Sleeping on your back?

Question

I still wake up on my back a lot! I have always felt more comfortable sleeping on my back or my stomach... I have read different opinions on it. I'm 6 months pregnant but I'm not very big at all, people still think I look 3 months. I never feel like I have trouble breathing, and it doesn't feel uncomfortable to me. I'm just wondering if anyone else still sleeps on their back once in a while?

Answer

If you go to sleep on your side it doesn't matter if you wake up on your back. They aren't worried about breathing, it's that the weight of baby and your uterus can press on the vena cava (major vein that brings blood up from your lower body to your heart) so you may get light headed/dizzy from laying on your back. Just make sure you get up slowly if you wake up on your back. If you are worried about it try getting a pregnancy pillow- mine really helped me to avoid sleeping on my stomach.

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I still lay on my back sometimes at 35 weeks and I slept on it for a while. I just try not to cause its hard on your spine but you can tell whether it's making you uncomfortable based on your size. It won't hit the baby or anything. Do what you gotta do to be comfortable and enjoy sleeping on your back while you still can

Answer

With my first I would often wake up on my back, then turn to my left side. I think waking up was my body telling me that it was time to change my position. If your uterus is putting too much pressure on that artery, you'll feel the effects before it can affect the baby. If you're worried though, just know that the human race would have become extinct pretty quickly if sleeping on our backs caused serious harm to our offspring 😉

Sleeping on your back?

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