Sleeping on my back

[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.

[amazed]

I'm 31 weeks along. I still occasionally sleep on my back. Funny, because I'm usually a side sleeper. When I wake up and find myself on my back, I try to see if I feel dizzy or funny. Nope. Baby seems fine, too -- he's kicking and rolling either way.

I suppose if my vena cana was really being squeezed, I would not be comfortable! I do go to sleep on my side though, so it's not like I'm intentionally sleeping on my back... I'll ask my doc next time I go in for a check up but I feel it's one of those "you'd know it if there was something wrong" things.

[Inertia]

I suppose if my vena cana was really being squeezed, I would not be comfortable!

You would know it. I had to lie on my back once a week just for an ultrasound with Harry near the end of the pregnancy, and I would get light headed, my concentration would start drifting and then start feeling extremely ill. From there my HG would take over and any chances of eating were completely shot for the rest of the day, lol.