How to sleep during pregnancy

Sleeping during pregnancy becomes a very troublesome thing. During pregnancy, you must not only adjust your sleeping position, but also pay attention to the changes of the baby in your belly. Sleeping on your side or on your stomach will compress the baby in your belly, and the mother will also feel stomach pain and discomfort. Pregnant women who want to sleep in the correct way must first master their sleeping position, and prepare a suitable pillow and a slightly softer bed, which will be more comfortable for the mother's body.

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What is the correct sleeping position for pregnant women? After pregnancy, many pregnant mothers still don’t know what the correct sleeping position is, which can easily cause insomnia and sleepiness during pregnancy. What is the correct sleeping position for pregnant women? Sleeping on the left side is the correct sleeping position for pregnant women.

The correct sleeping posture for pregnant women will help them fall asleep peacefully. Generally, the heart is on the left side, so it is best to sleep on the right side because this can reduce the pressure on the heart.

But the opposite happens for pregnant women, because as the pregnancy gets longer, the uterus continues to grow larger and even occupies the entire abdominal cavity. This will squeeze the nearby tissues and organs, and the uterus will rotate to the right to varying degrees, putting the ligaments and mesentery that protect the uterus in a state of tension. The blood vessels in the mesentery that provide nutrients to the uterus are also pulled, which will affect the oxygen supply to the fetus and easily cause chronic fetal hypoxia. If pregnant women sleep on their left side, they can reduce the right rotation of the uterus and relieve insufficient blood supply to the uterus, which is beneficial to the growth and development of the fetus and the delivery of the pregnant woman.

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How do pregnant women sleep? Many pregnant mothers complain that they always have trouble sleeping after pregnancy. How do pregnant women sleep well? In fact, the most undesirable thing is to sleep on your back. After a woman becomes pregnant, the weight of her uterus increases from about 40 grams before pregnancy to about 1200 grams in the late pregnancy. Together with the weight of the amniotic fluid and the fetus, it can reach 6000 grams, and the blood flow to the uterus also increases accordingly.

If you sleep on your back often, the abdominal aorta behind the uterus will be compressed, affecting the blood supply to the uterus and nutrition of the fetus. It may also affect the blood supply to the kidneys, slowing blood flow and reducing urine volume. The sodium salt and toxic substances produced by metabolism in the pregnant woman's body cannot be excreted in time, which can lead to pregnancy poisoning, high blood pressure, swelling of the lower limbs and vulva, and in severe cases, convulsions, coma, and even life-threatening.

When pregnant women sleep on their backs, they may also compress the inferior vena cava behind the uterus, reducing the blood returning to the heart and affecting the blood and oxygen supply to the brain. Pregnant women may experience dizziness, chest tightness, pale complexion, nausea and vomiting. In the middle and late stages of pregnancy, if pregnant women often sleep on their backs, the uterus may compress the ureters, causing difficulty in urination and making pyelonephritis more likely to occur.

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How to sleep in the early pregnancy? In the early pregnancy, the fetus is developing in the uterus and is still in the mother's pelvic cavity. Direct external pressure or self-pressure will not be very heavy. Therefore, the sleeping posture of pregnant women can be arbitrary, mainly adopting a comfortable position, such as supine sleeping position or side sleeping position. However, if you have bad sleeping positions such as sleeping on your stomach or hugging something, you should change them as soon as possible.

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What to do if you can’t sleep well in the second trimester? Many pregnant women have trouble sleeping in the second trimester, which is also related to incorrect sleeping posture. What is the correct sleeping position during the second trimester? When pregnant women sleep during the second trimester, they should pay attention to protecting their abdomen and avoid direct external force. If a pregnant woman has too much amniotic fluid or is pregnant with twins, she should sleep on her side, which can make her more comfortable. Other sleeping positions will cause compression symptoms. If a pregnant woman feels that her lower limbs are heavy, she can sleep on her back and slightly raise her lower limbs with a soft pillow.