I’m finally home from the hospital and it’s so hard to sleep on my back. I’ve tried sleeping on my sides but I feel very sore. Any suggestions on comfortable sleeping positions?

This is a common problem. Many people find it easier to sleep on a recliner for the first few days after surgery.

Further on when the fat starts to disappear from your legs, you may discover that it is difficult to sleep on your side because your bones at the knees are rubbing together. This is a very unnerving feeling. I found the solution to this was to slip a pillow between my legs at night.

I’m finally home from the hospital and it’s so hard to sleep on my back. I’ve tried sleeping on my sides but I feel very sore. Any suggestions on comfortable sleeping positions?

I used a ton of pillows till i made myself confortable almost sitting up in bed with all the pillows some hard some soft i didnt have a recliner... I was uncomfortable for like 4 to 6 days

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Tons of pillows and a hot water bottle helped me. Sleeping got a LOT better around day four.

They let me side sleep right side in hospital night of surgery. They propped an angled pillow against my back. I continued it when I got home. I already sleep with a pillow between my knees and added a pillow to my back and a small memory foam one kinda tucked under the side of my stomach to prop it up a bit. Eventually I could sleep either side. I am 2 weeks post op tomorrow. I would have been a miserable person if my sleep was interrupted.