{"id":7991,"date":"2016-11-21T14:03:53","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T14:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abiggerlife.com\/?post_type=mtheme_knowledgebase&#038;p=7991"},"modified":"2021-02-01T15:43:23","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T15:43:23","slug":"a-good-nights-sleep-article","status":"publish","type":"to-a-bigger-life","link":"https:\/\/abiggerlife.com\/to-a-bigger-life\/a-good-nights-sleep-article\/","title":{"rendered":"A good night&#8217;s sleep"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Hear from Sarah our Clinical Advisor<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><style>\n.videoWrapper {<br \/>\tposition: relative;<br \/>\tpadding-bottom: 56.25%; \/* 16:9 *\/<br \/>\tpadding-top: 25px;<br \/>\theight: 0;<br \/>}<br \/>.videoWrapper iframe {<br \/>\tposition: absolute;<br \/>\ttop: 0;<br \/>\tleft: 0;<br \/>\twidth: 100%;<br \/>\theight: 100%;<br \/>}<\/p>\n<\/style>\n<\/p><div class=\"videoWrapper\"><!-- Copy & Pasted from YouTube --><br><div class='w-full overflow-hidden rounded-2xl bg-dark-grey relative h-0' style='padding-top:56.25%;'><iframe class=\"lazyload h-full w-full m-0 absolute inset-0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/192439864?color=ffffff&amp;title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe class=\"lazyload h-full w-full m-0 absolute inset-0\"><\/div><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>From A Bigger Life<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Before you settle down for the night you should empty or change your pouch.<\/li>\n<li>If you have a urostomy pouch connect to an overnight drainage bag.<\/li>\n<li>Try and eat your main meal before 7pm in the evening to allow your stoma to do all its work before you settle down for bed.<\/li>\n<li>Be careful with your food choices. Try to avoid anything fizzy or fibrous food in your last meal before bed.<\/li>\n<li>People do tend to develop a bit of a sixth sense when they are becoming more comfortable managing their stoma. You will wake up in the middle of the night and realise that your pouch needs to be changed.<\/li>\n<li>Support your body with pillows, try and put one in between your legs or under your back. This will help you get into a really comfortable position to try and get a good night\u2019s sleep.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6433\" src=\"https:\/\/abiggerlife.com\/content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/A-good-nights-sleep.jpg\" alt=\"Print\"><\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">You might be interested in:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-related-links\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/abiggerlife.com\/new-way-forward\/hints-tips-night-drainage\/\">Hints and tips for night drainage<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/abiggerlife.com\/its-a-start\/beat-the-afternoon-slump\/\">Beat the afternoon slump<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/abiggerlife.com\/its-a-start\/managing-multiple-health-conditions\/\">Managing a stoma with multiple health conditions<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/abiggerlife.com\/to-a-bigger-life\/tips-to-improve-your-mental-wellbeing\/\">Tips to improve your mental wellbeing<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/abiggerlife.com\/to-a-bigger-life\/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-stoma-care-nurse\/\">A day in the life of a Stoma Care Nurse<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hear from Sarah our Clinical Advisor From A Bigger Life Before you settle down for the night you should empty or change your pouch. If you have a urostomy pouch connect to an overnight drainage bag. Try and eat your main meal before 7pm in the evening to allow your stoma to do all its&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9160,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","tagkbase":[48],"to-a-bigger-life-category":[66],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.4 (Yoast SEO v22.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A good night&#039;s sleep with a stoma | Ostomy support | A Bigger Life<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sarah shares some hints and tips for getting a good night&#039;s sleep with a stoma.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/abiggerlife.com\/to-a-bigger-life\/a-good-nights-sleep-article\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A good 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