https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:38:05 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/back-to-side-sleeping#post-304139 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 22:03:14 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 304139@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With my first pregnancy I slept on my back almost till the end and never felt anything different. This time around I really can't sleep on my back at all. It sort of feels like I'm not breathing well. I don't know exactly how to describe it except you will know when you can't do it anymore. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/back-to-side-sleeping#post-304127 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 21:58:25 +0000 mrsjyw 304127@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>almost 32 week and almost always still end up on my back. i've heard it's fine for baby; it's more for mommy pain/aches. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/back-to-side-sleeping#post-303511 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:59:57 +0000 blackbird 303511@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd say if your body lets you sleep on your back, then it's not pressing on that vein and you're probably just fine. I'm still sleeping on my stomach, actually :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/back-to-side-sleeping#post-303497 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:56:05 +0000 cvbee 303497@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@photojane: whoa! My OB was so laid-back about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/back-to-side-sleeping#post-303494 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:55:31 +0000 cvbee 303494@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can relate to having a back that feels best when I'm sleeping on my back. I think 3rd trimester was probably when I started sleeping on my side. I would often fall asleep on my side and wake-up on my back. I don't think it's a big huge deal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/back-to-side-sleeping#post-303432 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:42:46 +0000 photojane 303432@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i actually just asked my ob about this yesterday, and she pretty much said i "have" to sleep on my side. she told me that back sleeping decreases the baby's heart rate due to cutting off bloodflow. :( it made me so sad... sleeping only on my side has given me major hip pain! i'm just about 20 weeks, by the way. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/back-to-side-sleeping#post-303291 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:07:51 +0000 shopaholic 303291@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85 &amp; @aprk - Thanks for the reassurances! Glad to know I'm not the only one who had/has trouble with side sleeping and a body pillow! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/back-to-side-sleeping#post-303273 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:04:18 +0000 Minnie_Girl 303273@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sleep whichever way is most comfortable. You'll move if you need to! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/back-to-side-sleeping#post-303263 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:03:00 +0000 kokobee 303263@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i tried to sleep on my side but always ended up on my back when i woke up :S </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/back-to-side-sleeping#post-303260 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:02:19 +0000 aprk 303260@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My midwife said the same tin as @hilsy85 - when you feel like you are having trouble breathing, change positions. </p> <p>She also said that if you lean back on a body pillow (as opposed to flat on your back) you should be ok. It was a relief because I am totally a back sleeper too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/back-to-side-sleeping#post-303250 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:01:06 +0000 hilsy85 303250@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't worry about it! your body will tell you when it's time to move to your side. I stayed on my back until like 30 weeks or so, and then started feeling like I couldn't breathe if I lay on my back. So side sleeping started. But I really wouldn't worry--some people sleep on their backs their whole pregnancies, it's not going to hurt the baby or anything like that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/back-to-side-sleeping#post-303240 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 17:59:22 +0000 chopsuey 303240@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I slept on my back most of my pregnancy with Lo. Now I sleep on my back and sides.. Whatever's most comfortable!</p> <p>My mom slept only on her back when she was pregnant with my sisters and me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/back-to-side-sleeping#post-303224 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 17:55:41 +0000 shopaholic 303224@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've read that you should start sleeping on your side (preferably left-side) by the 2nd trimester. I'm a back sleeper with different injuries that just makes sleeping on my sides pretty uncomfortable. Bought a Snoogle, but inevitably, I still end up tossing the Snoogle off the bed and end up on my back sometime in the night. Going to ask my OB next week, but when is it really imperative to sleep on your side?<br /> Did you sleep on your back or have trouble staying sleeping on your side? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sleep-comfortably-do-you-use-a-body-pillow#post-83072 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:07:25 +0000 pastemoo 83072@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm 28 weeks and I sleep on.. gasp... my stomach! (sometimes 1/2 between my stomach and side). I use a giant *regular* pillow under my legs, so my belly isn't smooshed into the bed. When I sleep on my sides I get very sharp rib pain, and when I sleep on my back my legs go numb.</p> <p>Before you invest in pillows, try out the ones you already have. THEN, go get something that works better, but at least you know what your new sleeping position is. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sleep-comfortably-do-you-use-a-body-pillow#post-83057 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:52:56 +0000 tequiero21 83057@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@aunt pol: both babies are head down but we have a c-section scheduled. we still have the option to cancel but i'm still leaning towards just going with it - since i don't want to vaginally deliver one and have to do an emergency c-section for the other </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sleep-comfortably-do-you-use-a-body-pillow#post-82989 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:43:50 +0000 aunt pol 82989@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tequiero21: you're into the final stretch now! What position are the babas in, and are you hoping to have a vaginal delivery or a c section? