Sleeping upright!!

Hi girlies I’m 9 days post op and just wondering if any of you have gone to sleep laid down yet and not still at an angle? I’m sick of sleeping up right! ?Xx

I’m 12 days post op & sick of it too! My backs killing me but I’m too scared to lay down! Xx

I know I’m same my backs in agony!! ? Xx

I’m calling the nurse tomorrow morning and going to ask what the minimum sitting up time is. Don’t know how much more my back can take lol xx

Can we not sleep normal then with like 2 pillows? ?I just want to lay down properly for one night ? Xx

I’ve heard so many people say they have been laying down from like a week but then loads saying they’ve sat up for 6 weeks! The nurse Said not totally upright but a 45degree angle xx

I couldn’t cope so slept with 2 pillows from day 4 (so was pretty much flat) and then was sleeping on my side from week 4! Xx

Hi!
I had my check up 5 day post opp yesterday…i am 6 days today…nurse said i need to sleep at 45 degree angle for another week so this wud make 13 days in total n then i can go flat out lol…see how u feel my advice wud b…i do go lower ocassionally but then it feels like a tone of bricks just tumbled on my chest…then i no i am not ready to go yet…and yeah…trust me…its a back killer this angle sleeping…we will survive…we have our boobies !! ??

Did you just say day 13 lol omg that’s me tomorrow. If I call the nurse n as says I can lie flat I’m going to be so happy lol xx

Just spoke to the nurse she said 6 weeks at a 45 degree angle ahhh xx

I think I’m going flat tonight !! My nurse said its just to help with the swelling why we need to sleep at an angle for a bit X

It’s to prevent swelling as you can feel as soon as you lay on your back they start to do their own thing and you are getting less support. It is bloody horrible sleeping upright ? I would say deffo go on your nurses advice and hopefully they will say you can lay down sooner than 6weeks. Spare a thought for me I’ve had 2 ops in the space of 3 weeks due to complications and I’ll be having a third op in the next 6 weeks so I will have bloody months left of sleeping upright ??
I’ve tried everything, V pillow, hot water bottle, more pillows, less pillows it’s a bloody nightmare!! I never go a night with out waking up. Xx

Yeah and she said once you lay down flat they start wondering up to your upper chest and that’s not what you want lol. She said she had hers done n it’s so hard sleeping up but worth it.
Harriet omg I didn’t think about that. You having to sleep upright for that much longer. All these little factors make it harder. How you Been?xx

I’m two week post op and I’m sleeping flat now and I’ve even woke up on my side once or twice I couldn’t sleep with back ache it was awful! Xxx

All nurse say different…i can take my nurse advise n start sleeping flat in next week however wud i b able to do that no i dnt think so…just feels heavy on my chest…i went a bit lower yesterday n it was too much…it all depends on idividuals i suppose…gud luck x

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