I had surgery a week ago but my breasts feel hard and sore.

I know its still earl days but I am a bit worried I may have ruptured my implants by lifting a baby 6 days after my surgery. They keep on going hard and are quite sore to touch.
Is this normal?

[Howard Rosenberg, MD]

If you have gel implants, you would not be able to determine if there was a rupture (this is determined primarily by MRI examination). Rupture of a saline implant would result in breasts that are suddenly soft and rapidly diminish in size to your pre-op state.  It is exceedingly unlikely that lifting a baby a six days has caused a rupture of either type of implant.  Soreness is almost universal at this stage.