Ex-WAG Abby Gilmore to undergo cosmetic breast surgery after body insecurities

MELBOURNE blogger Abby Gilmore has laid bare her body insecurities in a revealing column, with the former WAG revealing she will go under the knife after having two children in her early twenties.

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Melbourne blogger, former WAG and single mum Abby Gilmore is getting a boob job in two weeks, at the age of 24. In an exclusive Kidspot column, she explains why.

BOOBS — I’m not sure if it’s something that all little girls think about when they’re growing up, but they were all I ever wanted from the age of about ten onwards.

I was literally boob-obsessed. My high school girlfriends can vouch for me on this when I say, I wore chicken fillets to school and even to bed! I prayed so hard for the day that I would wake up with nice, perky breasts and now at 24, I find I’m praying all over again.

Mum would always tell me, “be careful what you wish for because you just might get it!”

Abby Gilmore, who used to date Bulldog Jake Stringer, says she has been left with “deflated” D-cup breasts. Pic: Michael Klein.

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I didn’t take her seriously as I waltzed around at age 13 with my A-cups stuffed with chicken fillets.

At 19, I fell pregnant and if I hadn’t peed on the stick, I think it still would have been obvious to me by the immediate growth of my boobs! They instantly changed! And they continued to change through both of my pregnancies.

I enjoyed big F-cups for awhile before jumping up to a G-H while breastfeeding.

But now? I’m a deflated, sad-looking D. All I can say is, Mum was right. I got what I wished for plus like, four extra cups!

I’m finally doing something about it.

Young mum and former WAG Abby Gilmore with her children Arlo, 14 months, and Milla, 3. Picture: Jay Town

I have put a lot of energy not only in finding the right surgeon, but in finding myself.

A lot of work has gone on behind-the-scenes in fixing what’s on my inside that I feel it’s time for the outside to match.

Breast surgery was never something I seriously considered until I noticed my body change after having my two girls. I loved every bit of me that changed, except my boobs.

I have curves I love, wide hips that carried my babies safely in there, but I now have boobs that look nothing like they used to.

Mum Abby Gilmore says her breasts look nothing like they used to. Picture: Tim Carrafa

I feel like everyone tries to hide these kind of changes, like there is a stigma around our changing bodies. There are so many messages out there telling us all to “be ourselves” that we feel like we need to not only be ashamed of things we don’t like about ourselves, but also to be ashamed about wanting to fix them.

I would like people to understand that it is perfectly normal to not love everything about yourself and that ‘being yourself’ is being exactly you, however that looks and however that is achieved.

The person you idolise and think is absolutely perfect?

Well, she too hates something about herself. There are so many people out there with different bodies and shapes that it’s only natural to want to look like someone else. Without change it can’t be achievable, whether that’s eating healthy to lose that 15-kilos, lip-fillers to have bigger lips, a breast reduction to have smaller boobs, or high heels to be taller.

What really creates these insecurities is when we pretend to the world that we are these perfect creatures when in actual fact some of us have had ‘work’ done to achieve it.

That’s OK too! Why wouldn’t it be? It’s your body, only you can decide if you are happy with it or not.

We are too scared to speak up about changes to our bodies just like we are too scared to say that we love our bodies. Why is it that really celebrating ourselves is just so hard to do in any form?

These boobs of mine, I dislike them. I can’t wait to have my new ones.

Abby Gilmore fell pregnant when she was 19. Picture: Jay Town

To discover a new confidence I haven’t discovered yet. I feel so good right now internally, I can’t wait to do something for me externally.

So, like I do with everything else, I wanted to share my journey and perhaps I could help others in deciding where to go if having breast surgery is something they’ve been considering but haven’t had a chance to do research and find out reviews.

I’m putting my hand up to be a guinea pig for you all and I will be sharing my pre-and-post-operative moments on Snapchat and Instagram.

That’s how much I trust Dr Wessels and his team at One Cosmetic Foundation, he is a plastic and cosmetic surgeon who specialises in breast and “mummy-makeover” surgery along with various other procedures so I know my breasts are in good hands.

I put a lot of thought into my choice of doctor and I hope anyone considering this does the same. Women need to make sure they do a lot of research and choose the best option, not the cheapest one.

You really do pay the price if it goes wrong and the word “fix” is nearly impossible to achieve!

As much as I’ve embraced my imperfections and I’ve been able to move forward, there are still things that when I stand in front of the mirror that I would like to match the work I’ve done on the inside. Isn’t it that simple that all I want for you, is for me to be happy. Whatever that looks like.

This column originally appeared on Kidspot and has been reproduced with permission.