Sleeping on your stomach
Sleeping on your stomach or tummy-down position is okay until your baby bump start appearing in your stomach, and that typically is around 12 weeks.
Sleeping on your back
Sleeping on your back is not recommended after 16 weeks because growing uterus can put pressure on venous system and can increase risk of swelling in lower limbs, vericose veins, hemorrhoids and constipation.
Also sleeping on back in third trimester that woud be after 28 weeks can be linked with sudden death of fetus Due to insufficient blood supply.
Sleeping on your sides
Sleeping on the sides during pregnancy facilitates blood flow, ensuring that vital organs and the baby receive the nutrients and oxygen. .
During the second and and third trimesters, sleeping on either side preferably the left, if possible is considered by some experts to be ideal for you and your baby-to-be.
Why left side is preferable
Traditional advice is to sleep on left side. Reason behind this is important vessels are more towards right side, a slight tilt upto 30 degrees takes pressure off from these vessels.
Putting a pillow between your right side of back and the mattress as insurance. That way, even if you do roll over, you’re on a bit of a tilt.
If you wake up sleeping on your back
Very few people stay in one position throughout the night. Do not stress if you accidentally find yourself on your back on waking up.
The reason behind the warnings
As your uterus gets larger usually by the time you’re 20 weeks that’s five months along, it’s big enough that it lies on top of your big vessels supplying to heart. Since heart doesn’t get enough supply so it can’t supply your body and growing fetus in return, and there is potential increased risk of stillbirth for those who slept the entire night on their back.
Additionally blood will be static and high pressure in lower part of the body, increasing the likelihood of swelling in the ankles and legs, varicose veins, and hemorrhoids.
Are there any symptoms of wrong position
Symptoms vary patient to patient, some patient can’t li on their back even for examination during visit and doctor has to be real quick. Others they can lie on their back forever without any symptoms.
The possible symptoms could be following.
– Feeling light-headed ornot feel right
– Trouble breathing
– Heart is beating faster,
– Waking up with feeling something isn’t right and that will make you move around,
It’s your body’s way of saying you need to roll over on your side. Listen to your body.
Some tips
Use lots of pillows. Try crossing one leg over the other and putting one pillow between them and another pillow behind your back.
Get a special pillow. Try using a wedge-shaped pillow or a 5-foot full-body pregnancy pillow.
Prop yourself up. If pillows don’t help, try sleeping in a semi-upright position in a recliner.