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Is It True That......?

If you lay, relax, or sleep on your right side and/or back it puts you at risk for a still birth?
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I believe it's the right side that the blood goes threw great.. Cuz the left is we're all the blood flows mostly and sleeping on left side slows it down
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2075786 tn?1342908758
My baby is in a position where he mostly only kicks my left side.....so im much more comfortable laying on my right.....i really dont think thats true
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Ok.. because I try to sleep on my left but my right is most comfortable.
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3182438 tn?1359489871
The left side it said to be best but the right is also okay. Sleeping on your back can make baby cut off circulation to your legs while you sleep.
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Ok.. because I try to sleep on my left but my right is most comfortable.
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3182438 tn?1359489871
my son is 14months old and while I was pregnant with him I slept on my back and both sides all the time. He is perfectly healthy, sleeping on your left side is said to be the best position to sleep in while pregnant, it helps keep blood flowing easily to your legs and helps the placenta keep all the good stuff flowing to your baby.
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3055148 tn?1368211800
I've heard not to sleep on your back but both of your sides are fine.
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2170635 tn?1357911686
I mostly sleep on my right side and back and my baby is fine
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3054444 tn?1353976571
I sleep on both of my sides and my baby is perfectly fine. my doctor said I could sleep on either side just not on my back.
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i have read its left side but yeah i think there is a small study that says that
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Inever heard that
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