Anonymous
Post 11/03/2013 16:31     Subject: Are there any otherwise "crunchy" moms out there that have gotten breast implants?
PP. Removal is extremely easy. Why not just remove them? Its not even expensive and literally takes the doctor 15 min...I know this because I'm a nurse at a surgery center and assist in all kinds of cosmetic surgery. You could even do it under local. It is probably THE easiest procedure.
Anonymous
Post 11/03/2013 15:33     Subject: Are there any otherwise "crunchy" moms out there that have gotten breast implants?
I got small implants at 21 to feel more confident. No boyfriend at the time or anything. I met someone, quickly got married an was pregnant at 24. Not crunchy. 26, 2nd baby & became quite crunchy. Crunch peaked for me around then but I now have 2 more kids- 4 total, home births for the last 3, no tv/microwave, co sleeping, ebf, home made baby food etc. I'm fairly high on the crunch factor but I have these horrible fake boobs. They were only 125 cc and now a big A or very small B. THey are so fake looking and feeling. I have to watch what I wear because I feel like a porn star with cleavage showing-- or a tight fit. They are done very well, and are small- saline under te muscle. Yet at 5'5 and 115 and decently toned, it simply doesn't look real. It's a hard choice. I had zero breast tissue. My 10 year old son has more than I did at 21. I wouldn't do it now though.
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2013 20:13     Subject: Re:Are there any otherwise "crunchy" moms out there that have gotten breast implants?
I'm going to clear this up, here are the exact definitions of crunchy:


quasi/modern day hippie; tends to wear no shoes, spends much of time finding way out of woods after smoking excessive amounts of weed, preferred fragrance = patchouli

I think the OP can still do all of these things, but with implants and remain "crunchy".
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2013 20:10     Subject: Are there any otherwise "crunchy" moms out there that have gotten breast implants?
No, it is like the vegetarian who eats meat a few times a year. That person is still a vegetarian. Just one that happens to not eat vegetarian a few times a year.
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2013 18:15     Subject: Are there any otherwise "crunchy" moms out there that have gotten breast implants?
Just stop calling it crunchy. If you get breast implants you are crunchy. That is perfectly fine. No one needs or has to be crunchy.

It is like a vegetarian who now eats meat holding on to the identity of being vegetarian.

Anonymous
Post 11/01/2013 16:26     Subject: Are there any otherwise "crunchy" moms out there that have gotten breast implants?
Anonymous wrote:I strive to be crunchy and have crunchy friends. Crunchy means you eschew all things artificial and live life in harmony with nature. you leave a minimal footprint. You value life and respect all things living. You respect and appreciate nature and how she designed things to be. Artificially changing your body for the sake of appearance is not consistent with crunchy.


Nobody lives their life 100% to a "definition" as deemed by you or anyone else. Life is flexible. People are flexible.


let's just carry it even further. No crunchy person would ever use the internet, certainly not this stupid site. The amount of energy it takes to run data centers and systems is warming the earth. Your pointless drivel just cost us a fraction of a degree and probably created a few extra jellyfish in the warming seas. Your could have just put us over the edge and into the next hurricane. Listening to Pandora or Spotify? You are killing polar bears.



Each month, power used for Google searches generates 260,000 kilograms of carbon dioxide, enough to run a freezer for the next 5,400 years.
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2013 15:30     Subject: Are there any otherwise "crunchy" moms out there that have gotten breast implants?
I don't know what your definition of crunchy is but I breastfed my kids for 3-5 years each, cloth diapered, co-slept, etc. and I got breast implants a few years ago. The few people who know I had it done were pretty surprised, but the thing is, I did/do things that may be considered "crunchy" for my kids. I did my breast implants for me. I hated what my breasts looked liked after years of breastfeeding and I wanted them fixed. Getting implants was, for me, a totally selfish thing.

Anyway, I am happy I had them done.

