What is the correct sleeping position when you are seven months pregnant?

When they are seven months pregnant, many pregnant women will feel heavy, which means that their bodies are easily tired. Quality sleep is even more important for pregnant women. A pregnant woman’s belly is very big at seven months. How should she sleep to be beneficial to the fetus?

Correct sleeping position during pregnancy

There are three main sleeping positions: lying on your back, lying on your side, and lying on your stomach. For most people, it is better to sleep on the right side, because the heart is located on the left side of the chest cavity. This sleeping position can reduce the pressure on the heart. However, for pregnant women in the late stages of pregnancy, the situation is just the opposite. When lying on their backs, the enlarged uterus compresses the inferior vena cava, which can easily affect blood return and breathing. In addition, the supine sleeping position is not conducive to the timely excretion of sodium salts and other toxic substances in the pregnant woman's body, which can aggravate lower limb edema and leave hidden dangers for urinary tract infection. The supine sleeping position is also prone to symptoms such as chest tightness, dizziness, and low blood pressure. In severe cases, it can cause fetal suffocation or even death. When lying on the right side, the uterus will rotate to the right to varying degrees. Increasing the degree of right rotation of the uterus will cause the blood vessels in the mesentery to be pulled, affecting the blood supply to the fetus and causing chronic ischemia and hypoxia in the fetus. The prone position is seldom used by normal people, and it is neither realistic nor possible for pregnant women with big bellies. Therefore, the best sleeping position for a 7-month pregnant woman is lying on the left side.

Pregnant women in their 7th month of pregnancy can adopt the left side sleeping position to not only reduce fetal position and delivery abnormalities, but also help reduce premature birth and avoid uterine pressure on the kidneys. Especially when the fetus is growth-retarded, lying on the left side can achieve better treatment results.

Tips to help pregnant women get good sleep during pregnancy

1. Maintain a positive and optimistic attitude

The main reason for difficulty falling asleep during pregnancy may be the worry and anxiety of the pregnant woman. Pregnant women can consult obstetricians and gynecologists and nursing staff they trust to relieve some unnecessary concerns. In addition, you should get in touch with more positive and beautiful things, and do more activities that are beneficial to your physical and mental health, such as reading some books about prenatal care or relaxing and enjoyable books, taking a walk in the evening and early morning with your family, listening to soothing and beautiful music, communicating and chatting more with people around you, establishing harmonious interpersonal relationships, etc., so that your mind can become broader. The care and love of family, colleagues and friends is very important in calming the emotions of pregnant women.

2. Eat more foods that calm your emotions and warm your body

In order to have a good sleep, pregnant women should consciously eat more foods that can calm the mood and warm the body, such as hot milk, which is rich in calcium and trypsin polyphenols. Drinking a glass a few hours before going to bed is good for health. At the same time, it is best not to drink strong tea, coffee, chocolate and other beverages and foods that can easily excite the brain before going to bed. Also, try to avoid drinking caffeinated beverages such as soda, coffee, and tea. If you really want to drink, it is best to drink it in the morning or after a nap in the afternoon.

3. Don’t force sleep

If a pregnant woman is unable to fall asleep sometimes, it is better not to sleep for the time being, because tossing and turning in bed will make you irritable and nervous. You can get up and do something else to distract yourself, such as reading parenting books or doing some light handicrafts. Usually after doing such relaxing activities for about an hour, you may feel tired. At this time, when you return to bed, you can fall asleep naturally and easily.

4. Make good use of pillows

Pillows are a pregnant woman's best friend; they provide support, comfort and relief. If a pregnant woman has back pain, she can put a pillow under her back. It is recommended to use many small pillows to achieve the effect of comforting pain.