Please say it ain't so.
One of the things I was MOST looking forward to most after dropping this kid was regaining the ability to sleep on my beloved stomach. I am NOT a natural side sleeper. The back is tolerable, but oh how I miss sleeping on my tummy. I was planning on throwing myself on my bed, face down and making snow angels in my sheets in celebration.
Then a friend (also a new mom) told me she hasn't been able to sleep on her stomach yet after 3 months because of breastfeeding and having her boobs too full, or engorged, or it just being generally uncomfortable.
Case by case situation, or is this the norm?
Re: Breastfeeding = No Sleeping on Stomach?
I can only hope it's case by case! I miss sleeping on my stomach too.
::anxiously awaits a 2nd timer's response::
OMG "Phantom belly fear" that's hilarious!! I can totally see this happening to me. But it's good to hear that you had no physical problems sleeping on your stomach. I was about to *DIE* at the thought of having to go any longer post-pregnancy sleeping like CRAP. I pray breastfeeding won't give me Dolly Parton boobs to impede the process. :-)
I pump and don't have a problem laying on my tummy. You should only be truely engorged and in pain for maybe a week at most and then it should calm down, when I was engorged I could still lay on my tummy, just with my chest kind of slanted to keep off my boobs.
It took a few months for my supply to regulate, so until then sleeping on my stomach was pretty uncomfortable and I'd often wake up with soaked sheets. Now it's all good!
When my milk came in and my boobs hurt so bad I could not sleep on my stomach at all, especially before my milk regulated. But now and for a couple of months I have been able to no problem.
If it does hurt just know its not forever. I was so disappointed too when I couldn't cause I can only sleep comfortably on my stomach.