Today I've been drinking not sipping?! Is this normal. The nurses told me to sip until I can't tolerate. Well. I have definitely met my quota today for liquids!! IS THIS NORMAL??! Did I already stretch my stomach out? At first I thought good I can drink and then I panicked. Any thoughts... appreciate all responses! Surgery was 7/18 down 10lbs

As far as stretching your stomach, unlikely. More than likely the inflammation from your surgery is going away, but I would be carful how much I intake at once for now. You still need to finish healing and that can take time. Too much at once while healing could cause other problems. Just keep taking it nice and easy for a while, and contact your doc if you are really concerned, no need to panic yourself when medical answers are just a phone call away. You are new to this so there is no such thing as a dumb question and that is what your medical team is there for.

I'm a little further out than you at 7 weeks but returned to work today and had to grab something from the back and realized I hadn't drank anything yet today. I grabbed a 12 oz glass of water and guzzled almost the whole cup. Amazed myself bc I'm thinking if I can do this a few times a day there's hope of reaching my fluid goal. But pouch def not stretched, full off half a chicken breast.