[ShelaVenna]

I'm glad to hear you're starting to see progress even though EveBra has been such a pain to wear! For the entire first month that I owned EveBra, I could only tolerate it for around 3 hours a day. I absolutely couldn't sleep with it, either. After that first month of struggling, I decided to just tell myself I wasn't allowed to take it off until 12 hours were up. I basically did not sleep at first, and I had horrible back pain sleeping on my back. Very slowly over time, things got a bit easier. Pumping at higher pressures overnight helped me be able to sleep on my side without losing suction as easily. I experimented with so many different sleeping arrangements. I used pillows to help me shift my weight onto one side while laying on my back. I also found that I could sleep on my side while holding a stack of pillows against my chest to keep my arms separated. The silicone rims overlap in the center of my chest, and I found that I am more prone to leaks when the right rim is on top of the left rim, so I started making sure to have the left rim on top, kind of holding down the edge of the right rim as an extra seal against leaks. I also found that if I used too much of the petroleum jelly, I would leak more. I can't believe now it has been 34 weeks, and it is soooo much easier for me to wear EveBra than it was in the beginning. Hold out hope and be patient with yourself! Keep experimenting with little adjustments and see what works for you. Eventually, something clicked for me, and I really hope it does for you, too.

Reading this made me realize that I haven’t bothered to try sleeping on my side with Evebra. I can’t believe I didn’t even think to try it. I’m completely convinced that it’s impossible for me to sleep on my side with the Noogleberry system. They absolutely will not hold suction in that position. I’ll try sleeping on my side in the Evebra tonight. If it works, I’ll happily take back everything I said about regretting buying it. That alone would make this insanely expensive system totally worth it in my opinion. The only problem is that I don’t own an electric pump that can be adjusted to a higher pressure, so if higher pressure is necessary to get this to work, I’m up a creek unless I decide to spend another several hundred dollars on a wound vac.