https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:12:23 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cant-sleep-on-my-left-side#post-332169 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 15:44:23 +0000 lovehoneybee 332169@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MaisyMay: That's exactly what our midwife told us when I was stressing about waking up on my back....she said when I was in a not-great for me or baby position for too long it would move on it's own. </p> <p>Sometime in the third trimester I could only sleep with a pillow between my knees, under my belly, and my comforter bunched up behind my back, and I still would wake up on my back. I couldn't fall asleep on my back, though...more than a few minutes and it would start to hurt. </p> <p>Your body knows what it's doing, and FWIW, MW also told us that sleeping in a non-optimal position will affect YOU far sooner than it will affect baby, and you will almost always wake up and/or move into a different position before it starts to affect you. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cant-sleep-on-my-left-side#post-332133 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 15:30:46 +0000 tororojo 332133@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm more comfortable on my right side. I would love to lay on my back but I get paranoid when I do! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cant-sleep-on-my-left-side#post-331990 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 14:44:47 +0000 sorrycharlie 331990@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i had the same problem. I slept on my right side! i tried to prop myself up and sleep on my back but then my lower back KILLED!!! </p> <p>but whenever i slept on the left she went nuts in there. so I gave up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cant-sleep-on-my-left-side#post-331866 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 13:59:21 +0000 MaisyMay 331866@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've had more than one nurse/doc tell me that I should sleep however is comfortable. If you sleep in a way that isn't good for you, your body will wake you up and you'll move. I am 28 weeks and still sleep mostly on my stomache some nights, on my back on others. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cant-sleep-on-my-left-side#post-331858 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 13:56:13 +0000 wheres_c 331858@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ditto not being able to sleep on the left. Baby is on the left and squirming (I've never once felt him on the right)</p> <p>I bought the wedge that @highwire: suggested and am sleeping a little better. I fall asleep on my right side but wake up on my back. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cant-sleep-on-my-left-side#post-331812 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 13:30:43 +0000 MamaMoose 331812@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can't sleep on my right side. Same thing, baby's head is near my right hip and he/she has the hands up by the face so whenever I lay on my right side I get punched in the hip until I roll over. My doctor told me not to worry about sleeping on my back. If blood flow becomes and issue your body will make you wake up and roll over. Obviously I want this baby to keep cooking until it's done but I am sooooo looking forward to being able to get comfortable again! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cant-sleep-on-my-left-side#post-331779 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 13:14:59 +0000 mrsjyw 331779@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MusicaV: yep! so left side doesn't work, i've tried sleeping on my rt, but then wake up on my back, and then have back pains all day! BLEHH. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cant-sleep-on-my-left-side#post-331773 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 13:13:35 +0000 MusicaV 331773@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Can you sleep on your right side? I didn't have a body pillow, so I stuck a folded-up towel between my knees. I usually ended up partially leaning back, but I had horrible pain when I slept completely on my back. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cant-sleep-on-my-left-side#post-331770 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 13:12:35 +0000 mrsjyw 331770@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@highwire: i should've known when i typed the post!!! :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cant-sleep-on-my-left-side#post-331767 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 13:11:13 +0000 heffalump 331767@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was always more comfortable on my right side, and still would end up waking up on my back. Everything I read said that if something was wrong my body would be uncomfortable and know to turn over, and that was fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cant-sleep-on-my-left-side#post-331765 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 13:10:25 +0000 photojane 331765@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>me! i have a body pillow, and i always start off the night trying to sleep on my left side, but i always wake up with bad shoulder and hip pain. i find myself waking up on my back several times a night. oops. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cant-sleep-on-my-left-side#post-331764 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 13:10:22 +0000 DillonLion 331764@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We really need to make a list of all of the exact same pregnancy symptoms we have shared. LO is a total squirmer when I lay on my left side!! I have a little wedge pillow that I use, though, which helps. But lately I've just been sleeping on my right side a lot more. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cant-sleep-on-my-left-side#post-331761 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 13:08:10 +0000 mrsjyw 331761@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO's is def head down and his head is near by left side! Everytime I lay on my left side, I can feel him squirming!</p> <p>I still end up on my back (34.5 wks) and never invested in a body pillow!</p> <p>Anyone else not able to sleep on their sides? </p>