What are the risks of sleeping on the right side during late pregnancy?

Compared to ordinary people sleeping on the right side, it is better for pregnant women to sleep on the left side. Studies have shown that sleeping on the right side can increase the risk of stillbirth. Because sleeping on the right side will reduce the blood flow in the joint blood vessels between the legs and the heart, which will lead to uterine dysfunction and then affect the fetus and increase the chance of fetal death. Therefore, for pregnant women, even the sleeping position may affect the health of the fetus. Sleeping on the right side is very risky, and pregnant mothers must keep this in mind.

If pregnant women lie on their right side, it is not good for the development of the fetus. Because the uterus tends to rotate to the right to varying degrees after pregnancy, if you often lie on your right side, the uterus can further rotate to the right, thereby stretching the blood vessels that nourish the uterus, and at the same time putting the ligaments and mesentery that maintain the normal position of the uterus in a tense state. The blood vessels in the mesentery are stretched, affecting the blood supply to the fetus, causing chronic fetal hypoxia. In severe cases, it can also cause fetal suffocation and death.

The researchers' analysis pointed out that restricted blood flow to the fetus may be a key factor leading to stillbirth. Sleeping on your right side or on your back reduces blood flow to the joint vessels between your legs and your heart, which in turn affects blood supply to your uterus. If this research result is further confirmed, improving the sleeping position of pregnant women in late pregnancy will be important for reducing the risk of stillbirth.

A research statistic shows that most pregnant women choose to sleep on their left side in the later stages of pregnancy. This is actually because pregnant women subconsciously know that sleeping on the left side is safer. The above statements also show that sleeping on the right side has a great impact on pregnant mothers and fetuses. There is also a saying that sleeping on the left side helps to correct the fetal position, which pregnant mothers can also refer to. Even just in case, pregnant mothers are advised to sleep on the left side to avoid affecting the health of the fetus in the belly due to sleeping on the right side or lying on the back.