You may find that they work. Keep in mind that you may not stay in one position all night, and rotating positions is fine. Sleeping on your back: This can cause problems with backaches, breathing, the digestive system, hemorrhoids, low blood pressure and cause a decrease in circulation to your heart and your baby. This is a result of your growing abdomen resting on your intestines and major blood vessels the aorta and vena cava.
You can also develop sleep apnea as you put on weight. Sleeping on your stomach: When you are farther along in your pregnancy, your breasts become more tender and your abdomen continues to grow, both making sleeping on your tummy uncomfortable. Using a donut-shaped pillow with a hole in the middle may help you sleep comfortably on your stomach. During pregnancy, you may find yourself wrestling in bed trying to get comfortable before falling asleep. When you are pregnant your body goes through a variety of changes causing your regular sleeping positions to no longer work for you.
Curtis, Glade B. Week Best Sleeping Positions During Pregnancy. If you are experiencing heartburn during the night, you may want to try propping your upper body with pillows. In late pregnancy, you may experience shortness of breath. Try lying on your side or propped up with pillows. Try to relax in the hours before going to bed.
This is a great chance to practice some relaxation exercises. This will also help you during the birth. Tiredness and fatigue during pregnancy. Page last reviewed: 18 September Next review due: 18 September Read our cookies policy to find out more about our cookies and how we use them. Why you should sleep on your side during pregnancy. They were asked about their positions when they went to sleep and when they woke up: on the left side mostly, on the right side mostly, both sides equally, on the back mostly, on the front mostly, equally on the side, front and back, or sitting or propped up.
An adverse outcome occurred in roughly 1, pregnancies, but they were no more likely to occur among women who slept mostly on the right side or back, compared to those who slept mostly on the left side or in any other position. To counter the possibility that the women may not have accurately recalled their sleep positions, the researchers conducted a smaller analysis of women who slept with a device that recorded their sleep position. Among the more than women in this group, those who slept on their back more than 50 percent of the time were no more likely to have an adverse outcome than those who slept on their back less than 50 percent of the time.
The researchers concluded that sleeping position during early and mid pregnancy does not appear to affect the risk of complications.
They added that the findings may help to reassure pregnant women, particularly those who have difficulty sleeping on their left side and those who have trouble controlling their position while asleep. Silver, RM, et al. Prospective evaluation of maternal sleep position through 30 weeks gestation and adverse pregnancy outcomes. DOI:
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