Sleeping on my back

[Netty]

When should I stop sleeping on my back? I know you aren't meant to late in your pg but I am looking very pg already and my 12 week scan showed the placenta is right at the front (on top of baby if I am lying on my back). I try and wedge a pillow behind me but always wake up having had the best sleep when I have ended up on my back (must do it while asleep). I'm owrried it isn't good for baby or me.. Any advice anyone? Thankyou

[Heaven]

Don't worry, if it's not right you will instinctively roll off your back in your sleep

[Inertia]

Heaven is right. The reason you stop being able to sleep on your back is because the baby can compress the aorta and vena cava and slow the blood flow, making you feel extremely ill. You will know when you get to the point where you shouldn't be sleeping on your back because you really won't be able to. When it gets to that point, try and train yourself to sleep on your left side because on your right can leave the baby resting on your liver, which is really almost as bad.

[Indadhanu]

Hi hun, just wanted to put your mind at ease and say that if you do roll onto your back you'll end up waking up or rolling over (or waking up to roll over PMSL if you're in the last few weeks! lol).

I slept on my stomach until 14ish weeks, and then on my back until I really really couldn't lie on my back. If its not making you feel ill I wouldn't worry about it, its really quite early and the pressure won't be too great anyway. Oh, and the placenta being anterior won't squish the baby either (well, not as far as I know?).

[Netty]

Cool thanks Girls Will sleep better knowing that now. I do tend to sleep on my left side alot too but end up with sore everything from sleeping in the same possy for so long.

[Inertia]

Cool thanks Girls Will sleep better knowing that now. I do tend to sleep on my left side alot too but end up with sore everything from sleeping in the same possy for so long.

Yeah, it really does feel like a recipe for bedsores at times. Hubby got a bunch of extra pillows so I could sleep propped up and first, then move into the left side position when my butt went numb. Might be worth a try when you get there. A couple of soft blankets properly arranged can be just as useful.