Trouble sleeping on your side?

Question

So I used to sleep on my back or stomach. I've been trying really hard to sleep on my side but I am so restless. I got a body pillow and its helped a little, but I still find myself waking up on my back from time to time. 
It also isn't helping that I get up around 2 am to pee and I cant get back to sleep again. I feel like I'm already failing at being a mom since I cant even sleep on my side 😞

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How far along are you? I wouldn’t worry too much about waking up on your back. You should only be mindful of it when you’re in your 3rd trimester and your uterus is getting quite heavy. So as long as you make sure your “going to sleep position” is not on your back, you’re fine. If you’re in the 2nd trimester you can sleep any way you want. Right now your baby is probably around the size of your palm, and doesn’t weigh nearly enough to cause any kind of harm at all. I think there’s a little too much paranoia around about ONLY sleeping on your LEFT side or else you’re gonna hurt your baby. Either side is fine. Sleeping on your front is fine, as long as you’re comfortable. And the back thing is only applicable when you have quite a substantial bump and there’s considerable weight on the vein. But that’s not to say that when you do wake up in the middle of the night and find yourself on your back, that you should panic. It simply means that your body find this position comfortable. And I think (I’ve never been heavily pregnant before so can’t attest to that) that if your blood flow was restricted because of the weight, you WOULD know. You’d feel dizzy/light-headed/queasy and you simply wouldn’t want to be on your back anymore. Mother Nature knows what she’s doing. Your body is gonna let you know when you reach that stage. I have an awesome gynaecologist who explained everything to me. She said that all those internet articles scaring women into believing they’re gonna kill their babies if they sleep the wrong way are doing way more harm than your actual sleeping position. And regarding the famous left side, she actually said that not only is it unnecessary, but it might be bad to your baby’s development if you only sleep in ONE position for months on end (body posture asymmetry in newborns). Not to mention you’d be fu*king uncomfortable sleeping on one side only for half your pregnancy. I don’t think that’d be doing your achy pregnant body any favours!

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Honestly I’ve always been a side sleeper so it has been easy for me up until this week. My hips hurt so bad it wakes me up at night and I wake up on my back a lot and have to roll over 😭

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I’ve been having such a hard time sleeping, I am in so much pain even with a body pillow! Can not wait to sleep on my tummy again. Ivebeen taking hot baths or showers before bed at night to help relax my muscles but it’s still a challenge

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Right now every position sucks for sleeping for me. I have to fall asleep on my side tho cause my husband rubs my butt every night to put me to sleep.

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I am a back sleeper and have slept on my back up to about 35ish weeks every pregnancy. Trust me, you will know when you can’t sleep on your back anymore, your body will let you know!

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My hips hurt every night. Stretch take baths get massages and tylenol.

Trouble sleeping on your side?

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