Question:
How soon after open rny can i start to sleep on my stomach??

   — [Anonymous] (posted on September 22, 1999)

September 22, 1999
Hi, I started sleeping on my stomach around my 5th week, and it was heavenly too. :) Good luck. Hugs, Edie [email protected] Open RNY Starting weight 369lb, BMI 67 9/10/99 325.5lb, BMI 61.5, 43.5lb lost Surgery Date: July 27, 1999 Dr. Baker/Little Rock, Arkansas "The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen, nor touched...but are felt in the heart." Helen Keller
   — Edie L.

September 22, 1999
Hi---It truly was about 4 weeks until I could turn on my side comfortably--I'm l0 weeks postop and sleeping on my stomach is still a little uncomfortable, but I can sleep on my sides easily. Good luck---
   — charlene M.

September 22, 1999
It took me about 2 months to be comfortable enough to sleep.
   — Ken C.

September 22, 1999
Hi I am 5 weeks post op and lay on my stomach for a very small amount of time. I either sleep on my side or on my back. This has been a little difficult because I always slept on my stomach before, but I have gotten us to it by now.
   — bperrin

September 22, 1999
Goodmorning, Everyone is different, I am a definite "stomach" sleeper and it was difficult to get a good nights rest without being able to sleep that way. My solution .... Lots of pillows ... lying on my side propping my belly with pillows so it felt as though I was on my stomach. I had a small tube for the first two weeks which made even that a bit uncomfortable, but after that was removed it got better and better. Good Luck, and remember that this is definitely worth a little switching of sleeping position. Because, now ... if I want, I can sleep in any position I want!
   — Mary Anne M.

September 25, 1999
Hi. You can sleep on your stomach just as soon as you are comfortable doing so. I am a nurse and I also had a RYN 15 months ago. You will not hurt the incision by sleeping on it. I had to sleep in a recliner for two weeks after surgery. It was difficult to get up from a flat lying down position.
   — Penny W.