How do you keep yourself from moving in your sleep?

Pillows, all around you. If you can afford one I highly recommend a u-shaped body pillow. Alternatively one pillow on each side, and one under your knees too! Plus the extra pillows behind you to keep you elevated.

I move around a lot too, but I managed with the above solution :)

Assume you’re talking about top surgery? I slept in a recliner for the first 2 weeks, because it kept me in one position and kept my back a little bit hunched. I couldn’t stand up straight or lie flat on my back without very uncomfortable tension on my incisions. I’m also a side-sleeper and I roll around a lot in my sleep so it wasn’t fun, but it was necessary.

No joke, get a pregnancy pillow! That kept me upright and not squirming! I am a huge side sleeper and I was surprised how helpful that was for me

Having a pillow to hold your arms over, and being wedged in between two big pillows. It is a lot, but I didn’t move much.

Lots of pillows. Also you’ll be so sore you’ll definitely wake up and notice if you start to roll over.

I move a lot in my sleep and usually only sleep on my side or stomach. After my surgery I used Pillows and squishmallows all around and I slept in a recliner the first 5 or so days. I didn’t really want to move around or do it too much subconsciously. Especially if you have drains in, you’ll not want to be on the side at all.

I got one of those reading pillows off Amazon, paired with a wedge = perfect amount of support to sleep in a raised position, then I put large pillow beneath my legs so I’m kind of in a V position. It’s almost like a zero gravity chair and I sleep better than I thought was possible!!

A U shaped body pillow. I literally would not have been able to stop myself from rolling over without it. I tried eight stacked regular pillows and they were not enough.

Wedge yourself in a pillow fort so you physically can't move

I'm the same. I flop like a fish out of water in my sleep so I was pretty worried too. But my brain actually seemed very aware of my situation. I did the whole pillow stack thing and had to sleep propped up. Sometimes I put a V pillow over my waist or upper body or pillows at my sides to rest my arms on. Sometimes I went to sleep holding a stuffed animal in front of me. And never once did I wake up in any position other than my back. Never felt like I'd even tried to roll over. It was amazing how my brains seemed to know what I couldn't do.

I slept propped up for 2 weeks and on my back for another 2 weeks then I started testing out side sleeping again. I'm 6 weeks out now and fall aslee0 on my side every night. But somehow my brain still keeps me from thrashing around and will wake me up if anything hurts. I often wake up on my back still which is crazy because I'm not a big back sleeper. All that to say, use LOTS of pillows and hopefully your brain will figure it out like mine did haha

Maternity pillow, like the u shaped one. It helped me a lot when I was post top. Didn't really need it post-hysto tho. Now I just like it because it's comfy lol
Also apparently I toss and turn WAY less ever since I got a CPAP. While it may not be the case for you, if you have any other symptoms, like constant tiredness, poor sleep, etc. you might want to talk to a sleep doctor. (If not, then don't worry about it haha)

I move a lot in my sleep typically. I didn't do anything special and didn't have any problems after too surgery. I didn't move too much because my body was like 'nah, fuck that '

I slept in a twin bed for about 3 weeks, cus I have a partner and a smaller bed, and I wanted to use my pregnancy pillow to help. (It definitely did.) I used that, paired with a wedge pillow on top, and then my fav memory foam pillow like on the bottom of the wedge, and a smaller comfy pillow on the top. I had a throw pillow to use between my legs too. Also, a mastectomy pillow is amazing. I didn’t use the clasps tbh, but I did use it all the time when sitting or laying, even in car rides.

Also, your body will know enough not to toss and turn so much, the pillows do help but for the most part if you can’t get any of that, a bunch of pillows sorted in the way your most comfiest will do. (I recommend slight incline and the mastectomy pillow really helps, but any assortment of pillow(s)that are under your arms and on your stomach works too.)

I am not a stomach sleeper but I am notoriously a side sleeper. I still use the mastectomy pillow and I’m 3 months post top I swear by that thing so much my gf hates it (it’s a cuddle cock block)

Create bumpers. If you can get stiff long pillows to put on either side of you, and then maybe slightly cocoon in a blanket in the middle, that might work.

A last resort could be something even harder to move around in your sleep, if you still push those pillows around, would be to get heavier bags of rice and put them as bumpers instead. Though this one you’d need to have someone help you more than just the first time they’re put there, if you can’t climb over them, and find you need to move them on/off the bed every day.

I found holding a lightweight stuffed animal on top of me helped me to fall asleep on my back. I usually sleep on my side.

I'm looking to get mine in the future but here are some things I researched that you may want to stock up on pre surgery

button ups (can't lift hands over head after surgery)

pregnancy u shape and neck pillows (all 3)

straws (difficult to lift arms after)

grabber tool (in case you need to reach for something up top, also put all things you will need at waist level pre surgery)

wet wipes (can't shower after surgery)

laxatives (this is a big one i hear from people who got it)

Also I've been doing research, and it seems like after surgery having access to 2L of water a day minimum, whole foods/organ meats or capsules with extract /vegetables fermented and fresh, 1g/lbs protein without overeating and enough healthy carbs and fats, digestive enzymes like papain and bromelain with each meal, vitamins, trace minerals, tumeric/ginger supplement, collagen, aminos, inflamarrest, red light therapy setup after getting drains taken out (even a small one) and a bloodflow increasing device like the firefly, after getting drains out, all that after surgery will help with recovery, also light walks as soon as possible and spending a reasonable time outside but out of the sun (of course talk to your surgeon prior about your supplement and device usage, and make sure you use these supps before surgery and make sure you don't have allergies, and take appropriate doses to avoid blood thinning)

Hope this helps!

others have mentioned pillows but those first few days after surgery it will not feel good to roll and you will either not roll or wake up if you try. after a few days go by your subconscious will be used to not rolling to either side.

If you're anything like me you'll want your arms to be under pillows or a heavy blanket. For the entire first week I'd wake up with my arms above my head if I didn't weigh them down

Pain will stop you , trust me. You won’t move even if you want

I've found that when I'm recovering from surgeries, I have no trouble with moving. I move a lot in my sleep usually and am a side sleeper, but if you keep an extra pillow or two in your sleeping area (whether it's a bed, couch, recliner, etc) those are usually good sensory reminders even if you wake and readjust, or can be used to position yourself during sleep if you find a certain position more tolerable.

If you're meaning top surgery, I only had to worry about that for maybe the first week. I actually slept on a couch, and I think my body was either too tired to turn in my sleep, or I was subconsciously aware of my limitations.

If you mean any form of lower surgery, I'm currently on day 6 post stage 1, and I've been tolerating some movement during sleep and sleeping on my side since about day 4. For me, the biggest difference is just having the pillows to aid with position. I don't use any special pillows either, just have one you like your head on, and go get one that's firm and one that's soft, you can use the extras how they're comfortable.

Good luck to you!

Ik for me when I got surgery(Appendix not top[yet]) I slept inclined in a corner with a lot of pillows, which didn't give me much room to move in my sleep

As a guy with a connective tissue disorder that leads to shoulder dislocations in my sleep. Pillow nest. Lots of folks have posted on various threads about mastectomy pillows and wedge pillows aswell but, yeah you need to almost trap yourself in pillows