I was banded 5 years ago and haven't had a fill in at least a couple of years, but about 6-months ago I started have a rhythmic gurgling noise which comes from the upper portion of my stomach. It does it when I'm full at night when I lie down to go to bed, AND ALSO when I wake up in the mornings with an empty stomach. It only seems to happen when I'm lying down, and will eventually stop, but man, it's embarrassing!!

I've read a lot of discussions about people experiencing stomach spasms with too much restriction, but I seriously doubt that's the case here. Maybe it's more like air trapped??

My question is: why did it suddenly start doing this? And how can I keep it from happening?

Thanks,

Lynn

I don't have an answer for you but I wonder if you are maybe eating too close to bed time (but that doesn't explain it happening in the morning)?

It's nothing you can stop, it's your body's natural process. You can help minimize it by keeping a glass of Water near by and drinking that before bed and when you get up.

Our bodies make all sorts of noises, nothing to be embarrassed about.

Ever since i was banded over five and a half years ago, my stomach has been crazy loud and gurgly the miniute I lie down at night. Its not gurgling from food/liquid moving through the stoma, its air in my intestines. DH is banded too and he is the same, we often get into bed at night and laugh at the symphony our guts produce. I cant lie on my back going off to sleep because its so loud and violent it keeps me awake, i have to lie on my side, that quietens it down a bit.

Now this may be TMI, but all that air never made it to the rear end, nor did I need to burp. Its kinda like bubbles rising to the surface, because the activity does die down after 20 minutes or so. I have had an ileostomy for the past 6 months and so now I dont, ahem, fart so to speak, but my stoma does - I cant control it or hold it in and since I have had the stoma, all this gurgling starts up and it makes loud, long noises and my bag blows up like a balloon for that 20 minutes! I usually have to get up 3 or 4 times to let the gas out of it, and then it all qietens down and i can go to sleep. But all this only happens when I lie down! It doesnt appear to be related to a full tummy, I dont generally eat at night, its not over-restriction as I have no Fluid at all at the moment, but it doesnt hurt, or cause me any problems and my sleeping partner is my DH of 20 years so I just dont worry about it.