What is the best sleeping position during menstruation?

Women have had this experience before: sanitary napkins often leak out from the sides, soiling underwear or bed sheets. This is most obvious in teenage girls. Those who like to toss and turn when sleeping or have incorrect postures are more likely to have this problem, which makes many women feel uncomfortable. So what sleeping position is better during menstruation? The sleeping position during menstruation is very particular, but it is not advisable to fix a posture for a long time, which will affect sleep. Currently, the better postures during menstruation are:

1. Lie prone. Sleeping prone can indeed relieve the abdominal pain caused by adequate sleep, and you should also pay attention to the bloating feeling when sleeping. However, everyone knows that sleeping prone is harmful to the body, especially for women. Sleeping prone can easily put pressure on the chest, increase the pressure on the chest, heart, lungs and face, affect breathing, and cause facial swelling after waking up, bloodshot eyes, etc. Therefore, if you don’t want your sleeping position to ruin your appearance, it’s best not to choose this sleeping position.

2. Lie on your back. There are many ways to sleep on your back. You can sleep with your hands on both sides of your body like a soldier, or you can lie on the bed with your arms and legs spread out like an octopus... But no matter which way you sleep, although it seems to pose no threat to the body's organs, it actually has a great impact on the uterus. Generally speaking, the normal position of the uterus of a normal adult woman is in the center of the pelvis, with the uterus tilted forward and the cervix and uterus forming an angle of 120 to 150 degrees. If you sleep in a lying position for a long time, your uterus is likely to be displaced. The most common of these is retroverted uterus, which means that the uterus no longer tilts forward and your body will undergo qualitative changes.

When menstruation comes, the soft tissue of the uterus will become congested and edematous. If the uterus is retroverted, it will compress the nerves around the pelvic cavity, causing symptoms such as dysmenorrhea and general weakness. In addition, the retroverted uterus may also pull the cervix upward, causing sperm to be unable to successfully enter the cervical canal, thus leading to infertility. Finally, the retroverted uterus may also lead to poor blood flow in the pelvis, excessive blood congestion in the pelvis, and increased menstrual volume.

3. Lie on your side. There are two types of side sleeping: right side sleeping and left side sleeping. Lying on the left side will compress the heart, resulting in poor blood circulation and causing physical discomfort; while lying on the right side is beneficial to blood circulation, so that all organs of the body can function normally and have adequate blood supply, which is beneficial for the outflow of menstrual blood. So there is no doubt that sleeping on the right side is the most suitable sleeping position during menstruation.

Generally speaking, if you use enlarged night sanitary napkins correctly, side leakage will not occur when you sleep on your right side. If you are really worried, you can put old clothes on the bed sheets, or sew a few "anti-leakage" sheets. The bed sheets do not need to be too large, just enough to catch the flowing menstrual blood, and they are also easy to clean.

What sleeping position is better during menstruation? In order to get a good rest at night during menstruation, women with heavy menstrual flow are advised to choose longer night-time sanitary napkins. They should also pay attention to their sleeping position. Do not turn over the body too frequently, and do not move the legs too much, which may cause the sanitary napkin to slip easily. If the flow is large, it should be changed regularly. When the flow on the sanitary napkin increases, it is more likely to leak. If it is not changed for a long time, bacteria are likely to grow at the vaginal opening.