For all you belly sleepers, how long after surgery was it before you could comfortably sleep on your belly?

I asked about being able to lay flat at my one week appointment. I was not having issues with nausea or re-flux and I was OK'd to lay flat. I flipped onto my stomach right after that.

I had a few stomach pains if I moved in an odd way. I used the support belt a lot the first week. My stomach incisions did not hurt much.

It was a little over two weeks for me, I had a fatty liver that the Dr took a biopsy of so it was HARD sleeping. I was taking a dose and a half of percocet as well as my normal nightly dose of Ambien CR and was still waking up about every hour to rotate sides. I quickly found that sleeping in my recliner was better than sleeping in bed.

I slept on my stomach the first night in the hospital. Freaked my nurse out!

I worry about this a little, because I’m a side/stomach sleeper. I did have surgery last year on my abdomen to have sepsis removed. On night it was laparoscopic and within 24 hours I was taken back into surgery and opened up to clean more out. I was rolling back and forth fine and slept on my side and stomach just fine but I was on morphine. I wonder if this will hurt more because of having part of stomach taken out.

It was about three days for me. I started sleeping on my side with a pillow for support. After a few days, I noticed I was pushing the pillow away during sleep until I was on my stomach. Good luck!

three days

It took me two weeks to feel comfortable laying on my stomach

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It took me 2 weeks. I tried at 1 week out, and felt a bit of pain from my sutures, so I waited. Man did my back hurt by the end of week 2!

About a week

I'm on day 2 , had surgery yesterday and I've been laying on my stomach since I got home with no pain. It's actually more comforting

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Thanks @BuffaloBill. How are you feeling? I'm scheduled for next Monday 10/16, so I have the nervous yet excited emotions.

Thanks [mention=301868]BuffaloBill[/mention]. How are you feeling? I'm scheduled for next Monday 10/16, so I have the nervous yet excited emotions.

I feel great. The first day was rough especially coming right out of anaesthesia but it's been nothing but uphill since. I don't have really any pain at all on day 5 post op

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I couldn't sleep on my side or stomach til like 3 weeks out. I felt this pulling sensation as if my sutures were gonna rip or something earlier than 3 weeks post op. With ease and no pain or discomfort, 3 weeks out.

3 weeks would be brutal. I have never been a back sleeper. Always my side or stomach.

@MG1776yeah Idk it was just sooo painful sleeping on my stomach until 3 weeks post op - I'm not a back sleeper so I struggled with sleep for the first month and I also had insomnia after surgery until my body adjusted to the diet.