Will I ever sleep on my stomach again?

Me too.  After incisions healed, I was able to sleep on my stomach with TE's with large soft pillows under me.  After exchange, I may not be able to for awhile.

Terri

I was a stomach sleeper too - now that I've had my exchange I sleep on my side, stomach just isn't as comfortable as it used to be - side sleeping is much more comfortable than on your back all night!!

I haven't had reconstruction,  but I was a tummy sleeper.  But BMX, radiation, frozen shoulder turned me into a back sleeper.  It is still difficult to go to sleep on my back, but that is the way I sleep most of the time.  Now I usually go to sleep on my side but then wake up on my back.  It is very rare that I actually turn over to my tummy.  I hope you can return to tummy sleeping.  NJ

Erin-I'm a total stomach sleeper. I always felt the most comortable that way. After my BMX I couldn't sleep on my stomach for months and months. I had my exchange in Oct 2010 and I can sleep on my stomach or my side. I was able to do so probably about a month later. I find though that putting a pillow between me and the bed helps so that I am not laying flat on my implants. With the pillow I am very comfortable and sleep well. It seems like most of the girls do this too. I will say this even though I hated sleeping on my back after my MX I had no back pain. Sleeping on your back is much better for you I have read and been told by my PT. However, I thought I could give up sleeping on my stomach if I had too, but I can't! I just feel the most comfy that way. Give it time and play around with pillows and you should be able to get there too.

I couldn't sleep on my stomach with tissue expanders (for ten months) and at six weeks post exchange don't think I will be able to again. I have only started sleeping on both sides again.

I have been a stomach sleeper my whole life, so trying to sleep on my back after my breast surgery was really exhausting and frustrating to the point of tears. But then I found this amazing pillow that helped me to sleep on my stomach and side without pain and I felt like myself again. It helped me to heal faster because I was finally sleeping through the night. I highly recommend it. It's a new company and they haven't started selling to the public yet, but they sold me one of their memory foam prototypes. Good luck.

http://www.mycomfortquest.com

My implants are saline are almost as hard as the TE's.  I can't sleep on my stomach with them.  I'll be swapping them out for gels this summer.  Hope to get back to sleeping on my stomach.

Terri

I’m reviving an old thread after doing a search on this topic.  I’ve had had such a hard time sleeping since my BMX. The only way I have ever been able to get a good night’s sleep is on my stomach.  I have tried so many other ways: on my back with my head raised; on my back with feet raised; on my left side, on my right side, with and without pillows in between my legs, in a recliner chair, etc, etc, etc.  I just can’t sleep. On top of this, I also have restless legs! Right now it’s almost 3am and I’ve had it. I have an appt with my BS at 9am this morning for my post-op.  I don’t want to take any meds for this. Does anyone have any other suggestions for comfortable sleeping positions that maybe I haven’t tried?  I just wish I could go back to sleeping on my stomach again.  I’m so tired....

I am 9 years from original surgery and I have never been able to sleep on my stomach again. I too have learned to sleep happily on my side. I have often had problems shutting down my mind to get to sleep, but chair yoga with deep breathing exercises has really helped.