Anonymous
Post 11/01/2013 15:25     Subject: Are there any otherwise "crunchy" moms out there that have gotten breast implants?
I strive to be crunchy and have crunchy friends. Crunchy means you eschew all things artificial and live life in harmony with nature. you leave a minimal footprint. You value life and respect all things living. You respect and appreciate nature and how she designed things to be. Artificially changing your body for the sake of appearance is not consistent with crunchy.
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2013 15:06     Subject: Are there any otherwise "crunchy" moms out there that have gotten breast implants?
Here's my best advice as someone who has seriously considered this but ultimately opted to wait. Research a few doctors online and go for a consult or two. Really look at their portfolio with an eye towards the look you are going for. Some doctors can achieve a natural look but many do not get it right going too big or with the wrong placement. Ask about options (silicone vs saline, over vs under muscle, incision site), alternatives (lift or fat injections), cost, recovery time and troubleshooting should something go wrong. Once you are armed with the hard facts, you'll probably be able to make a solid decision much more easily, and without regret.
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2013 14:54     Subject: Are there any otherwise "crunchy" moms out there that have gotten breast implants?
Are they silicone or saline? It's a personal question, but I'm still freaked out about adding something internally that's not there naturally. I'm fairly crunchy and I can't stand mercury in shots. That's why I'm not sure about silicone implants, even after three kids. (Saline, however, is already there, but still what's the lining made of and have dangers really been studied?)

FWIW, a lift sounds better to me because it's removing rather than adding something to the body.
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2013 14:50     Subject: Are there any otherwise "crunchy" moms out there that have gotten breast implants?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:All valid points but the OP didn't ask for opinions from people who didn't walk the walk. The only legit answer so far is from 13:12. The others are just judging using their own set of values OP so take it with a grain.


I disagree. OP clearly stated that this desire is contrary to values she holds (or has held til recently). She brought the values issue up herself. Others are responding to that. If she had left out all the stuff about her values and just said "I'm fit and healthy and hate my breasts, anyone have a similar experience and if so did you get implants and if so any regrets?" then your point would be valid. That's not what she said.


Not the PP but actually, as I read it, she was pretty clear as to who this question was directed at:

"Anyway, wondering if anyone [b]cut from the same cloth opted for surgery[b] and is happy (or not) with the long term results, physically and mentally. Thanks!"

In other words, people like her who had the surgery done.
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2013 14:39     Subject: Are there any otherwise "crunchy" moms out there that have gotten breast implants?
And there is nothing wrong with my white hair. This fact does not prevent me from dying it brown. It might be silly and it might prove dangerous, but that is thr way I like it.

My body, my choice. I choose to alter my physical appearance through running which probably kills and injures people each year than boob jobs. I'm not going to stop running.
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2013 14:29     Subject: Re:Are there any otherwise "crunchy" moms out there that have gotten breast implants?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm someone who is probably along the lines you mention -- not through and through crunchy but on that end of the spectrum for sure, and I have breast implants. I got them before I had children because my breasts were so small and slightly saggy (from having previously gotten implants at age 21 and then having them removed at 24 because they were too large for my body type) that I knew that pregnancy and BFing would leave me with two flaps of skin and it would be very difficult for me to feel sexually desirable. My DH did not support my decision at all, said he loved me the way I was, and I believe that he was sincere. I do not dress provocatively and never did, so it was really just for me to feel confident about myself. I was wearing cutlets all the time by that point so I was like, what's the difference if they're on the inside or outside except that I'll feel more attractive in bed if they're on the inside. Is there something wrong in my brain that I can't feel good about myself unless I fit a certain set of criteria in my physical appearance? Yeah, and I'll be the first to admit it. But it was much easier to fix my body than my mind. I also had a nose job FWIW because I hated my nose (at age 25, just a few months after the implant removal).

Despite being crunchy-ish in a lot of ways, I don't have any objection to cosmetic surgery. There is a lot of pressure on women to be attractive and I don't think surgery, up to a point, is an unreasonable response to it. You have to do what is going to make YOU happy and feel good about yourself. Who cares what anyone else thinks? I do feel sorry for women (I know several) whose husbands really want them to get implants (or whatever). It should be about what makes you feel better when you look in the mirror and helps you be confident and satisfied with your appearance. No one else should influence the decision.

