question about sleeping.......

[clairelou88]

Im a back sleeper and find it so hard to fall asleep on my side, to be honest i dont think i ever have! i usually move around at night from side to side and wake up on my back and occasionally on my side.

What do you all think? am i really harming my baby?

[clairelou88]

phew! i got me so worried because i on some other pregnancy websites theres people saying sleeping on your back is a big NO NO!! which freaked me out! i think im going to get one of those pillows see if that helps me with sleeping more on myside!

[hkenny]

i bought a prego pillow too from toysrus and its called a snoogle. its great!! really helps with side sleeping and getting comfy. i think the thing with back sleeping is that you can as long as you arent in pain. if your blood was getting cut off wouldnt you know it? i cant seem to sleep on back but do what works for you!

[kikicoates78]

Well it does slow blood flow to the baby but I don't think it's that serious. I bought a pregnancy boppy, I LOVE IT! it has really helped me, My hubby bought it for me for Christmas, I told him it was the best 50 bucks he ever spent.

[njrohe]

NO WAY!  The objection to back sleeping is that you could suppress your vena cava and cut off blood flow, but I can't imagine this is a real risk.  I think it's more one of those things that "could" happen in theory, but basically never does.  I've slept on my back both pregnancies with no complications.