I'm 12 weeks on Saturday, and obviously still comfortable sleeping however I want. But I'm not a side sleeper by nature, so I'm wondering how long I have to prepare myself. When did you get to where you were uncomfortable not on your side, or your doctor told you to sleep on your side?
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I'm about 30 weeks and mostly sleep on my side now but I do occasionally wake up on my belly still. I'm not even sure how considering I'm huge!
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22 weeks maybe? I remember hearing sleeping on your back was okay before 20 weeks but I remember still doing it for a little while after half the night because I fell asleep better and half side sleeping because it would hurt my back after a while.
Not long after that I had to give it up completely.
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I started around 20 weeks too. I wanted to get into the habit of staying on my side. Funny thing is that I sleep on my side naturally - but when I was pregnant, I was comfier on my back at first.
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@Beyond2: Tell me your secrets! If I was going to belly sleep I'd have to cut a huge hole in the mattress!
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I started doing it at 16 weeks, but I think I could've waited til 20 weeks.
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I'm usually a side sleeper but felt so much more comfortable on my back pregnant. I tried sleeping on my side but often woke up on my back even during my third trimester. My dr told me not to worry too much about it and that I'd wake up if anything was going wrong.
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Second trimester.
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with DD I felt comfortable sleeping on my back until the end.
DS I had to start sleeping on my side at around 20 weeks. -
Around 20 weeks I still COULD sleep on my stomach but I started to get paranoid about squishing the baby (this was around when I was feeling her consistently) and I also wanted to get used to sleeping on my side, so I started then.
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I think around 16-18wks being on my belly felt a little funny, and around 20 I really couldn't do it comfortably.
Around 26-27wks being on my back made it harder to breathe, and now at 28wks it's worse than being at altitude. -
I think around 30 weeks it was too uncomfortable to sleep on my back. I almost always end up on my back so wake up like a gazillion times because of that!
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@Danizaur: I wish I knew! It's uncomfortable to lay on my belly awake but some nights I find my way onto my belly in my sleep and those are the nights I sleep the best! I kind of wish it'd happen more often lol. I figure if it was causing the baby discomfort he'd let me know
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I still sleep on my stomach comfortably at 19 weeks, and try to sleep on left side a lot but never stay that way. And I swear I rarely slept on my back before I was pregnant but wake up on my back all the damn time now... Sucks cause I'm getting to point where I'm suppose to stop that!
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I slept on my back until 21 weeks or so. After that I got paranoid about the 20 week rule.
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I sleep on my stomach normally, but was only confortable on my back when I was pregnant. Side was the worst! My MW said I could sleep on my back as long as I was confortable, so I did until I delivered.
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