Good Sleep Position During Pregnancy

In the early trimester pregnant women can sleep with any position that may give comfort to herself, because her stomach was not dilated. Pregnant women usually begin to worry when entering the second trimester. But actually pregnant women do not need to worry.

Why? For verily the mother's body is so uniquely made ​​so as to provide protection. in addition, for the fetus in the womb of pregnant women never feel uncomfortable because its existence is floating in amniotic fluid and have their own space to move freely. However pregnant women should also be careful in choosing a sleep position, such as the following tips:

Sleep with the prone position

  This position is actually quite safe for pregnant women. But usually after the first trimester of pregnancy, due to breast augmentation and breast are also more sensitive to stimuli would cause inconvenience to sleep on his stomach. And at a time when your stomach has started to grow (14 weeks early) sleeping with the prone position became very uncomfortable because you have to support the thigh with a pillow to sleep on his stomach because the stomach began to swell.

With Supine sleeping position

  This position at the recommended after 16 weeks of pregnancy pregnant women not to sleep on your back, because the supine sleeping position you will put the entire weight of the uterus to the back, intestines, and the inferior vena cava. Supine sleeping position also may increase the risk of back pain, hemorrhoids, and indigestion, and interfere with breathing and circulation. Supine sleeping position in the second and third trimester can also affect blood pressure. For some women, it can cause a decrease in blood which makes them feel dizzy, for others even increase blood pressure. In the case of pregnancy with high blood pressure, sleep in the supine position is not recommended.

Sleeping With Tilt Position

Then how sleep position is best? Until now there has been no further research on safe sleeping positions for pregnant women. But highly recommended after 16 weeks of pregnancy, pregnant women should sleep on his side to the left, because this position gives advantage for your baby to get the blood flow and nutrients to the placenta because of the maximal large vein (vena cava inferior) right rear svina that restores blood flow to the lower body to the heart. which can also help the kidneys to remove excess fluid from the body product and mom so reduce swelling in the feet, legs and hands ankle.

  Sleeping position to the right is also good. You can change the position to the right and to the left to make your sleep more comfortable.

  If you wake up at night and find it turns out you sleep on your back, you do not kwawatir because you are not doing anything to harm your baby. Go back to the tilted position. Anyway late in pregnancy, in which the stomach was enlarged, along with other conditions such as cramps, frequent urination, false contractions, the baby is kicking the stomach, a sense of increased stomach acid that will cause pregnant women would wake up several times at night, because pregnant women are will definitely change position several times and automatic sleep not sleep on supine position.

   Tip: To sleep on his side a more comfortable place the pillow between your knees and one on your back. Or you can buy a special pillow pregnant women