Pregnancy Side Sleeping
Sleeping on your stomach.
Pregnancy side sleeping. Specially designed pillows are so coveted by pregnant women because as your belly grows there are fewer ideal positions to sleep in. If you wake up on your back you can just turn over and go to sleep again on your side. Further studies have also found links between low birth weight and sleeping on your back during the third trimester. Sleeping on side during pregnancy and in particular sleeping on your left has been reported to help ease the pressure off your liver and kidneys.
The baby charity tommy s has a video about safer sleeping in pregnancy. Sleeping on your back. You can try supporting your bump with pillows and putting a pillow between your knees. I know it is really tough but it will end.
Sleeping on right side while pregnant is ok but left is the better choice due to improved circulation necessary to get required nutrients to your baby and also because it prevents excessive weight being exerted on your liver. Sleeping on the side sos is the most recommended sleeping position. Sleeping on your side by midwife tommys on 22 nov 2017 10 14. And even better is to sleep on your left.
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. Sleeping on your left side also takes the pressure off your liver and your kidneys. Insomnia remedies in pregnancy. The position you fall asleep in is often the position you stay in for the majority of the night and research suggests that lying on your back in late pregnancy can compress blood flow around your body.
Sleeping on the side is considered the best position to sleep. This allows them to function better thereby flushing out waste products and fluids from your body and reducing edema swelling of your ankles feet and hands in the process. You are doing the right thing so please don t panic. This means more room to function properly helping with swelling issues in your hands ankles and feet.
Tips for sleeping on your side in pregnancy. I am so sorry to hear how you are struggling so much with your indigestion in pregnancy that is rubbish. Side sleeping is the best position during pregnancy both for you and your baby. Apart from giving you the comfort sleeping on the left.
Therefore while sleeping on your left side has not conclusively been shown to reduce your risk against sleeping on your right there are reasons that you might choose to do so. When you are farther along in your pregnancy your abdomen. This is a result of your abdomen resting on your intestines and major blood vessels the aorta and vena cava. It wont last forever but i know it is not fun in the interim.
Sleeping on the side pregnancy avoid low birth weight in infants.