How do you sleep?

AEM1803 · Apr 8th, 2012, 20:12 PM

I was reading the other day that sleeping on your left side is better for you and the baby.. and sleeping on your back or right side is bad..
I sleep however i can get comfortable

is that bad?
How do you sleep?

taterbean · Apr 8th, 2012, 20:20 PM

I sleep however I'm most comfortable. I usually start out on my right side but switch to my left, back or even half on my tummy still. I have trouble sleeping on my left side much because both of my arms and sometimes my right hip will fall asleep. I don't have those problems on my right side.

megrenade · Apr 8th, 2012, 20:21 PM

I sleep on whichever side is comfortable.. it gets so hard to sleep towards the end that you stop caring about what the books say, haha.

..katie.. · Apr 8th, 2012, 20:23 PM

I start out on my left, but I normally wake up on my back or on my right. If i've been having a dizzy day, though, I prop pillows behind me to make rolling over in my sleep more difficult.

BabyBoyLove12 · Apr 8th, 2012, 20:25 PM

I start on my left, wake up an hour or so later to pee or because severe hip pain, then flip back to my right side. This continues throughout the night. Left to right then back again. Can't breathe on my back and I think because my belly is like a ball laying on my stomach wouldn't work...plus I'm honestly too afraid to lay on my stomach.

taterbean · Apr 8th, 2012, 20:32 PM

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Originally Posted by BabyBoyLove12

I start on my left, wake up an hour or so later to pee or because severe hip pain, then flip back to my right side. This continues throughout the night. Left to right then back again. Can't breathe on my back and I think because my belly is like a ball laying on my stomach wouldn't work...plus I'm honestly too afraid to lay on my stomach.

I think I got really lucky for the stomach sleeping at 7 months. It's certainly harder than before, but I mostly lay on my front left side with my right leg up and bent. It keeps me off my actual belly but allows me an extra sleeping position. It doesn't usually last too long these days, though.

socitycourty · Apr 8th, 2012, 20:54 PM

My dr told me that the choice of right/left side does not matter so much as not laying flat on your back.....I usually have to fall asleep on my right side, laying on my left makes me feel ill and like I'm suffocating....

yesterday morning I woke up on my back and I was choking!

megangrohl · Apr 8th, 2012, 20:56 PM

I sleep on my left side.

SaraM · Apr 8th, 2012, 21:01 PM

my dr says to sleep in whichever position ur most comfortable in. you move around in ur sleep anyways.

MrsHernandez · Apr 8th, 2012, 21:01 PM

i can't sleep at all!

Apr 8th, 2012, 20:12 PM	#1
AEM1803 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Canada Posts: 290	How do you sleep? I was reading the other day that sleeping on your left side is better for you and the baby.. and sleeping on your back or right side is bad.. I sleep however i can get comfortable is that bad? How do you sleep?

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Apr 8th, 2012, 20:20 PM	#2
taterbean Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 338	I sleep however I'm most comfortable. I usually start out on my right side but switch to my left, back or even half on my tummy still. I have trouble sleeping on my left side much because both of my arms and sometimes my right hip will fall asleep. I don't have those problems on my right side.

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Apr 8th, 2012, 20:21 PM	#3
megrenade Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Oregon, USA Posts: 4,395	I sleep on whichever side is comfortable.. it gets so hard to sleep towards the end that you stop caring about what the books say, haha.

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..katie.. Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: SW wy Posts: 3,341	I start out on my left, but I normally wake up on my back or on my right. If i've been having a dizzy day, though, I prop pillows behind me to make rolling over in my sleep more difficult.

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BabyBoyLove12 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Virginia Posts: 2,318	I start on my left, wake up an hour or so later to pee or because severe hip pain, then flip back to my right side. This continues throughout the night. Left to right then back again. Can't breathe on my back and I think because my belly is like a ball laying on my stomach wouldn't work...plus I'm honestly too afraid to lay on my stomach.

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Apr 8th, 2012, 20:54 PM	#7
socitycourty Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 4,948	My dr told me that the choice of right/left side does not matter so much as not laying flat on your back.....I usually have to fall asleep on my right side, laying on my left makes me feel ill and like I'm suffocating.... yesterday morning I woke up on my back and I was choking!

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Apr 8th, 2012, 20:56 PM	#8
megangrohl Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 6,314	I sleep on my left side.

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SaraM Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: New York Posts: 467	my dr says to sleep in whichever position ur most comfortable in. you move around in ur sleep anyways.

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MrsHernandez Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: PA Posts: 45	i can't sleep at all!

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