who understands you and can help as basic things will be very difficult.
good luck with your op!!! hope it all goes well xx
