How soon after gastric bypass surgery can I lie down flat in bed to sleep? My back/coccyx hurts when I sit up to sleep. My surgery was 5 days ago.

Thanks

I was able to lay flatter on my back (with a pillow fort all around me!) after about a week. I'm a side/stomach sleeper and am just starting to do that comfortably at about 4 weeks out. I discovered that if I stopped drinking fluids about 30 minutes before bed it helped me be more comfortable on my back. And if I drank during the night I would sit up for 10-15 minutes before trying to lay back down.

I was on my back from the beginning. no issues. did use pillows for support tho.

This is the one part of the program I didn't follow to the letter. My Dr. said to sleep upright a month, but I just couldn't. I wasn't sleeping at all. I went back to bed night 4.

Thanks for replying guys. I thought I wasn't sleeping because I was sitting up but I tried lying down flat last night and couldn't do it - I was just to uncomfortable. I'm definitely lying more flat that I was, but with loads of pillows around me. Am I right in thinking that this uncomfortable 'jelly-like' feeling in my belly will get better in time? I'm used to sleeping on my side but there is absolutely no way I can manage that at the moment.

The jelly feeling will go away for sure. Early on whenever I would lay back or especially on my side I swear it felt like all of my insides would shift and tumble around. That went away around maybe 2-3 weeks?

I lay on my side with a pillow under my belly to support it, did this at about 2 weeks but I know others have done this earlier. Hope you get some sleep!!!

Yeah I hope I get to sleep better soon too!

Thanks for the replies - it's good to know how other people are getting on.

On 2/21/2017 at 3:27 PM, dreamangel said:

How soon after gastric bypass surgery can I lie down flat in bed to sleep? My back/coccyx hurts when I sit up to sleep. My surgery was 5 days ago.

Thanks

I was able to sleep flat on my back as soon as I came home from the hospital, on my 3rd day. It's different for everyone

It took me three weeks. My stomach was so tender.

Took me 2 weeks

Was a couple weeks for me. I was able to sleep on my side but yeah, it felt like everything was sloshing around in there. I tried using a folded towel for a little extra tummy support but it wasn't super helpful. I'm glad that sloshy feeling finally went away!

I did right a way

I was in a recliner for three weeks. Hurt to lay down in bed and I wouldn't be able to pull myself up to sit

I was in a recliner for three weeks. Hurt to lay down in bed and I wouldn't be able to pull myself up to sit

Thanks everyone for your replies. I'm now sleeping flat! I've tried sleeping on my side supported by pillows but that just aint happening yet!