thread: why are you not allowed to lay on your right hand side when pregnant?

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  1. #1
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    Dec 2006
    Gippsland Vic
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    Whhoopppsss!!! i thought you were supposed to sleep on your right hand side???? My bubs kicks up the biggest fuss if I sleep on my left hand side and sometimes if I'm on my back, but always seems happy when i'm on my right??? Must go and read up on it???!!

  2. #2
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    Oct 2007
    Perth,WA
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    Sunshine I'm still on my belly too....

    With DS I was told to sleep on the left, but always find it more comfy on the right. You can be buggered if I wake up to change positions coz it's 'wrong'. I would be moving around all over the place anyway!

  3. #3

    Oct 2008
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    I'm still sleeping on my back because it's the most comfortable. When I lie on my left or right hand side baby hates it and I also get really bad ligament pains.

    I am surrounded by pillows to try and make myself tilt to the left but end up waking on my back again.

    Must talk to my MW about this.

    Sue x

  4. #4
    BellyBelly Professional Support Panel

    Nov 2005
    QLD
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    You can sleep on any side that you find comfortable. Sleeping flat on your back when you have a big belly is not recommended as there is a small chance that the weight of your baby could compress some major blood vessels in your back and thus reducing the blood flow to your placenta.

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    Oct 2008
    Kallangur, QLD
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    Just had to add my little bit while preg with my DS I couldn't sleep on my left side after hearing my hip go "POP" after sitting down one weekend around 7wks preg. I still can't lie on my left side, even though he's over a year old now. I was told by my physio that I should just sleep in whatever position was most comfortable for me, and if it got too uncomfortable on my back or on my right side to prop myself with pillows under my left hip and shoulder.

    I have never heard of not sleeping on the right side though.

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    Nov 2009
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    Well I hope you can lay however you want because I have the following issues because of 2 car accidents:
    1. sleep on back = severe pain
    2. sleep on left side = loss of arm function for half a day
    3. sleep on right side = painful hips / pelvis
    Sleeping on my tummy is the only comfy position... which I know will become an issue once I get bigger...