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What's the best position for sleep post-op?

I've been home from the hospital two days now and still feel so uncomfortable! ! If I try to sleep on either side I feel a tugging sensation. This reminds me of when i was pregnant in my last trimester when all I could do was sleep in a recliner. Any suggestions? Sleepless in the Bx

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For the first week, I slept on my back with extra pillows to keep me inclined, and another under my knees. I hate back-sleeping. I was quite happy with I could lay on my side without too much trouble at around day 7. I would have tried propping a pillow or rolled blanket under my tummy to side-sleep, but there just wasn't room in the bed (I share with bf, and didn't want to take over the entire bed)

I am an active sleeper, rolling like a croc all night long. I spent the first 2 weeks in a recliner that my husband moved to exactly next to the bed from downstairs. Since I've gone to the bed, most nights I am mildly uncomfortable when I wake up with an achiness but for me by the time I tried at 2 weeks, the tugging/pulling feeling was gone. Also (I don't know how smart this was) but I wore compression type spanx to bed up to my bra line and that really "supported" me for the first little bit in the bed. That was only about three or four nights.

I had to sleep in a lazy boy chair for the first 2 weeks. i had bad reflux and I am a side sleeper so it hurt my stomach-tugging feeling. After the 2 weeks I was fine to sleep in bed on my side. Good luck to you.

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