When to start sleeping on your side while pregnant
How can I get used to sleeping on my side while pregnant?
once your bellies started to get a
little bit bigger probably around 20
weeks of pregnancy your doctor probably
told you to stop sleeping on your back
at night and this is because your main
arteries and veins run through the trunk
of your body and when you lay flat on
your back the weight of the growing baby
and uterus compress on those vessels
kind of like kinking a hose and that can
cause your blood pressure to drop and
also reduce circulation to the baby so
this is why it's always best to lay on
your side and you know a lot of people
will say it's best to lay on your left
side there are some studies to show that
the placenta gets the best perfusion or
blood flow and you're on your left side
but really at night just make sure
you're on one side or the other and to
help you feel more comfortable and stay
on your side you can roll up a blanket
or get a firm pillow and put one
underneath one hip that tilts you to the
side and on the side that's tilted you
can also roll up another blanket and put
it underneath your belly as it starts to
get bigger so it doesn't feel like it's
stretching and pulling and a lot of
women find additional comfort when they
put a pillow between their knees so you
have a pillow on either side one on your
left one on your right and one in
between your knees and it will take a
lot of effort getting in and out of bed
but it will be worth it now some women
who are stomach sleepers before they get
pregnant wonder if it's okay to sleep on
your stomach and in the beginning when
your belly isn't large it's okay but as
your belly starts to get larger you
should avoid it and just sleep tilt it
all the weight on your side and see if
that helps you get comfortable so you
can sleep if you have any other
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