Can I lay on my right side?!

Question

I know I am supposed to lay on my left side for better blood flow to the baby, but I am much more comfortable for some reason on my right side. Is that ok? I obviously don't want to do anything harmful but it's so hard to get comfortable!!

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A bunch of studies have been done about this issue. The benefits of sleeping on your left side are only 4-10% higher than sleeping on your right side. That's not a large enough difference to stress yourself over sleeping on your right side instead of your left! Sleep on sister!

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I can't sleep on my left side. It physically hurts me and always has. I can only sleep on my back or right side. They tell us in yoga to lie on our left sides of pregnant instead of right but don't say anything about being on our backs, so I asked my nurse. Back is bad since once you carry large enough, it pushes on a vein and cuts off circulation to you and baby. Right side is just fine! Left side is better, but if you can't then you can't. Comfort is important. I don't know why all my yoga classes have gotten it wrong (they're taught right side is bad), but when in doubt trust a medical professional and your body.

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I asked my midwife this the other day and she did it was absolutely fine! She even said it's fine to sleep on your back unless you are a larger lady carrying a really big baby. So I sleep however I am comfortable now! X

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Yes!!

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I slept completely on my right side after I couldn't sleep on my back until the last 4 wks where my right hip was hurting so bad I would have to switch sides..I had major surgery on my left shoulder less than a yr ago so its hard to sleep on my left side and I never had problems and had my baby a wk ago and no problems

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I sleep on both. It depends on if my ribs are hurting on my right side or not. Sometimes laying on my right feels better than my left especially depending on where my daughter is and how my uterus is pulling on my ribs.

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You can totally sleep on your right side. Just Try to split your time between your two sides.

Can I lay on my right side?!

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