It seems most doctors aim to put it on the left side, just as you described, and that's where mine is too, but some prefer the right. Doctors also take into account past surgeries, scar tissue, and the shape & size of your stomach. I asked my surgeon prior to surgery where he would place my port, and he took a look at my abdomen, and said he would go left, a couple of inches below my rib cage (that's where the incision scar is located, and the port is below that). I've read some women have woke up to find their port right on their bra line..ouch.

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