Sleep positions?

Question

I've read several things how you would sleep on your side (preferably left) otherwise you can reduce blood flow to the baby. It sounds a little paranoid to me, but I also can't find anything that says sleep how you want.  
What is your opinion?

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I asked my doctor. He said left is best but not to stress over it. If you lay on your back and it’s affects your blood flow you will know right away. It doesn’t just affect the baby. So I’m not stressing. I try to lay on my side but I move a lot in my sleep.

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I mainly sleep on my right side but almost half on my belly because I have bad hip problems and pain with my left hip and can only sleep on that side for short periods of time. This is my third baby and I’ve never had any issues with how I sleep, however I am cautious of lying on my back.

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It’s not paranoia. It’s anatomy. But you don’t need to be overly concerned either. The only sleeping position which is not ideal is flat on your back, because the weight of the uterus and baby presses on an artery in your spine area which can decrease blood flow to baby as well as to your lower extremities. But your legs will go numb before it hurts baby. Laying on your left side relieves the pressure on that artery and increases blood flow to baby and to your legs. I usually like sleeping on my back when I’m not pregnant, but when I’m pregnant and big it gets very uncomfortable anyway, because of the legs going numb thing but also because there’s less room for my lungs and it’s hard for me to breathe. So as a rule of thumb, I’ve been told, I’ll get uncomfortable or injured before anything like this would cause injury to baby. It’s more for doctors to be aware of in the hospital, because if you’re on your back too long knocked out by some kind of anesthesia, it could hurt the baby.

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I sleep on both sides but the most comfortable is my back 😫

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I just made 20 weeks on Wednesday.  I still sleep on my stomach 😒 but when I move i sleep however is comfortable for me since i work an odd shift i need my sleep to be the best n most comfortable for me lol

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Ive read all the same thing as you.  So I try to sleep mostly on my left because of this. I’ll switch over to my right for a little after my 4am restroom run. But at some point I do go back to my left. Everything says not on your back but that’s fine because if I lay on my back it feels like something pinched and I can hardly move for a little after. 
I’m dreaming of the day when I can sleep on my stomach again.

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