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Did your doctors tell you not to lay on your back while your pregnant!?
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I have a body pillow to keep me off my back. But I'm small enough I still lay on my stomach with the pillow  part way under
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Same here I sleep on left wake up on back...don't know wht to do body pillow dsnt really wrk its dwn d bed or under my legs by mrng
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I fall asleep on my side and wake up in my back. If it happens, it happens. :) Try not to do it consciously though.
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From about 20 weeks on, the uterus is big enough that in a supine position it puts pressure on the artery that supplies blood to the placenta and delivers nutrients to the fetus. So yeah, you shouldn't sleep on your back.
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