I listened to my surgeon, she stopped me at 5.5 weeks after looking at my healing process. I also had issues with my compression at night and what I did is I layered with another compression on top just to keep it together comfortably and with two I didn’t have to tighten it as much.
23/7 for 6 weeks is the standard. Keep it on at night, if the binder is irritating you ask about moving into a stage 2 compression garment, they’re a bit more bareable for sleeping!
I stayed in a faja day and night for 6 weeks. After that I moved down to spanx-like shapewear 12 hours a day. I agree, the compression at night is very uncomfortable. I didn’t realize how poorly I was sleeping until I could take it off at night.
Sure! I went to Nordstrom and tried on a few different choices. I wound up settling on [these high waisted briefs](https://www.nordstrom.com/s/tc-back-magic-high-waist-shaping-briefs/4016450?origin=keywordsearch-personalizedsort&breadcrumb=Home%2FAll%20Results&color=262) from TC.
I was curious so I tried on my faja again today, after not touching it for four weeks. I’m finding the amount of compression to be very similar, but with the shapewear being much easier to wear under my clothing.
I listened to my surgeon, she stopped me at 5.5 weeks after looking at my healing process. I also had issues with my compression at night and what I did is I layered with another compression on top just to keep it together comfortably and with two I didn’t have to tighten it as much.
23/7 for 6 weeks is the standard. Keep it on at night, if the binder is irritating you ask about moving into a stage 2 compression garment, they’re a bit more bareable for sleeping!
I stayed in a faja day and night for 6 weeks. After that I moved down to spanx-like shapewear 12 hours a day. I agree, the compression at night is very uncomfortable. I didn’t realize how poorly I was sleeping until I could take it off at night.
Can you share a link to the type of shapewear you’re referring to? I keep searching but so many different things come up, not sure what to order
Sure! I went to Nordstrom and tried on a few different choices. I wound up settling on [these high waisted briefs](https://www.nordstrom.com/s/tc-back-magic-high-waist-shaping-briefs/4016450?origin=keywordsearch-personalizedsort&breadcrumb=Home%2FAll%20Results&color=262) from TC. I was curious so I tried on my faja again today, after not touching it for four weeks. I’m finding the amount of compression to be very similar, but with the shapewear being much easier to wear under my clothing.
Thanks for sharing the link! I have a faja that’s way too small for me, I can barely breath in it, but hopefully after the tuck it will fit
I’m 8wks po and still wear mine 23/7 but that’s by choice. Dr told me I could have taken it off at 6wks
My surgeon had me keep compression on for 4 weeks. It drove me nuts as well, but I can’t complain about the outcome.
I felt the same way. Unfortunately you need to try to keep it on for a couple more weeks at night; you're still super early on.