rafwife

I had a midwife appointment today, and I told her about my rib pain being such a problem that I can only sleep on my back and she was horrified! She said pregnant women should never sleep on their back as it cuts off the blood supply to the baby by the way the uterus is lying.

Did anyone else know this?

vicwick

Yes unfortunately you've gotta sleep on your side, i just cannot get comfy at all at the moment, sods law the only way i am comfy is on my back but since thats a no no its uncomfy night's sleeps for me!!!!

toriaaaaTRASH

Err, my midwife told me to stop being so silly and that she slept on her back the whole time she was pregnant!

Lucy&Pard

I sleep on my back sometimes but I put a pillow under me on one side so I am tilted to the left. I wouldnt worry too much - people have been sleeping on their back for years! If it was totally wrong you'd have felt funny and moved?!

rafwife

Yeah, she said I have to sleep with a pillow under me from now on. I can't physically sleep on my side as it's so sore, but I feel awful as I've been sleeping on my back every night for awhile now. I've been waking up feeling dizzy and nauseous, and she said that's because of the lack of blood flow. I just feel like an idiot.

You're right though, people have been doing it for years and probably didn't know any better so Bump is more than likely fine, but I just feel stupid for putting her at risk,

babymamma

I sometimes sleep on my back - didn't know you weren't supposed to! Saying that my mum sometimes slept on her bump with me to stop me moving about at night!!!!!....how cruel! hahaha

jenjen

don't feel stupid hun, if nobody told you then how were you to know? I'm sure bubs is fine, I wake up on my back sometimes. I get the rib pain too, I find myself swapping from one side to the other. A pillow under the bump sometimes helps. I think it depends on how bubs is led x

PeanutBean

Yes they do say this but I'd like to point out that there is only one single scientific paper in which it is hypothesised that an explanation for things they observed was that a major vein gets squashed when lying on the back. This does not seem to actually have been tested at all! I'm amazed by how easily these things become pregnancy indoctrination from one paper alone when things like climate change where there is an enormous body of evidence showing that it is man-made are still disputed!

Personally I can't sleep on my back now as it's too uncomfortable on my internal organs! Nor can I sleep on my sides as my hips hurt too much. I mostly just don't sleep...

ryder

I sleep on my back constantly and nothing bad has happened.

Laura.Alicia

I asked a midwife at the hospital about this and she said i can sleep however i want to sleep and no harm will come to the baby