Sleeping on right or left side: does it matter?

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I know you are not supposed to sleep on your back, and as you get further along sleeping on your stomach is a no go as well. But does it really matter if you sleep on your right or left side? I change positions multiple times a night to get comfy and I didn’t think it mattered. I’m only 7 weeks right now but is this something I need to be worried about right now?

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You’ll know when you need to change positions based on symptoms like feeling faint, dizzy, shortness of breath etc. You typically wouldn’t be able to tolerate certain positions that would compress your vena cava long enough to cause any harm to baby. I actually slept on my back (with pillows so my upper body was at about a 30 degree angle) my entire pregnancy because I was unable to tolerate lying on my sides. When I was in labor, they wanted to put me on my side too, but saw how my daughter reacted and made me switch back to supine.

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I am 34 weeks and I still fall asleep on my back. I roll throughout the night though because my body tells me whenever I am not comfy. Sometimes I am comfy on my right side and other nights it’s my left. It depends.

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Just sleep how youre comfortable. Even on yoir back if youre comfy. Your body will move you or make you uncomfortable if it's not good anymore.

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At 7 weeks you can sleep on either size even your back or stomach... when you get later in pregnancy the left is the best but whatever is comfortable for you. You can sleep on your back with pillows i just gave birth a week ago and my baby is healthy as ever i couldnt sleep on my left side at certain point because my chest started to burn because my stomach moved up. But you’re worrying too much at 7 weeks sleep how you want til it gets uncomfortable

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The recommendation from the latest study I found is that you should fell asleep on one of your sides, because the side you fall asleep on is the position you sleep the longest in. left is seen as better because of where your bladder is. But it's normal and ok that you move around throughout the night, and don't panic if you wake up on your back. Your body will tell you when to move, and if baby us to press on Vena Cava you will feel unwell almost like you are to faint.

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I sleep on my right side. My left shoulder is incredibly sensitive from a previous injury and I can’t sleep on it for long. Sometimes I sleep on my left for a little bit if my belly is hurting then turn back over.

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I spent the first 30 weeks sleeping on my right side, and baby settled into the right side of my uterus. My doula told me it’s more optimal for the baby to be on the left side, it’ll have an easier time coming through the pelvis. So ever since then, I slept on the left and encouraged baby to move over. I still find myself on my back or on my right, so I just move back to the left and it’s been fine.

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I think left is best but certainly not the end of the world if you sleep on your right.   And i even had to sleep on my back some with my first pregnancy toward the end bc sleeping on my sides was agonizing. So id prop almost aitting up and sleep like that some times when i just couldnt take laying on my sides any more

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I sleep on my left right and my back what ever im comfortable with. Being pregnant uncomfortable enough

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I have to sleep on my left side because if I try to sleep on my right my baby starts kicking me hard so that I can move. Lol

Sleeping on right or left side: does it matter?

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