just how unsafe is it to sleep in a binder? obviously overnight wouldn't be okay, but if i were to take about an hour long nap, would that be safe? i ask because i have a 2 hour flight early in the morning this week, which i will likely fall asleep on, and i don't know if i should bind during it.
I think the reason why you should not sleep in it is that you should avoid to wear it for a too long time. So, if that's the case, taking a nap in it would be perfectly fine.
I think that you will be fine for that. You just don't want to wear the thing 24/7 because that is really unhealthy. You also probably don't want to make taking naps in them a normal thing.
You'll be okay for that long. If it helps, give yourself a break after your flight when you get a chance. I myself had one day where I accidentally fell asleep in mine for several hours- I regretted it.
Naps as long as they aren't lengthy should be okay, but I'm generally opposed to it because your breathing changes when you sleep and I'm the paranoid type that's concerned about fluid building up in my chest.
I think you'll be fine if it's just once, but I'd find it extremely uncomfortable myself. Why don't you try and wear really lose clothes instead?
do not sleep in your binder. I have done it before and almost caught peumonia due to the fluid build up in my lungs. It can cause sleep aponea and cause you to stop breathing in your sleep, because you breath shallowly when you sleep anyway and a binder restricts it. Please, don't do it.
i would just bind wear a sports bra, but i have to go shopping and on a college campus tour and what not after the flight, without a place to change in between... so maybe i will just try to keep awake during the flight, and if i doze off, so be it, no harm done. thanks for the input, guys
Before my surgery, I used to sleep in a binder overnight when I couldn't avoid other people. It never killed me. You'll be alright with a couple of hours. It's not much different to being awake, really.
