Yep, sometimes I sleep with an ostomy, face down, stomach down, squished stoma style (but not for long periods of time). I mostly sleep on my side these days, but sometimes I sleep almost on my stomach. Check out my page about sleeping with an ostomy for some additional ideas and tips. Other suggestions are to eat dinner earlier and/or eat a lighter dinner so there’s less inside you waiting to come out. If you fall into the latter category, you could look into a high output bag (you can call your appliance manufacturer to see if they sell them) or trying out some of the of the absorbing gel or crystals sold by Parthenon or Convatec. Other people find that they have to get up in the middle of the night a couple times to empty. I’m fortunate to be more on that side of the line. Many people are fortunate enough to sleep with an ostomy completely the same as they slept without one: through the night and in whatever position they like. Gradually I realized that my body was naturally waking me up when my pouch was at a certain level of fullness so I began trusting myself. I forced myself to get up even though I didn’t want to and while most of the time I probably would have made it through the night just fine, there were a few nights that I woke up an hour or two later to get up for the day and had a completely full bag -that would have been a mess if I hadn’t gotten myself up to empty. I started ditching the pillows one by one as I healed and became more comfortable.įor the first year I set an alarm for 4.5 hours after I went to bed to wake myself up to go empty because I was afraid of having a leak. I began barricading myself with pillows, laying on my side and lining myself with pillows in front and behind me to prevent me from rolling in either direction. And it was amplified by the lack of sleep and painkillers I was on, so I propped myself up with pillows and slept very little for the first week or two.Īs time went on I realized I needed to sleep and that thousands of other people have ostomies and they probably sleep horizontally just fine. I was so nervous about everything when I first got home from the hospital that I refused to sleep laying down for fear of the poop not draining into the bag and me waking up with a leak. How I slept with an ostomy in the beginning… A couple of my friends and I were talking about sleeping positions and some of them were expressing concern about laying on their stomach for any length of time. I went through a progression of sleeping positions as I was healing and becoming more comfortable with my ostomy, and naturally, I was inspired to write about it. Now greet your caller with If I Sleep Now song by setting it up as your Hello Tune on the Wynk Music App for free.Support groups are great for talking about things that only an ostomate would wonder about, like how we sleep with an ostomy. So, what are you waiting for? Start streaming your favourite tunes today! You can even download MP3 songs for offline listening. Songs are the best way to live the moments or reminisce the memories and thus we at Wynk strive to enhance your listening experience by providing you with high-quality MP3 songs & lyrics to express your passion or to sing it out loud. Along with it if you are looking for a podcast online to keep you motivated throughout the week, then check out the latest podcast of Podcast. With Wynk Music, you will not only enjoy your favourite MP3 songs online, but you will also have access to our hottest playlists such as English Songs, Hindi Songs, Malayalam Songs, Punjabi Songs, Tamil Songs, Telugu Songs. Wynk Music brings to you If I Sleep Now MP3 song from the movie/album Man at the Cross-Roads.
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