Sleeping positions :)

[sofianoemi 16]

Hey everyone I am 13 days post op and was wondering if you guys have started sleeping on the side or still on your backs and is it bad or painful ? And when did you guys start sleeping on your tummy again ... thank you

[KatrinaGrace 56]

I'm 16 days out and have never had any pain since surgery. At this point I don't even feel like I had surgery anymore, so I sleep in any position and never notice. Are you still having pain or sensitivity?

[rhayla 53]

I'm 17 days out, and for the last week or so, I've been on my side or of my tummy most of the night. No problems.

Right at first, I'd lay on my back, and sometimes on my side, but I'd use a pillow to support my belly when I was on my side.

[Camarolegend 185]

It took less than a week for me to start sleeping on my side. It was limited and phased in.

[sofianoemi 16]

Just a little sensitivity and just feels like a bruised feeling should go soon @@KatrinaGrace

[Shiloh0772 57]

I started on my side right in recovery

[Quest4TheNewMe 225]

I was sleeping on an incline until last night. Last night I slept flat on my back or tipped a bit to the right, but with a blanket balled up to support my tummy.

[JCP 619]

I had a pulled internal stitch so my main incision was pretty painful. I took liquid Hydrocodone at bedtime the first two weeks and sort of propped myself up with pillows. At three weeks I could sort of lay on my side by leaning on a pillow. At four weeks I could sleep any way I wanted.

[KatrinaGrace 56]

Just a little sensitivity and just feels like a bruised feeling should go soon @@KatrinaGrace

Hope that last bit of soreness goes away soon so you can rock your sleep any which way you want. I've always slept with a body hug pillow and think it probably helped quite a bit with keeping me comfortable the first few days after surgery. Best of luck to you!

[laurenella82 625]

This so sounds more like a pregnancy post than a WLS post ???????? I guess it's good to know that it should but another body pillow to sleep in my side though ????

[TNchick 6]

10 days post op and last night was the first night I slept on my side, and even a little bit on my stomach. I am a lifetime tummy sleeper but was unable to sleep on any other position then on my back unitl last night, even with a pillow under my tummy all my attempts resulted in a tugging sensation on my stomach and pain, but last night I didnt sleep on my back at all and just woke up with the slightest feeling of soreness (very tolerable and a minimal sacrifice to sleeping well).

[bdcsail 72]

By the third day I was side tummy sleeping and it actually made me feel better.

[lexa2014 7]

My recovery was slow and painful sleeping on my side helped me with the gas and pain. A month after my surgey and i was still in pain i believe the only thing that helped was able to sleep in that position. Good luck.

[athena3127 199]

I slept on my side right out of recovery and while still in the hospital. I've slept all ways on my side and even on my tummy. Each person is different. I would say give it a try and if your comfy snooze away to dreamland . Although we are all different and all the Docs have different instructions one common ground they all seem to share is listen to your new body. Learn your new sleeve. Wishing you pleasant dreams!