sleeping arghhhhhhh

by poshhugo 30th May 2010, 11:00 pm

Hi girls,
Im 20 days po and still sore when sleeping, i HATE sleeping sitting up but when i've tried laying on my side (with pillows) i wake up really sore and have to make my pillow chair in bed to lay on lol.... I JUST WANT TO SLEEP NORMALLY lol....... im wearing 2 bras at night just to try and support them enough to not hurt :( any advice girls?? sleeping arghhhhhhh 856466

xx

by misf1 30th May 2010, 11:06 pm

I never slept sitting up, just propped myself up on three pillows so that my head and shoulders were elevated to reduce swelling. After 2 weeks I was allowed to sleep normally and to sleep on my side I hugged a pillow or my duvet.

by poshhugo 30th May 2010, 11:16 pm

Wasn't you sore tho? mine actually hurt! ?? xx

by Becstarr 31st May 2010, 2:31 am

It took me about a month to lay on my side but was still quite painful to turn from side to side. Its only just now that I have no pain at night and I'm nearly 7 weeks post op.
I found taking slow release painkillers really helped as they last around 6 hours. Just over the counter stuff. I took panadol osteo but I'm in Australia. I don't know if you can get it where you are.

Bec x

by **COOKIE** 31st May 2010, 7:04 am

Awww hunni, that swollen aching booobie thing is horrid isn't it sleeping arghhhhhhh 571992

You really don't have to sleep sat up hunni, as misf1 says, sleeping slightly raised with just your head and shoulders raised is all that's required to help reduce the swelling, yeah, it's very uncomfortable for a while hunni, but it does get better over time.

Try using some ice packs or packets of frozen peas or rice on your boobs babe to help reduce the swelling, it really does help and will give you some relief, make sure you're also taking pain killers at bedtime to help aid your sleeping hunni. xxxx

by hattie260 31st May 2010, 8:54 am

I was like misf1 after 2 weeks i slept normally and was fine.

Good advice from cookie with the ice packs i used them at the beginning and they really helped.

Things should start to ease up soon hun xx

by poshhugo 31st May 2010, 9:09 am

Thank you girls, you have put my mind at ease again lol :)
Cookie: i had to sleep upright for my tummy too so i didn't collect pools of fluid on one side, my tummy is fine now but i think where im sort of used to sleeping this way its how my boobs feel comfortable, does that make sense? lol. Im just starting to feel a bit down now i think, it's been a very long 3 weeks mentaly, but i know in surgery terms its still very early days! xxx

by Starz-10 31st May 2010, 3:43 pm

I am still sleeping on my back with two pillows but I am so uncomfortable, I haven't had a proper nights sleep since before my op and I am really feeling the effects of lack of sleep, I am walking around like a zombie! I can't lie on any side at the moment as it is still too painful! It's driving me mad!

by poshhugo 31st May 2010, 4:39 pm

Ah i glad im not the only one, although im not glad your suffering too lol... we had our op's a couple of days apart so its good to know it's "normal" part of the healing. totally know about the zombi part lol, i have 5 kids to deal with so not sleeping is quite hard at the moment!! xx

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