Is it really true that you can't sleep on your back after about 4 months pregnancy?
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I slept however I was comfortable at the time. At around 7 months is when i started showing and tried to go to sleep like that and the baby was just too heavy and it was really uncomfortable so it was sleeping on my side from then on.
You can sleep on your back as long as you want, nothing will happen.
You even give birth on your back.
This is what babycenter.com says:
During the second half of pregnancy, avoid sleeping on your back, a position that puts the full weight of your uterus on your spine, back muscles, intestines, and the inferior vena cava (the vein that transports blood from your lower body to the heart). Back-sleeping can also put you at risk for backaches and hemorrhoids, inefficient digestion, and impaired breathing and circulation. Lying on your back in the second and third trimester can also cause changes in blood pressure. For some women, it can cause a drop in blood pressure that can make them feel dizzy; for others, it can cause an unwanted increase in blood pressure.
it depends on the person. the reason some people can't isnt because it is dangerous just laying there- ut the fact that the extra baby weight may put too much pressure on the big arterries in the back area and cut off circulation- and make the woman pass out or worse. it all depends on the individual though- whether the pressure is in the wrong place or not.
There is a chance of cutting off oxygen to the placenta. There are people doing research all the time that find out new things about pregnancy. Lack of oxygen in the uterus is what causes Cerebral Palsy. It is best to lay on your left side.
It is safe. They say that b/c as your uterus gets heavier you can compress the Vena Cava which carries blood and oxygen to you and the baby. If you were to compress this vein you would get extrememly lightheaded and short of breath (if you did it in your sleep, you would automatically change positions). Lying on your back is fine, you will likely give birth that way!!
I'm not a Dr. but I always slept on my back too, I read it cuts off a main vein or something like that, and that it's best to sleep on your left side. Get a body pillow,as your belly gets bigger it will be more comfortable on your side. Or switch positions every time you get up to pee.
Doctors say that after the fourth month the growing fetus can put too much pressure on the main arteries in your body. But when I was pregnant, I always woke up from sleep on my back & both me and my baby are fine.
sleep however you can it wont do any thing to the baby it in a sack full of water and moves allaround your not going to hurt it by sleeping a certain way.
It's not dangerous for the baby by any means, mostly it's just uncomfortable for you. Not only is all that weight pushing down on you and can make it very difficult to sleep on your back, but the baby can put pressure on a major vein (or is it an artery? i forget which...) and make your extremities fall asleep. you could wake up every morning (or in the middle of the night once you get lots of pressure on your bladder) and need about 5 minutes to wake up your feet before you can walk...er...run to the bathroom.
So no, it's not dangerous, but many women find it very difficult to sleep on their backs, starting roughly around their 4th or 5th month.
Sleeping on your back during pregnancy is not recommended because it puts pressure on the "vena cava" the vein that carries blood back to your heart from your feet and legs. Some women this doesn't bother them, but some women like myself, have a hard time breathing when I am pregnant and lying on my right side or on my back. So the best position is to sleep on your left side. Read this article:
I'd say your mom has it right - you can sleep however you're comfortable. Certainly at four months, your baby won't be nearly big enough to cause breathing problems if you sleep on your back. At 16 weeks, your baby is only about 4 1/2 inches long, and only weighs about 3 1/2 ounces - not NEARLY enough to cause problems. If at some point in your pregnancy you're uncomfortable sleeping on your back, I think you'll know it as soon as you lie down, at which point you can switch to sleeping on your sides. Until then, I don't know of any reason why you can't sleep however you like.
A little later, like 6 months on they don;t recommend it as it puts pressure on some blood vessel and may restrict the blood flood to the fetus.
Just because your mom was OK doesn't mean other moms at her time were. Scientific discoveries are being made all the time.
Doctors do suggest against sleeping on your back while pregnant because there's a big vein, called the inferior vena cava that runs under the uterus. This vein returns the blood from the lower part of the body to the heart, and it really shouldn't be squashed. (Then there are all those intestines in there. They shouldn't be squashed, either.) Pregnant women who sleep on their backs run an increased risk of developing backaches, low blood pressure, hemorrhoids, and other unpleasant symptoms.u really need to discuss this with ur doctor
I slept on my back and would just lay on my back up to the day i had my little boy.And we are both ok,...It just gets a little uncomfortable when you get farther along ...I think it might have been when i got arounf=d 6 7 months it felf kinda like it was putting alot of pressure on my back and lungs or somthin like it felt like it was hard to breath...But i still did it cause i didnt always wanna lay on my side.Just do how ever you feel best...I don't think it will hurt anything...Like i said i did up to the day he was born and we are both ok...Good luck
Heh, well they advise you not to, but somehow I always wake up on my back. Unfortunately for me that means I'm pretty much stuck and have to nudge my husband to give me a hand so I can get up and go to the bathroom lol. Very much annoying.
you can sleep how ever you feel contable as long it is not your stomach!
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