Side you sleep on

[HappyLea]

I keep waking up on my back too. It worries me because I know it's not good for the baby.

Really? How come? I never heard that x

[Mochagirl]

Really? How come? I never heard that x

Read the links on the first post in this thread. Something to do with compressing blood vessels or something like that.

[zanacal]

I almost always sleep on my left but with this pregnancy I prefer sleeping on my right - odd! I often wake on my back (sometimes with some cramping on my back) and have also woken on my tummy this pregnancy! I don't worry about it, sure my body knows what its doing

[HappyLea]

There you go, i wasn't aware of that. Will deffo turn if i find myself on my back.

[Butterfly Spirit]

I've always preferred sleeping on my right side my whole life. If you want to and find that you can't, get a BIG body pillow!

[Mochagirl]

I think a big part of the fact that I sleep on my left side is that my side of the bed is on the right. I'm not a nighttime cuddler - I get claustrophobic if I'm too close to dh while I'm sleeping, so I tend to face the outside of the bed so I have more space. I'm sure if I was on the other side I'd be sleeping on my right side instead. I do miss sleeping on my back, though - that's the way I normally sleep when not pregnant - that or on my stomach!

[zanacal]

I actually sleep in the recovery position almost so I'm somewhere between my side and my tummy - it's pretty comfortable!

[Mochagirl]

I actually sleep in the recovery position almost so I'm somewhere between my side and my tummy - it's pretty comfortable!

That's sort of what I do too - with my upper leg hiked up high. Pretty soon I'll have to dig out my body pillow, though, because that position starts hurting my hips later in pregnancy.

[Hobbermittens]

I am mostly a back sleeper, but if I do sleep on my side, I usually sleep on my left-- and made sure I did while TTC because of this OWT. However, since being pg, I have found myself sleeping on my right some of the time!

My Dr told me it was okay to stay on my back until about 16 weeks, but after that, I needed to really try to sleep on my side. I find that if I stick a pillow between my legs, it helps me stay on my side a lot longer. I hate waking up on my back because I know I shouldn't be laying like that!

[Butterfly Spirit]

I am mostly a back sleeper, but if I do sleep on my side, I usually sleep on my left-- and made sure I did while TTC because of this OWT. However, since being pg, I have found myself sleeping on my right some of the time!

My Dr told me it was okay to stay on my back until about 16 weeks, but after that, I needed to really try to sleep on my side. I find that if I stick a pillow between my legs, it helps me stay on my side a lot longer. I hate waking up on my back because I know I shouldn't be laying like that!

I've slept with a pillow in between my legs since I was little! LOVE IT!