Your body will let you know if you cant lay on your back anymore. Its typically a lot later 35+ weeks where the weight of the womb can compress the blood vessel on the right side leading back to the heart. You will experience dizziness if there is pressure and that's your body saying no more. Simply puting a pillow on the right side of your back/hip while lying on your back will shift the weight over. Some women never have any issues with this either. With my first I only started noticing it at almost 40 weeks.
Laying on my back a lot.
Lately my back has been killing me and the only thing that helps is if I lay on my back. I'm 24 weeks and have read that laying/sleeping on your back isn't the best thing because it can cut off certain circulation.
Is it really that much of a bad thing to be on your back? My bump is still pretty small and (I've gained about 13lbs so far) so I'm hoping it's fine at this point. I'd love any opinions. I'll ask my Doc at my next appointment on Monday too of course.
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