https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:07:20 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-sleeping-on-your-back#post-2159541 Tue, 28 Apr 2015 11:31:00 +0000 Alba4 2159541@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>20 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-sleeping-on-your-back#post-2089569 Sat, 28 Feb 2015 13:53:41 +0000 Anya 2089569@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@simplyfelicity: a wedge pillow under my regular pillow and a pregnancy pillow that I sort of wrap around myself. I don't spend all night on my back but if I am I have to be inclined enough to avoid heartburn. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-sleeping-on-your-back#post-2089558 Sat, 28 Feb 2015 13:45:42 +0000 simplyfelicity 2089558@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anya: How do you incline your sleeping position? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-sleeping-on-your-back#post-2089399 Sat, 28 Feb 2015 08:50:52 +0000 pui 2089399@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never sleep on my stomach, but I slept on my back all the way through pregnancy. I slept in whatever position was comfortable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-sleeping-on-your-back#post-2089349 Sat, 28 Feb 2015 06:45:40 +0000 Anya 2089349@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never, but I'm on an incline. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-sleeping-on-your-back#post-2089190 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 21:11:29 +0000 GoGoSnoGirl 2089190@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>27wks &amp; I still probably sleep much of the night on my back. I fall asleep on my side, but always wake up on my back. I've been thinking I need to dig for a body pillow I have stored away somewhere, but I don't think that'll change my sleeping position. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-sleeping-on-your-back#post-2088614 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 13:36:39 +0000 NeekieRose 2088614@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>36 weeks tomorrow and I still sleep on my back. Not the whole night, I switch from one side, to the other, and to my back. Whatever to get comfortable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-sleeping-on-your-back#post-2088543 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 12:53:30 +0000 LAZB 2088543@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't stop sleeping on my back. I tried to sleep on my sides, but my back was usually more comfortable and my doctor said it as fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-sleeping-on-your-back#post-2088522 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 12:40:38 +0000 Tippy0707 2088522@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm 27 weeks and I love sleeping on my back. I force myself to go to sleep on my side by using a pillow in between my knees but I wake up on my back quite a bit. If I do, I just correct myself and go back to sleep. But I can't wait for the day I can sleep on my back again worry free. :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-sleeping-on-your-back#post-2077739 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 20:35:50 +0000 ElbieKay 2077739@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't. I rotated from side to back to side once I could no longer sleep on my stomach. If I slept on my side all night, my hips KILLED me -- even if I switched sides.</p> <p>My OB showed me how to prop myself up a bit on a pillow so that I was reclined at a safe angle and not completely horizontal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-sleeping-on-your-back#post-2077706 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 20:12:09 +0000 simplyfelicity 2077706@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p><a href="http://www.bmj.com/content/342/bmj.d3403" rel="nofollow">http://www.bmj.com/content/342/bmj.d3403</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-sleeping-on-your-back#post-2077703 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 20:11:02 +0000 simplyfelicity 2077703@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@78h2o: @sarac: Is this the study you were thinking of?<br /> This post wouldn't let me add a link, so it's below. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-sleeping-on-your-back#post-2067855 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 01:03:05 +0000 sarac 2067855@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@78h2o: can you link any of those studies? I went on a PubMed binge about it during my first pregnancy, and didn't find a single thing to change my mind, so if anything is out there, I'd like to read it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-sleeping-on-your-back#post-2067827 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 00:29:14 +0000 youboots 2067827@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm 37 weeks and still wake up on my back sometimes. I fall asleep on side every night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-sleeping-on-your-back#post-2067824 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 00:25:07 +0000 78h2o 2067824@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sarac: you are probably right, but I did read about one study done in women who had still births vs. successful pregnancies and the still birth moms were more likely to have been sleeping on their backs. I didn't read the actual study though... (I think there have been other studies too with similar results, though they're all correlational and don't prove causation...there could be other factors/confounds). I also read about another study that tracked women's reported sleep positions and outcomes that found that it didn't raise the risk of anything... so who knows. my OB said to try to stop after 22-24 weeks, or to elevate one hip by 10 degrees. She said it wasn't a big deal if I woke up on my back now and then though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-sleeping-on-your-back#post-2067816 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 00:08:01 +0000 turquoisemama 2067816@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My OB recommended I stop at 20 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-sleeping-on-your-back#post-2067815 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 00:06:08 +0000 Mrs.KMM 2067815@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started making myself get used to sleeping on my side with my Snoogle at around 14-16 weeks. I'm 22 weeks now and occasionally still wake up on my back though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-sleeping-on-your-back#post-2067250 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 18:19:39 +0000 Bao 2067250@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never I just propped up on a couple pillows. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-sleeping-on-your-back#post-2067249 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 18:18:33 +0000 sarac 2067249@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When it got uncomfortable. Literally no one in the history of the world has fallen asleep on their back and killed their baby. When it's not good for the baby, your body will tell you, and you won't do it. There's no reason to limit it if it's still comfortable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-sleeping-on-your-back#post-2067224 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 17:56:20 +0000 brownie 2067224@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't/haven't. I make my snoogle into a circle and stick my butt down in it so I am inclined and a couple pillows and it is fantastic. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-sleeping-on-your-back#post-2067145 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 17:19:31 +0000 NavyRN2012 2067145@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>33 weeks here and I still do it. I get excruciating groin pain if I sleep on my side for too long. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-sleeping-on-your-back#post-2067080 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 16:50:19 +0000 cascademom 2067080@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>24 weeks here. Usually when I wake up in the morning, I roll on my back briefly to turn off my alarm, check email, weather, and IG. I hate sleeping on my side pregnant right now. My hips and butt hurt so much in general. I'm using a wedge pillow for my hips and a body pillow. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-sleeping-on-your-back#post-2067051 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 16:37:44 +0000 blackbird 2067051@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>28 weeks and still doing it sometimes. Memory foam bed, though. Sometimes i still wake up on my stomach, heh. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-sleeping-on-your-back#post-2067026 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 16:26:08 +0000 MrsBrewer 2067026@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm 24 weeks, and I will occasionally wake up in the middle of the night on my back. I normally just try to flip on my side and correct it then. I don't stress out about it too much. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-sleeping-on-your-back#post-2067014 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 16:21:46 +0000 MrsMccarthy 2067014@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Probably around 16 weeks or so I tried to limit it and by 20 I had stopped. My OB said that you will feel it if there is a problem. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-sleeping-on-your-back#post-2067003 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 16:18:38 +0000 maddyz 2067003@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It got uncomfortable sometime around 30w. I would get light headed. I trusted my body to turn over when it wanted to. I dont think i would have stayed in a position that wasn't comfortable.</p> <p>A snoogle really helped me sleep on my side. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-sleeping-on-your-back#post-2066996 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 16:15:06 +0000 travelgirl1 2066996@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't with my first. I tend to change positions when heartburn makes it too uncomfortable :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-sleeping-on-your-back#post-2066988 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 16:12:49 +0000 simplyfelicity 2066988@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am 20 weeks and a pretty exclusive back sleeper. When did you stop sleeping on your back? </p>