sleeping after the surgery

[hope2recover]

Hi guys
after the surgery i still sleep on my back and i am afraid that my breast touch the bed
i feel that it will hurt me or at least i will feel minimal pain
so if i splept normally anything could be happen
tell me i am afraid

[GynO_DuDe]

You have to sleep on your back after surgery.

Once you feel comfortable enough or if you believe your chest is pain free try sleeping on your side or in a slight angle ...

ONLY YOU CAN TELL WHEN YOU THINK YOUR READY TO SLEEP IN WHAT EVER POSITION YOU NORMALLY SLEEP IN ... we cant say.

[hope2recover]

so if i fall down and i got  shock in my breast will it affect it ?
and if i slept normally with minimal pain will it affect or just pain ?
if i slept on them with my weight

[gettingrid]

I was advised to sleep on the back for some time...I think it helps the skin contract better over the chest than being on your side. And your sides will pain. I started sleeping on the side at around 12 days post op. But I still try to be on the back as much as possible. You could keep a hard pillow on the sides to minimize the chances of rolling over in your sleep?

[Anonymous_Man]

I cannot sleep when I am on my back.  That is when I snore.  So it would be very tough for me.

[Time_to_fix_it]

I too had concerns about sleeping on my back after surgery as I had never been able to beforehand.  I even tried to force myself a few weeks prior to surgery but it never really worked.  However it turned out NOT to be a problem after all.  After surgery I was so well strapped up and a little tender that sleeping on my side or front just wasn’t an option at all.  My girlfriend (a nurse) showed me how to arrange my pillows in a sort of upside-down V formation so that I didn’t try to roll over and it supported me perfectly well.  I slept like a baby on my back for the first few weeks after surgery quite easily.

[GynO_DuDe]

Luckily I dont find it too difficult to sleep on my back ... I usually sleep in an angle on my back (kind of hard to explain) but its still sleeping on my back.