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Belly sleepers

I'm a belly sleeper. I start on my back then roll over to lay on my stomach for the night.

I'm wondering if this will change once I have WLS and for how long?

Thoughts?

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    • Stevehud
      Stevehud

      like babbs i sleep with a pillow between my legs, and try to do more side than belly now, you will be amazed what happens when you lose the weight, you find these things sticking out of you, i think

    • LilMissDiva Irene
      LilMissDiva Irene

      I am a stomach sleeper too, since a baby! I had to stay off my stomach for a few weeks because of the pain, but after that I was okay. Every time I needed to move around I had to move slowly because o

    • Babbs
      Babbs

      Tummy sleeper here, too! I put a pillow between my legs and layed as much on my side/stomach as I could. It was only for a couple weeks.

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    I'm a total belly sleeper and when I had my gall bladder surgery, I slept in a recliner for probably the first week just to keep myself from rolling over. After that, I moved to the bed and went with the body pillow to hold me

    From going completely over. I'm not so much worried about continuous pain as I am getting a stitch pulled rolling over. I'm already planning to sleep in my recliner post op for a few days til the kicked in the ribs feeling goes down.

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