Sleeping on back with head elevated??

Question

I’m 33 weeks pregnant and I’m having so much trouble sleeping. I know sleeping my my back is a no-no, but I’m now having bad hip pain sleeping on my side sometimes.
I have a really comfortable recliner couch and was wondering—is it ok if I sleep on that? Im not fully on my back complete flat, I’m at slight angle and I can always adjust it from sitting upright to like Halfway down

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Sleep however is comfortable for you. Your body will let you know when you need to change positions. All throughout my first pregnancy I slept on my back because otherwise I’d have horrible hip pains that kept me awake. Baby turned out to be just fine.

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Should be fine and you’ll know if it’s not. The reason sleeping on your back is bad is baby can put pressure on your abdominal aorta (largest artery in the body) which supplies blood to you as well as the placenta. Whenever my baby puts too much pressure on mine I can tell immediately because it makes me short of breath and a little light headed. A recliner would have gravity pulling the baby down too instead of just towards your spine.

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I'm 31 weeks and still sleep on my back with about 3 pillows stacked under my head. Some times I sleep in the recliner. You should be fine.

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what i do is i lay on my side then i get a firm pillow and wedge it on my back, so when i roll to lay on my back at night im not flat, im at a slight angle. Laying flat hurts my hips anyways so this is perfect

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They say the reason it’s bad to sleep on your back is because the baby sits on nerves that cause blood to stop flowing to your legs which will cause you to be dizzy and whatnot. I don’t think it’s dangerous . Sleep however is comfortable and just switch positions every once in awhile if you can

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I slept best on my recliner couch when pregnant also. You should be fine because its not totally flat.

Sleeping on back with head elevated??

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