What Happens If You Sleep On Your Back While Pregnant

This likely sounds scarier than it is.

What happens if you sleep on your back while pregnant. This rather overdramatic headline stems from a new study that investigated the effects of mothers sleep positions on baby behaviour in 29 women in the final weeks of pregnancy. Specially designed pillows are so coveted by pregnant women because as your belly grows there are fewer ideal positions to sleep in. Sleeping on your back all night long is one more habit you ll need to change while you re expecting. When a mother changed position during sleep such as from side to back her baby immediately became less active and still.

Try not to let it bother you if you can t sleep and don t worry. When you lie on your back the weight of your uterus presses on the major vein that returns blood from your lower body to your heart. You wake up in that position in the middle of the night for example. Ob gyn salena zanotti md explains why and how to get comfy instead.

Nothing happens you just turn back to the g. You can try supporting your bump with pillows and putting a pillow between your knees. You can also use a pillow behind your back as a reminder to not roll over. This is a result of your abdomen resting on your intestines and major blood vessels the aorta and vena cava.

Oh if you know you shouldn t you will probably be always trying to avoid it most of the time so if it happens by accident means. The baby charity tommy s has a video about safer sleeping in pregnancy. If you typically sleep on your back it s safe to continue doing so through the first trimester. The problem with lying on your back during your pregnancy is that your big old pregnant belly ends up putting a severe amount of pressure on the vena cava a large vein that carries deoxygenated.

New warning to pregnant women. But it is surprising how quickly that turning onto your back affects baby. Sleeping on your stomach. If you feel it during the night you ll stop rolling even if you re fast asleep.

If you wake up on your back you can just turn over and go to sleep again on your side. Sleeping on your back. Insomnia remedies in pregnancy. But as your uterus gets heavier around mid pregnancy it s best to choose another position.

When you are farther along in your pregnancy your abdomen. It s normal to change positions during sleep and if you wake up on your back you shouldn t panic. 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.