I will also say that I am relieved that I have all boys. I wouldn't want to set that example for a girl. That may seem contradictory to what I said above, but I guess I just feel like, well, my brain is already fucked up and there's nothing I can do about that, but a daughter would be (at least theoretically) a clean slate and I wouldn't want to contribute to the beauty madness that she would be subjected to outside the family anyway. My boys obviously don't know and are unlikely to find out but a girl undoubtedly would.


Honestly, this is a terribly sad statement. What an indictment of our culture.


+1000. We gotta fight the urge ladies. There was the movie with Ryan Gosling, where he said, "Men won when pole dancing became a popular exercise class," or words to that effect. That made me cringe. I know that everyone says they don't do it for men, but on some level, it is all about this crazy ideal of beauty that is impossible to keep if you manage to attain it. I want to feel beautiful just like anyone else. We have to work hard at not letting that pressure cause us to do things that we don't really believe in, are dangerous, or are just plain silly. It is a daily struggle out there to keep your self esteem up, and in that way I actually agree with the statement in bold. But it is also a terribly sad statement. And it is an indictment of our culture that perfectly natural events are to be "corrected" with surgery. And that the inability to do so causes us self-esteem issues. There is nothing wrong with your breasts. I guess that is the point: There is nothing wrong with your breasts. I think that crunchy mom secretly knows that. I think we all secretly know it.
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2013 14:01     Subject: Re:Are there any otherwise "crunchy" moms out there that have gotten breast implants?
Anonymous wrote:I'm someone who is probably along the lines you mention -- not through and through crunchy but on that end of the spectrum for sure, and I have breast implants. I got them before I had children because my breasts were so small and slightly saggy (from having previously gotten implants at age 21 and then having them removed at 24 because they were too large for my body type) that I knew that pregnancy and BFing would leave me with two flaps of skin and it would be very difficult for me to feel sexually desirable. My DH did not support my decision at all, said he loved me the way I was, and I believe that he was sincere. I do not dress provocatively and never did, so it was really just for me to feel confident about myself. I was wearing cutlets all the time by that point so I was like, what's the difference if they're on the inside or outside except that I'll feel more attractive in bed if they're on the inside. Is there something wrong in my brain that I can't feel good about myself unless I fit a certain set of criteria in my physical appearance? Yeah, and I'll be the first to admit it. But it was much easier to fix my body than my mind. I also had a nose job FWIW because I hated my nose (at age 25, just a few months after the implant removal).

Despite being crunchy-ish in a lot of ways, I don't have any objection to cosmetic surgery. There is a lot of pressure on women to be attractive and I don't think surgery, up to a point, is an unreasonable response to it. You have to do what is going to make YOU happy and feel good about yourself. Who cares what anyone else thinks? I do feel sorry for women (I know several) whose husbands really want them to get implants (or whatever). It should be about what makes you feel better when you look in the mirror and helps you be confident and satisfied with your appearance. No one else should influence the decision.

I will also say that I am relieved that I have all boys. I wouldn't want to set that example for a girl. That may seem contradictory to what I said above, but I guess I just feel like, well, my brain is already fucked up and there's nothing I can do about that, but a daughter would be (at least theoretically) a clean slate and I wouldn't want to contribute to the beauty madness that she would be subjected to outside the family anyway. My boys obviously don't know and are unlikely to find out but a girl undoubtedly would.


Honestly, this is a terribly sad statement. What an indictment of our culture.
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2013 13:58     Subject: Are there any otherwise "crunchy" moms out there that have gotten breast implants?
Anonymous wrote:All valid points but the OP didn't ask for opinions from people who didn't walk the walk. The only legit answer so far is from 13:12. The others are just judging using their own set of values OP so take it with a grain.


I disagree. OP clearly stated that this desire is contrary to values she holds (or has held til recently). She brought the values issue up herself. Others are responding to that. If she had left out all the stuff about her values and just said "I'm fit and healthy and hate my breasts, anyone have a similar experience and if so did you get implants and if so any regrets?" then your point would be valid. That's not what she said.