I am due with baby number 2 in 7 or so weeks and I seem to be sleeping like a baby. I swear it sounds crazy but I have a 2 year old that is a phenomenal sleeper (knock on wood) and she allows me to sleep right thru no problem so I am milking all the sleep I can get now before we have a newborn in the house again. The ``possible`` problem is that when I go to sleep at night I usually only wake up once to pee in the middle of the night and I get about 5 hours from when I go to sleep to when I get up and again another 4-5 hours before my daughter gets up in the morning. But during the times that I am sleeping I am out so hard that if I roll onto my stomach or my back I stay out and there are times that I will semi wake and realize that I am in one of these positions and pass out again before I move. I have asked my husband to wake me if he wakes up and happens to catch me sleeping like this and he has on many occasions, which is part of the reason I am so aware that I am doing this. I guess my question is could I actually be doing any harm to my baby by sleeping on my back or stomach and not waking up to move to my side(s). I know Ive read and heard that if I was hurting the baby that I would wake but like I said I seem to be dead to the world when I am sleeping these days
Thanks in advance
I slept with a wall of body pillows behind me and a pillow between my legs. There was no rolling over.
The only issue is laying on your back. Granted no one told me this till I was on my third child but apparently there is a blood vessel that gets squished if you lay on your back and deprives the baby of oxygen. That would explain a lot with the older two. :p Just kidding the older two are fine as well.
I am with Rachel how the heck do you get on your stomach? That would be like sleeping on one of those exercise balls.
1- I can't believe you can even make it onto your stomach! Baby is completely surrounded by amniotic fluid, which is a shock-aborbant system. Unless you're laying on something sharp and pointy and land really, really hard on it, no harm done.
2- Laying on your back compresses your lungs and makes it harder for your blood to pump to you and baby. It doesn't stop it altogether, but it makes your body work harder.
Best bet, lay on your left side and line your back and chest with pillows so you're kind of stuck like that... similar to the pads you put in babies crib so they don't roll around ;)
I don't think your body will allow you to do something harmful to your baby, I really don't. I mean, for me personally I didn't sleep on my stomach because it hurt. If it doesn't hurt you, then either your bed is nice and soft, or the way you are carrying the baby is such that it is fine for you. I wouldn't worry about it!
I remember when I was in labor with my second son. I was at 39 weeks and had been in labor for a day and a half before I got my epidural. I was exhausted. We had the monitor on my belly and I finally went to sleep. On my stomach. My nurse actually brought OTHER nurses into my room to show them me on my belly since they had never seen such a huge pregnant mom sleeping like that! lol My son was 9lbs 7oz when he was birthed so he wasn't a small guy either. :)
If you can get on your belly and sleep you are fine. I remember not even really showing until about the 7th or 8th month. Maybe you just have a lot of extra room in there.
L.
I fall asleep way on my side, I'd be on my tummy but I'm 34 weeks along and well the belly stops me. Lots of times during this pregnancy and my last I would wake up on my back. No harm done that I know of. I have found that the pregnancy body pillows that curve around you, keep me from being able to roll onto my back.
The reason you are told not to lay or sleep lie that is because it can hurt you, not the baby...
The water sac will protect baby so don't worry!
I asked my doctor about sleeping on my back and he said that if you were in real danger, you will wake up, it will cause you some pain and difficulty breathing. He was right, if I'm on my back too long, I wake up short of breath in an urgent state. He also said that you can put a pillow under half of your back, so you get the feeling you are on your back and still be slightly turned to the side. I don't know of a problem with sleeping on your stomach. I talked to my doctor about stomach sleeping this past Wednesday and he said if you can do it, do it. I do sleep half on a pillow and half on my stomach and it works for me.
Ok, when I was preggers I slept somewhat on my stomache with one knee bent and slightly of the bed, the other arm ON the bedside table and my poor preggers belly hanging OFF the bed just so I could sleep on my stomache and get good sleep ... I do not think it's going to be a problem ... honestly you will become uncomfortable if something is a problem I think, but if you really are scared try getting a pregnancy pillow it hugs your body and see if that helps.
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Well I had to sleep primarily on my back all of my last pregnancy so back is no big deal really that I can think of since my little girl is fine. With my other two I slept a lot on my side/tummy. I don't think you really mean tummy since well I don't think it is possible to sleep on a 7/8 month pregnant tummy. No way could I I wouldn't be able to balance..haha. I use to sleep somewhat on my tummy with my first two and like my last no issues really.
Be grateful you can sleep.
Be astonished that you can sleep on top of your belly.
Tell hubby to leave you alone, you're fine when you sleep on your belly.
Use a body pillow to help encourage you to stay off your back.
Sleep. Its good for you and your baby.
My guess is the human body is so amazingly built that you cannot harm your unborn child in this manner. I would think you would wake up before anything could happen, but ask your doctor to be sure. I say sleep away while you can because your days are definitely numbered for awhile!
HTH,
A.
I worried about this too. I would always wake up laying on my back. I used a body pillow and had my husband wedge some other pillows on my other side to try and keep my in that position. All three of my babies were fine.
Sleep baby!! Anyway you can! That baby is just fine. Best of luck
