Oh yes that's what happens to me too! Whenever I sit up quickly or stand up, they start to throb as if all the blood is rushing downwards. I guess that proves how important it is to sleep upright - the scars won't heal quickly if there's no blood there to work on the healing??

hey girlies..

i was hoping i can get some advice..

last night i woke up at about 4am, feeling suffocated...i unzipped my sports bra that Mybreat gave me..and went back to sleep i felt so much better...

has anyone had a porblem with their bras being too tight, will i ruin them by not sleeping with it on or do i need to get another one??

pls advise...

thank you
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If it means you are going to get a better nights rest then my advice would definitely be: buy another one .... maybe one that is one back size bigger than you need, especially for early days. If you are usually a 32, buy a 34 and so on. Good luck

Jan x.

Different surgeons have different opionions. My surgeon said perserve if you can but do whats comfortable. I also found the mybreast one really tight, I think the problem is the band needs to give a bit. I had several bras ready, I have another one on at the moment and feel much better. Seriously though straight up my surgeon said what evers is comfortable.

I find the worst pain is when I stand up and the blood drops down to the incissions.

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Oh yes that's what happens to me too! Whenever I sit up quickly or stand up, they start to throb as if all the blood is rushing downwards. I guess that proves how important it is to sleep upright - the scars won't heal quickly if there's no blood there to work on the healing??

the only pain i have is...is constant tightness at the chest and when i get up it hurts...

however today im starting to feel a slight pull at the left stich for some reason....hmmm


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the same my stiches are really pulling ! and I have a contstant sharp pain on the top of my right boob.

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Hi. Its really scarey when the blood rushes down aint it lol. One boob is giving me real pain the other is fine, shorty and I are having a right little compare on here lol. When did you have your op hun?, shorty was tuesday and mine was wednesday.

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Mine was Wednesday, at Welbeck hospital in London. My back is KILLING me at the moment. I'm most comfortable when i'm walking around but there's only so much of that you can do around a 2 bedroom flat!!!

im getting pain in the left boob...your getting it in the right lol...

whats the pain feeling??? mine is like an achey feeling?

My bra is killing me too - I would be so much more comfortable if I could just take it off to sleep It's a John Lewis Berlei one, it feel like it's sitting right on my scars and I'm worried it's so tight.

I might try and find a comfier one to wear at night, it feels like it's constricting my airways and giving me indigestion!

I've got 5 more nights of sleeping upright and I'm dreading it.

Hels x

A couple of nights upright would do me the world of good but after that sleep however I am comfortable, isnt it funny how the opinions differ. I did sleep at about 45 degs last night and will do so again tonight. Two days post opp currently.

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i also find find sleeping with my V pillow and 45 degrees upright is soooo comfy...i prefer it...how strange am i hey!x

Sorry, by "upright" I did mean about 45 degrees! I'm not as brave as I thought I would be, I don't think I would have got a minute's sleep if I'd been totally upright.

I've also found that my L-shaped pillow hasn't really helped. Perhaps I've got it at the wrong angle? I'm using it in an upside-down V position? Anyone else using one differently?