sleep question

[MySkinnyDream 8]

Just wondering.... Are you able to sleep on your stomach with the port or does it hurt to do that?

[ParrotheadCathy 0]

After you've healed, it shouldn't be a problem. I was sleeping on my side the same day as surgery and often wake up lying on my stomach....

[dlacny 0]

I didn't have a problem either sleeping on my stomach.

Dore

[thecooley 2]

After about 10 days I was able to sleep on my left side for a little while, but I stayed mostly on my back and right side. It's been about 3.5 weeks since the surgery, and now I can sleep in pretty much any position, including flat on my stomach. The only discomfort is if I roll over and end up with my body twisted. That wakes me up enough to reposition, and I go right back to sleep.

[SoAnnaBanana 1]

Though I probably was not suposed to, I slept on my stomach from day 1 out. I would start out on my back but wake up on my stomach. I had very little port site pain.

[kiz 1]

I also went to sleep on my back and woke up on my left side (port) first night after surgery. I never had trouble sleeping on that side, but the port area did remain tender for a couple of weeks, and then sporadically for awhile after that.

I had to laugh at myself about sleeping on my side. After I had lost maybe thirty pounds or so, I woke up feeling pain on my side, and I figured I'd lost enough weight that maybe my port was going to start bothering me when I was sleeping on it. After I fully woke up, I realized I was laying on my right side, and what I felt was my rib cage. I guess it'd been awhile since I'd had that sensation..lol

[MishiB 0]

After about a week my body was begging to me lay on my stomach... so I did, and it's been fine since. No problems for me!

[ThinAli 0]

For me it took a couple of weeks after sugery to sleep on my tummy!

[JenFenRen 0]

I was sleeping on my side from the day of surgery.. and by day 5 I was on my stomach. I just got into bed very gingerly!

[craftkathie 0]

I can only sleep on my stomach. After surgery, I called my doctor's office and the nurse told me if I could tolerate it, it was not a problem to sleep that way. She said some people didn't have pain and others did.

[LJB 0]

I love to sleep on my tummy but it took five long months before I was able to be on my tummy comfortably.