sleeping up right!?

by tinkerbelle7 28th March 2009, 11:00 pm

hiya ladies! i am 2wks post op yesterday & havnt really had a very good nights sleep since the op what with sleeping upright at night-how long is it that you have to do this for could someone please tell me?

also massageing.. should i be doing it now im wondering? Rolling Eyes

any help greatfully recieved!
charlotte xx

by **ShootingStar** 28th March 2009, 11:56 pm

If you feel comfortable sleeping laying down then this should be fine now hun, listen to your body & if you're comfortable with it then it's ok, as for massaging, it would be ok to start to do this gently now if you wanted to, just use whatever lotion you will use for your scar healing, ie: bio oil and rub around in circular movements and move up & down then side to side movements, again you will know what feels right & comfortable for you, there is no need to be harsh and vigorous. Hope i've helped you a little xx

by xx_fina_xx 29th March 2009, 12:10 am

I think they usually say around2-3weeks for sleeping upright..Do it when you feel comfy hun..

by Loxxie 29th March 2009, 6:48 am

yep my surgeon also said that as soon as it feels ok to sleep lying down its fine to do so---i remember going to bed each night thinking please please let it feel ok tonight!..i had to do it in stages by removing one pillow at a time and doing it gradually! x

by _Carrie_ 29th March 2009, 8:53 am

I'm sure I was sleeping flat by 2 weeks, and if not def by 3. I did it when it felt comfy and was fine, although was still quite stiff in the mornings until about week 3, but then it suddenly got better.

I'm not sure about massaging as was wondering that myself!

I'm scared to rub bio-oil in all over as I've done that a few times and it's given me spots in my cleavage! Not nice! I suppose it's because maybe I sweat there a bit in the night what with the sports bra on and never having had a cleavage before!

C x

by Angelpie 29th March 2009, 11:49 am

I slept on my side the day I had my stitches removed (that was 10 days post op). I was still fairly propped up but I found that easier than sleeping on my side flat, as my boobies weren't squashed on the bed. Such a blissful nights sleep after being propped up on the back for 10 days!

I would say you could massage lotion into your boobies (I used Palmers Cocoa butter ~ stretchmark formula), but I personally would say it's a bit early to put anything on the scars themselves... I'd leave them a good 6 weeks, just to make sure they are completely all healed over.

by emrussell79 29th March 2009, 12:43 pm

I slept upright for the first 10 days then i asked my nurse if i could stop as i wasnt sleeping well and was waking up on my side anyway!
She said it was fine but not to sleep totally flat until about 3 weeks and to still prop up my shhoulders with at least 1 extra piullow.

As long as you are comfatable hun you should be more than fine by now, just make sure you get up slowly in the morning x

by **nads** 29th March 2009, 3:00 pm

The other girls are right, its ok to lay back now, i was told to sleep upright at an angle for 2 weeks for swelling x

by tinkerbelle7 29th March 2009, 5:03 pm

thanks girls,
do you think now im 2wks&2days post op all my swelling has gone i really hope they dont shrink im prayin for the fluffing fairy actually!lol!

also the steri strips- i still have some left but when should i stop using them?my co-ordinator did tell me but ive forgotten (head like a chocolate teapot!lol)

thanks again :D
charlotte xx

by Angelpie 29th March 2009, 6:33 pm

tinkerbelle7 wrote:thanks girls,
do you think now im 2wks&2days post op all my swelling has gone i really hope they dont shrink im prayin for the fluffing fairy actually!lol!

also the steri strips- i still have some left but when should i stop using them?my co-ordinator did tell me but ive forgotten (head like a chocolate teapot!lol)

thanks again :D
charlotte xx

Could you perhaps give your nurse a call? This is one of those areas where people seem to be told all sorts of different things... I had steri-strips applied when my stitches first came out, at 10 days post-op, and was told to leave them on for four days and then take them off and leave my incissions "naked"; I know that other people were given a supply of steri-strips and told to reaply them for some considerable time.

Sorry I can't give you a more definitive answer.

Angel x

by BlondeBarbie 29th March 2009, 6:38 pm

You can sleep on your side if you want and dont know about massaging as i was never told to do it and my boobies are fine. You should use up all the steri strips you've been given and swelling takes up to 6 weeks to go x

by tinkerbelle7 30th March 2009, 11:41 pm

thanks ladies will call my nurse!

BlondeBarbie wrote:and swelling takes up to 6 weeks to go x

- im going to go start praying the dont go doooown! Rolling Eyes

charlotte x

by stef 31st March 2009, 7:21 am

I was given the ok to sleep on my side 9 days po and I found it soo much comfier!! xx

by amanda2k10 31st March 2009, 9:00 am

hi hunni
i was told 7-10 days sleeping upright and was sleeping on my side at 2 wks. i guess it is if you feel comfortable enough to do it. i asked about massaging yesterday at my 6 wk check and she said massage if you feel you need to, so again i think its all about what is best for you.
take care
hugs
amanda
xxxxxxxxxx

by **RoxyChick** 31st March 2009, 11:23 am

I was told a week to sleep at an angle, then to sleep upright (as in laying on my back, but sleeping facing the ceiling) after that. I finally rolled over after a few weeks and it was heaven!!

x

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