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sleep-comfortably-do-you-use-a-body-pillow#post-82988 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:42:35 +0000 aunt pol 82988@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm 26w4d and just the last couple days I'm feeling achy and it's carrying over through the night as well- I've some kind of muscle type ache above and behind my hips, very annoying. I can see how so many of you resort to the recliner for the last stretch- I was so comfy just relaxing on ours this evening, I can see it working! I find now I have to hold my belly to turn around in the bed, then rearrange my between knees pillow and my little wedge cushion for bump support... If we'd had all this crap in the bed six months ago I probably wouldn't be pregnant at all;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sleep-comfortably-do-you-use-a-body-pillow#post-82937 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:38:42 +0000 tequiero21 82937@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i'm 34 weeks now and nothing works but my recliner. =( so i've been sleeping on it for the past few days. what a godsend! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sleep-comfortably-do-you-use-a-body-pillow#post-82931 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:32:59 +0000 afarrell 82931@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm 28 weeks and I just used a regular body pillow, I bought it at Walmart. It helps, but I obviously don't sleep as good as I used to. But the extra support under my bump and having a little something between my legs helps a lot. I would have loved to try one of those pregnancy pillows - but too pricey for me :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sleep-comfortably-do-you-use-a-body-pillow#post-80302 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:12:56 +0000 Mrsbells 80302@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just bought some extra pillows and put one between my knees. I was interested in getting the snoogle but it seems like it would take some much space on the bed. I'm 32 weeks now and anxiously counting down to when I can sleep normally again! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sleep-comfortably-do-you-use-a-body-pillow#post-80278 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:41:44 +0000 twinmama 80278@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm 18 weeks and have had a snoogle since around 12 weeks when I had a stint of bad sleeping. I'm 5'8" so I still use a king sized pillow on the 'open' side of the C shape so I have support all around. Right now I use it a few times a week, but not every night. I really like it some nights, but other nights, the top of it really hurts my neck and I end up with a headache all day. I think I might need to force some of the stuffing out of the top so it's not so hard. I do think it helps me stay on my side though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sleep-comfortably-do-you-use-a-body-pillow#post-80207 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:17:46 +0000 winniebee 80207@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm almost 27 weeks and have been using a snoogle off and on since about week 20. I like it more now than before - but before I was having insomnia issues and everything was annoying to me while sleeping! I'm a small person (5'2) and DH is only 5'6 and we have a queen bed - I do feel like the snoogle is a bit big and takes up a lot of space, but it really helps me get comfortable and stay on my side.</p> <p>We were away last weekend and I used 2 large pillows - one in front between my legs and one behind to keep me from rolling over, and I wasn't quite as comfortable and also ended up on my back a few times. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sleep-comfortably-do-you-use-a-body-pillow#post-80173 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:08:04 +0000 SugarplumsMom 80173@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm 21 weeks and remember how hard it was around 17 weeks. Now I've gotten a little bit bigger so I don't have to balance as much as I did before. BUT, I realized that I still needed a body pillow. It arrived today! It's just a simple fat and straight pillow. For weeks I've been trying to buy the U shaped one but no one ships to my country except for Overstock and the shipping was as expensive as the pillow ;( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sleep-comfortably-do-you-use-a-body-pillow#post-80113 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:23:59 +0000 sulli301 80113@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I bough a snoogle but didn't use it until I was around 25 or 30 weeks. I LOVED it for the end of my pregnancy. A pregnancy pillow might work but I'd try to arrange regular pillows first to see if that helps you. I liked a pillow between my legs &amp; a pillow to hug infront of me by my chest. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sleep-comfortably-do-you-use-a-body-pillow#post-80069 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:28:35 +0000 anbanan15 80069@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wanted a pillow like that but never got one. I started sleeping on my side early so I would get used to it and ended up sticking a regular pillow between my thighs. It was all I needed throughout my pregnancy so I'm really glad we didn't waste the money on a pregnancy pillow, but it might prove to be helpful for you. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sleep-comfortably-do-you-use-a-body-pillow#post-80038 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:22:50 +0000 cupcakemama 80038@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am a side sleeper and found the pillow between the knees did the trick my whole pregnancy. I am sure the body pillows are great but this was cheaper, one less 'thing' to get, and really helped me sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sleep-comfortably-do-you-use-a-body-pillow#post-80013 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:27:59 +0000 aunt pol 80013@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always was inclined to sleep on my left side and found that my left hip would ache a little after a few hours so I'd turn onto my right side for a while. But at about 9-10 weeks, I noticed that if I lay on my left side too long, my right hip would ache as well! A friend explained the whole stretching ligament thing and told me to keep a pillow between my legs. What a difference! I have a reasonably thick pillow, not skimpy, that I keep between my knees and I don't toss and turn half as much as I used to. I'm obviously used to it at this stage (26 weeks tomorrow) as I seem to keep it in place even turning in my sleep.<br /> I don't know if I could handle the full body pillow though, I'm inclined to be quite warm as it is... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sleep-comfortably-do-you-use-a-body-pillow#post-79992 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:12:21 +0000 MsMini 79992@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I use a snoozer pillow, and I LOVE it so much! I think it will never leave our bed from now on! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sleep-comfortably-do-you-use-a-body-pillow#post-79986 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:52:32 +0000 ALittleP 79986@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cranberryapple: I'm also petite (5'1") so I find that the king sized pillow behind me is enough but you might like the more overall support of a snoogle </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sleep-comfortably-do-you-use-a-body-pillow#post-79890 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:55:01 +0000 mediagirl 79890@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm 24 weeks and have been comfortable using a king sized pillow between my knees. I shove it up under my belly too, to add some fluff there so I'm not fully on my side and can be partially on my belly. I then hug a feather pillow and my head is on a tempur-pedic pillow. Flipping is annoying, but I think it will be with any pillow! </p>