Sleeping on back/big boobs

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Hi all

A few times over the last few weeks I have woken up on my back and the weight of my boobs on my chest give me absolutely horrendous and nearly unbearable chest pains. It only lasts for a few minutes after waking up but those few minutes are torture and feels like I'm having a heart attack!

My boobs were big pre pregnancy (E/F cup) and they've gone humongous since being pregnant this time round, I dread to think what size they are now.

It is only when I have slept on my back, doesn't happen if I've been on my side. Is there anything I can do to help this problem? I'm not intentionally sleeping on my back, so its not just as easy as choosing a different position to sleep in

Does anyone else suffer the same issue??

 

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Anyone?

 

[lilesMom]

Didn't want to read and run.
But mine aren't big enough to cause this
But I woke up last night on my back
My heart was racing and I felt awful
It interferes with blood flow
By the uterus pressing on a vein or artery
I put a pillow or some duvet wedged in behind me to stop rolling
And I roll duvet under my bump on front
I didn't di it last night
Cos was wrecked going to bed
But it works if I remember it

 

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Thank you for replying lilesmom amd thanks for the tip x

 

[Lucasmum]

Yes me they are a bleeding nightmare the pain is unbearable what I wouldnt give for small pert neat boobs not ones that feel like they are going to suffovate me or give me a heart attack

 

[Natty_babez]

I have big boobs a size F before pregnancy and at the moment need to invest in some maternity bras as I now have the dreaded four boobs ..... Anyway I get really short of breath if I'm lying on my back and struggle to breath properly they are also still quite sore and feel so full !! Luckily I don't get any pains from my chest just the shortness of breath which always wakes me up and makes me roll onto my side.

I have read somewhere that the bigger you get you shouldn't sleep on your back or at least try not to Hun

Xxx

 

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Thank you Lucasmum, so glad its not just me! Have you found a way to ease it?

Natty, thanks for your rely. Sorry you get shot of breath I don't intentionally sleep on my back, I just wake up like that sometimes. Considering the pain I wake up in, I'm really surprised I don't wake up sooner to adjust position!

 

[Moom7900]

I haven't had this exact problem, but agree that you could either wedge a pillow behind you, or sleep with your back to the wall? Hope you find a solution, it must be scary to wake up panicking with chest pains, even when you know what's causing it! Xxxxxx

 

[jellybeanxx]

I sleep in a nest of pillows. It's mostly to stop me rolling onto my tummy but if you put pillows behind your back, it might stop you rolling over.

 

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Its just quite difficult as I normally wake up with two children in my bed that have crept in in the night

I have one of those long pregnancy pillows, I will try lying that behind me so I can't roll onto my back!

 

[lilesMom]

U can get a soft bra for night time.
I'm only c before preg
But at the end last time I was f or g in some
I wore soft bra , like a tiny crop top at night
They come in ones with nursing straps too