Hi guys! I'm new here. I was recently approved for gastric sleeve. I am nervous and excited!

I was told that I have to stay over night at least 1 night after my surgery. Is 1 night typical or will it turn into more?

I live about 1.5 hours away from the hospital my surgeon performs her surgeries and have 2 year old twins. My MIL is staying with them and I told her it should only be one night. My husband is taking the whole week off to help me recover and take care of my twins.

How many nights did you stay in the hospital? Were you in a lot of pain? Can I hold toddlers afterwards?

I stayed one night in hospital and then I was discharged the following day, I would say make sure you have your fluids ie water and try to move if you can because the more you move the better it will be. The pain wasnt much my threshold is very high. Oh you will definitely need your hubbies help in the first few days because bending and lifting is not advisable . Mine helped to bathe me and I appreciated it so much. Good luck and take care.

I stayed two nights. It helped me stabilize which was a good thing.

I was outpatient; however, I think one night would have been better because I am finding it hard to keep anything down including water. Pain isn’t bad, the nausea is the only difficult thing to deal with. I’m two days post op.

I stayed two nights. I had a cold when I had my surgery and then I was coughing. I couldn’t sleep much in the hospital and made SURE I could go home after that.

It truly depends on the person. I was told it could potentially be a 2 night stay, but I ended up only staying 1 night, which I believe is what is most common.