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April 15th, 2012, 03:50 PM
HappyLea

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Originally Posted by Mochagirl

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
April 15th, 2012, 04:00 PM
Mochagirl

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Originally Posted by HappyLea

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.
April 15th, 2012, 04:01 PM
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 :D
April 15th, 2012, 04:06 PM
HappyLea

There you go, i wasn't aware of that. Will deffo turn if i find myself on my back.
April 15th, 2012, 04:09 PM
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! :)
April 15th, 2012, 04:34 PM
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!
April 15th, 2012, 04:58 PM
zanacal

I actually sleep in the recovery position almost so I'm somewhere between my side and my tummy - it's pretty comfortable!
April 15th, 2012, 05:13 PM
Mochagirl

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Originally Posted by zanacal

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.
April 15th, 2012, 06:21 PM
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! :worry:

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!
April 15th, 2012, 08:39 PM
Butterfly Spirit

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Originally Posted by 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! :worry:

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! :D

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