Sleeping on RIGHT side, but LEFT arm falling asleep???

[wanting4#1]

Just trying to find out if anyone else has experienced this...it doesn't happen if I sleep on my left side (neither arm goes to sleep). But two or three times now, if I am sleeping on my right side, my LEFT arm goes completely numb/asleep!  Seems a bit odd to me, but as it NEVER happened pre-pregnancy, I'm guessing it as something to do with it...

Any thoughts??

[rosie7170]

I did have the exact thing happen to me during my pregnancy a couple of years ago.  I totally freaked out about it and asked by Dr but apparently it can be quite normal during pregnancy.  I can't remember the reason that was given to me at the time but it all ended up good.

[morriseysangel]

I have the same exact thing happening to me. I'm only 25 & this is my 1st pregnancy. I can sleep on my left side without any part of my body falling asleep but when I sleep on my right side my left arm falls asleep....every time. It's been happening for about 2 weeks now. I haven't gotten an answer for it yet. But going to ask my dr when I see her on the 4th.

[piggy2]

I have something similar.  If I sleep on my RIGHT side, my LEFT hip and thigh go to sleep!!  go figure.  I prefer my right than my left.  Just another thing we have to love about pregnancy.

[adgal]

I haven't had that happen, but when I am sitting for any period of time, I get tingling and numbness in my left foot, particularly toes.  It's not like I am in a weird position and my foot would be falling asleep, so I think it has something to do with pregnancy as well.  I wonder if the babies position is not sometimes affecting certain nerves or something?  I don't know if that can happen, just speculating.