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Sleeping on belly?

When during your pregnancy does sleeping on your stomach start to affect the baby?
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4191640 tn?1361174727
It's fine to sleep on your stomach until It becomes uncomfortable, baby has a lot of cushion and will be okay. I'm 33+5 (In a few hours) and I still semi-sleep on my stomach, when I sleep on my sides, I lean more towards my stomach with a pillow underneath to kind of prop me up a bit and puts me at an angle, If that makes sense. Only way I can sleep these prego days lol.
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my friend was still able to sleep on her belly at 38 weeks. It just depends how you feel when you do it.
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I would kill to sleep on my tummy lol. My hips are hurting from sleeping on my side :(
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4562329 tn?1363818660
I slept on my stomach until i was 20 weeks.
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As far as I know it will only harm the baby if you continue to sleep that way.  I slept on my tummy till 14 weeks but I didn't start showing till 21 weeks. I just had to train myself in a different position because in my tummy has always been the only way I could sleep. But the sac your babyb is in us very thick, it will take a lot of pressure to hurt it.
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Thank you. That's what I thought, but someone told me it can harm the baby.
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You can sleep on your belly till its uncomfortable
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