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Hi Stepaheda,   I am currently undergoing expansion as well.  I go every two -three weeks for fills, My physician has never put more then 100cc in (that was the first fill) after that he has put approx. 45-50cc in each time.  I have gone 4 times since July 1st.  I will have my last expansion on Sept. 19.  Then I am going to wait until January to have the permanent implants placed.  I needed a break so I ask him to delay the next surgery.  He agreed saying that the longer the expanders stayed in the better result I'll have anyway.  I am a very small girl with not a lot of excess skin so he took moved slowly on my expansions.  People who have gone through this advised me to take some kind of pain killer such as ibuprofen or hydrocodone to ease the stretching pains and I did that.  I did not have much pain but I did take the medicine an hour or so before I went.  I also have been very strict about doing stretches and arm exercises since my bilateral mastectomy so you will maintain good shoulder range of motion.  I also found that the stretches eased the tightness on the expansion days.  They will fill a large syringe and place a needle through the incision that you all ready have, it just feels like blood work being drawn, no pain assoicated with it (perhaps a pinch) then they slowly fill the expander with the saline.  It is facinating to watch the breast grow before your eyes.  It really is not a scary thing nor did I find it particularly uncomfortable.  Good Luck and God Bless!