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Originally Posted by poet_kelly
The pain is different for everybody, but they should give you medication that will keep in under control. For me, while I was in the hospital, I had morphine by IV. I could push a button whenever I needed more. It worked well. After I came home, I had pain pills. I took them for the first few days and then I was OK without them. I slept propped up on the couch the first week or so because it was uncomfortable to lie down in bed, and it was a while before I was comfortable sleeping on my side again. But the pain was not too bad.
Kelly
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That's true, the sleeping part can be awkward. Some people did as you, slept propped up on the couch. Some people slept in recliners.
Me, I gave away my recliner the year before, and my new couch was horridly uncomfortable (and has since been replaced)... so I slept in bed. BUT I could not sleep prone. I used a 7" wedge pillow to elevate my upper body and it worked great. Because I had an open RNY I needed help getting out of my platform bed (a former waterbed with high sides), but other than that, I managed.
Compared to my C-section in 1994, this recovery was a piece of cake.