Weird question

[MissyG 1]

When you came come from the hospital what was the most comfortable position to sleep/rest in? My father has a foam wedge pillow I can borrow and I was wondering if that would be beneficial. Normally I sleep the best on my left side and I was wondering if I will have to sleep on my back.

Sleeve is a week from tomorrow....so excited!

[Stacy160 201]

Not a weird question! I'm typically a 3/4 belly sprawler, but I had a drain in for a week, and lying on my side in bed, it pulled and I just couldn't get comfortable. On my side on the loveseat, however, I was perfectly comfortable, and as soon as the drain came out after a week, was totally comfortable back in my normal sleeping position.

When you came come from the hospital what was the most comfortable position to sleep/rest in? My father has a foam wedge pillow I can borrow and I was wondering if that would be beneficial. Normally I sleep the best on my left side and I was wondering if I will have to sleep on my back.

Sleeve is a week from tomorrow....so excited!

[thinoneday 445]

I sleep on my left side as well and that is where they had put the JP drain, so it was a bit uncomfortable, i managed on my right side and back until i felt i could sleep on the left. . . good luck! You'll do great!

[Used2b575lbs 29]

I sleep on my stomach but favor one side or the other and switch through the night, I didn't have much pain after the surgery and didn't have a drain... The only reason I took pain killers was to go to bed and this only lasted the first week. After that I was fine to sleep however I wanted.

[PatrickG 5]

I am a side sleeper, but the first week after the operation I had to sleep on my back because it hurt to lay on my sides. I also raised the head of the bed with some 2x4's because I had acid reflux. After the drain was out I returned to sleeping on my sides.

[Deedle Dee 0]

I slept in our recliner. It was so comfortable! No pulling on the drainage tubes, and it was easier to get up when I needed to.

[NJMOMof2 17]

I slept propped up in a recliner the first couple nights then propped up in bed until the drain came out.

[Eureka-C 20]

I slept on my back propped with pillows. It stretched everything to lay flat. I did that to stretch, but couldn't stay that way to sleep. It was the middle of week two before I could be on my side with a pillow under my belly.

[Tiffykins 672]

I slept in the recliner as well. I'm a major side sleeper, and regardless of how I propped, stretch, curled up, it never worked for me.

I had a lot of gravity pain from my abdomen being bloated, along with drains, side sleeping was not an option. Getting up and down out of the recliner made things much easier.

[MRSKOUBiK 27]

I used the wedge. I didn't think I would like it. But, it helped so much! At least for a few days.. It hurt to lay on my sides.

[aaa 3]

I really struggled to lay on my back for over a week after surgery. It just felt like everything was pulling, I was panicking that I couldn't breathe properly and it really hurt to go from a lying to a standing position.

I too went down the sitting up in a recliner or on the bed propped up with pillows. I'm quite a fussy sleeper and never thought I'd be able to sleep that way, but trust me, you'll be so exhausted that you'll sleep regardless! I finally got onto my side maybe two and a half weeks post surgery - ahh, it was heaven.

[MovinForward 2]

Funny how different it varies person to person, I am typically a side sleeper... But could not sleep in bed after my surgery.. I had tons of belly pain any way my weight shifted caused it to be very painful, so we moved our smaller recliner in our bedroom.. It was very comfortable and easy for me to get up and down out of it. I had my surgery month ago and Im still in the recliner lm almost ready to transition to bed.. Itried this weekend and I cant lay on either side just yet, its coming though... Im almost there...

[MissyG 1]

I actually do not have a recliner. I will not have a drain so I think I am going to try the wedge and some pillows. I have a high bed so hopefully I can just roll out to the side without much pain. My biggest challenge will be kicking the cats out of my room just in case one decides to jump on my stomach.

Pre-op class and pre-op blood tests today. Surgery one week from today!

[aaa 3]

My biggest challenge will be kicking the cats out of my room just in case one decides to jump on my stomach.

Haha, I know this feeling well. I was constantly on the defensive every time the cat came anywhere near me! I was repeating "not the stomach, not the stomach!" at my friend's little boy just the other day.

[2muchfluff 1]

I am a stomach sleeper, but couldn't do that for the first week or so. But, when I first came home, I slept on my side with a small travel pillow supporting my stomach was the most comfortable. I had surgery on Monday and was off pain meds by Friday, so it wasn't a big problem.