I have a body pillow and it is fantastic. It gives me a much more comfortable sleep. The only problems I have had is when I get a cramp and need to get out of bed quickly it's a little hard to move the pillow. And my DH pinches it when I get up to go to the toilet. He loves it almost as much as I do
I too was sleeping on my back some of the night until recently. I have now found that my belly feels too heavy on me so I will sometimes lie kinda half on my back and half on my side. The midwife at my parenting classes said that if it was affecting Peanut then I'd get kicked to roll over. So I don't think there's too much to worry about.
The advice I got at our hospital physiotherapy class was that you should try and avoid it. They said if you wake up and you are on your back, don't freak out, just roll to your side, and that chances are you woke up because it wasn't quite right.
They made a very strong point that just because you don't feel dizzy and light headed lying flat on your back it doesn't mean that the blood flow isn't restricted. For you to feel sick, the blood flow has to be significantly restricted. But any sort of restriction for an extended period of time will effect bubs (not necessarily in a disastrous way) even if you are unaware of it.
Getting around it is pretty easy. Just prop yourself up, or try putting a pillow under one side so you can still lay on your back, but your not flat on your back.
Like the other girls said a body pillow is the best investment you can make!!! I got mine when I was about 16 weeks and love it to death!
I know that this is prob a stupid question, but reading this post i was just wondering the benefit of the body pillow vs a normal pillow. I've been using a normal pillow to put between my legs and prop my belly on when sleeping on my side, but am starting to get sore hips at night and end up on my back, then back to my side etc etc. How do people sleep on the body pillow - can you lie on it on your tummy, or do you just use it to support your whole body when sleeping on the side...as I started with, sorry if this is a stupid question
FG
Farmgirl: Not a stupid question There are none I've been told!
Anyway's I sleep with my body pillow running under my bump and between my legs. Then when I roll over I hold onto it with my legs and just re-position it under my bump. I find that because of the length of it the body pillow gives me greater support. I do find that, even with the body pillow, my hips go numb sometimes. I'm guessing that's from the extra weight that is being put on them at the moment and would happen no matter what type of pillow I was sleeping on.
When you are no longer using your body pillow as a body pillow it also covers the full width of a QS bed, so you can snuggle up to DH without having your head between the pillows
FG - To provide support for your belly and something for between your legs it is helpful to have a much bigger pillow, and if you happen to have the bed to yourself you still have something to cuddle. If you are a back sleeper it also provides enough support to be under your hip without the rest of your body twisting because it goes from shouler to mid calf (or knee if you are really tall) which helps to reduce stiffness.
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There are none I've been told!
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