Sleeping tips

I know there are certain no-nos with regards to sleeping while pregnant, but I am finding if I lay on my side even with pillows my sides HURT and I find if I lay on my back it feels like the baby is in my lungs and I can't breath properly.

Has anyone tried laying in an elevated position (laying half sitting up propped up on pillows).

I had such a bad sleep last night, I went to bed at 11pm, woke at 3am and stayed awake.

xox Aussie Mum

[Godzgirl]

I know of women who have slept on an elevated position and have said that it was the only way they could get a decent sleep. I didn't try it myself but it's worth a shot.

[justmeNmine]

When I was pregnant I usually slept on my side, but also loved to fall asleep on the couch with a big cushion supporting my torso and my legs up and over the edge, kinda like a "V" It was comfy and I never got sore from it... And wait a minute, you were supposed to sleep like a log last night

Yay the half sitting up position worked - I slept great last night FINALLY.

xox Aussie Mum

[luvmy4sons]

Originally Posted by Aussie_Mum

Yay the half sitting up position worked - I slept great last night FINALLY.

xox Aussie Mum

So glad! Yea! As an old labor and delivery nurse, I am glad that the back option didn't feel good! It isn't so great for baby either!

LOL We have the same problem...

I woke up the other night (lying on my side) and my thigh and bottom were aching and I had sharp pains too. I felt like my side had gone numb. And since that's the only position I can now sleep in... I wasn't sure what to do.
I thought of sleeping in Pauls lazy boy chair But I don't want to sleep in the lounge...

It's worth a try I say.

Leslie yeah we have had it mentioned about the sleeping flat on the back issue here before but I still never quite understood the concept, the only thing I could figure out was that if I had diminished oxygen due to my lungs feeling compressed by the pregnancy then the baby would have diminished oxygen also (????). I also know diminished oxygen is no good for the blood, heart etc (obviously LOL)

I had NEVER heard anything like that until coming on here and seeing it mentioned and my current obstetrician certainly has never told me how to sleep. I found with the twin pregnancy I would just put my whole belly on a pillow, with a pillow behind my back and side sleep fine - with this bub, it causes problems - like they say every pregnancy is different.

I think the second (and subsequent) pregnancies are always worse...

I slept fine on my side all throughout my pregnancy with Abby.

I also had never heard not to sleep on my back. I think ultimately God is in control. Women in bible days would not have been told/known not to.
I was only told by my midwife that sleeping on my tummy would not work LOL and that I'd be uncomfortable that way ...

Renee I think if you slept on your belly you would be doing a very nice impression of a see-saw LOL.

You're so funny!