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I sleep on my back a lot (I use two pillows to elevate me), because that's most comfortable. I do toss and turn between both my left and right side though.

I find it's too hard to roll over without waking up at this point, so the side I go down on is usually the side I stay on. A pillow behind my back to help stop me from rolling in my sleep helped a lot when I was in the 1st and 2nd trimesters, though.

I wouldn't feel to bad about it. I have some terrible pain in my groin on the right side from tweaking my round ligament, and my OB said it's best to sleep on that side to relieve the pull and not to worry about the left is best rec. Comfortable, restful sleep is more important.

ETA- I've also been told that your body will wake you up if you're on your back too long before any real issues would come up. So don't feel awful if you wake up at 3am on your back.

I bought a 4 inch memory foam mattress topper and that has helped immeasurably because I stay asleep for longer periods of time and my shoulders don't get sore so much, forcing me to flip. I generally start on my left side and flip to my right side after my first bathroom break then flip to my left side after my second bathroom break… so I'd say I spend about 2/3 of my time on my left side.

DS HATED me sleeping on my right hand side, and proved it as such during labor. He'd have decels if I laid on that side. I slept on my back mostly during my pregnancy and didn't have problems. I was a belly sleeper pre-pregnancy.

I slept on my right side most of the time because that was most comfortable. I had sciatic problems with both LOs mainly on the right side and it felt better to lay on that said; not sure why but the counter pressure helped.