Stupid Question

0400772 · Oct 15th, 2010, 06:26 AM

This may sound like a stupid question but at home etc i tend to sit on the floor, weird i know but when im eating tea etc it means i dont get spills all over my nice couch lol

My problem is that i normally sit crossed legged by my partner mentioned the otehr day im not really supposed to do this as it can harm the baby

Is this true? I spend roughly an hour at a time sitting crossed legged, i find it comfortable unless baby and uterus are making pains cuz it hurts too much lol

also during the night i can help myself from leaning on my stomach. I wake up and im lying on it. How cna i prevent this?

Lyndz xx

Jem88 · Oct 15th, 2010, 06:30 AM

I haven't read or heard that you shouldn't sit with your legs crossed, i can't imagine it hurting the baby, i wouldn't worry and it should be okay unless your in pain anywhere from it.

Maybe try using some pillows eitherside of you at night?

0400772 · Oct 15th, 2010, 06:37 AM

Thanks, its kinda put my mind a little at ease.

I kinda hug my pillw at night but it does hrt to lie on stomach, its just weird that my body is responding to it until i wake up!

Thans tho x

Reds05 · Oct 15th, 2010, 06:38 AM

I wouldn't worry about lying on your belly at night. It will eventually get so big that you can't lie on it anyway!!!

Lamsbump · Oct 15th, 2010, 06:45 AM

i have also never hear of the sitting cross legged thing.

Jojo-Mummy · Oct 15th, 2010, 06:49 AM

I havnt heard of this, I know you have an increase of blood in your body when pregnant so mabe he thinks by sitting crossed legged the bloody flow is not circulating properly????

As long as your comfy I say got for it x

charliekitty · Oct 15th, 2010, 07:17 AM

sitting crossed legged can give u pins and needles and its stopping the blood flowing as much but i gota say i do it quite alot and i dont think that could harm the baby =) xxx

0400772 · Oct 17th, 2010, 08:37 AM

Hey ladies,

Thank you so much for your advice. I thought that if it hurt it would mean something but if not then i pressumed it would be ok

sarbo · Oct 17th, 2010, 08:47 AM

The first midwife I saw ordered me to uncross my legs (I was on a chair, not the floor tho...lol) saying it wasn't 'allowed' any more. I was in a bit of a daze and didn't ask her why. The midwives I've seen after her haven't mentioned it, and however much I try not to sit with my legs crossed, as soon as my attention moves onto something else they cross themselves again!

0400772 · Oct 17th, 2010, 09:20 AM

I dont mean crossing legs as in one on top of other i mean like sitting like an indian or like im doing a yoga pose hah only way to dscribe it!

Oct 15th, 2010, 06:26 AM	#1
0400772 Trying to conceive (TTC) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,402	Stupid Question This may sound like a stupid question but at home etc i tend to sit on the floor, weird i know but when im eating tea etc it means i dont get spills all over my nice couch lol My problem is that i normally sit crossed legged by my partner mentioned the otehr day im not really supposed to do this as it can harm the baby Is this true? I spend roughly an hour at a time sitting crossed legged, i find it comfortable unless baby and uterus are making pains cuz it hurts too much lol also during the night i can help myself from leaning on my stomach. I wake up and im lying on it. How cna i prevent this? Lyndz xx

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Oct 15th, 2010, 06:30 AM	#2
Jem88 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Cumbria, UK Posts: 3,363	I haven't read or heard that you shouldn't sit with your legs crossed, i can't imagine it hurting the baby, i wouldn't worry and it should be okay unless your in pain anywhere from it. Maybe try using some pillows eitherside of you at night?

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Oct 15th, 2010, 06:37 AM	#3
0400772 Trying to conceive (TTC) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,402	Thanks, its kinda put my mind a little at ease. I kinda hug my pillw at night but it does hrt to lie on stomach, its just weird that my body is responding to it until i wake up! Thans tho x

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Oct 15th, 2010, 06:38 AM	#4
Reds05 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Scottish lass living in Canada Posts: 1,835	I wouldn't worry about lying on your belly at night. It will eventually get so big that you can't lie on it anyway!!!

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Lamsbump Pregnant (Expecting) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Aberdeenshire Posts: 1,152	i have also never hear of the sitting cross legged thing.

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Oct 15th, 2010, 06:49 AM	#6
Jojo-Mummy Pregnant (Expecting) Inactive Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Ammanford, South Wales Posts: 3,203	I havnt heard of this, I know you have an increase of blood in your body when pregnant so mabe he thinks by sitting crossed legged the bloody flow is not circulating properly???? As long as your comfy I say got for it x

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Oct 15th, 2010, 07:17 AM	#7
charliekitty Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 985	sitting crossed legged can give u pins and needles and its stopping the blood flowing as much but i gota say i do it quite alot and i dont think that could harm the baby =) xxx

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Oct 17th, 2010, 08:37 AM	#8
0400772 Trying to conceive (TTC) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,402	Hey ladies, Thank you so much for your advice. I thought that if it hurt it would mean something but if not then i pressumed it would be ok

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Oct 17th, 2010, 08:47 AM	#9
sarbo Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: UK Posts: 218	The first midwife I saw ordered me to uncross my legs (I was on a chair, not the floor tho...lol) saying it wasn't 'allowed' any more. I was in a bit of a daze and didn't ask her why. The midwives I've seen after her haven't mentioned it, and however much I try not to sit with my legs crossed, as soon as my attention moves onto something else they cross themselves again!

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Oct 17th, 2010, 09:20 AM	#10
0400772 Trying to conceive (TTC) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,402	I dont mean crossing legs as in one on top of other i mean like sitting like an indian or like im doing a yoga pose hah only way to dscribe it!

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