What sleeping position should you adopt during the morning, afternoon and evening of pregnancy?

After becoming pregnant, women will worry about their sleeping posture and whether it will affect the normal development of the fetus. In fact, everyone will change their sleeping position after falling asleep, so are there any taboos in sleeping position during early pregnancy? How should pregnant women sleep during the long pregnancy period?

Early pregnancy (1 to 3 months)

Recommended sleeping position...any

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 position or side-lying position.

Taboo sleeping positions: Bad sleeping positions such as sleeping on your stomach or sleeping with your arms around something should be changed.

☆Mid-pregnancy (4-7 months)

Recommended sleeping position… side or back

During this period, you should pay attention to protecting your abdomen and avoid direct external force. If a pregnant woman has too much amniotic fluid or is pregnant with twins, she should sleep in a side-lying position, which can make her more comfortable. Other sleeping positions will cause compression symptoms. If a pregnant woman feels heavy in her lower limbs, she can lie on her back and slightly raise her lower limbs with a soft pillow.

☆ Late pregnancy (8-10 months)

Recommended sleeping position... Left side lying

It is best to lie on your left side during this period, because the inferior vena cava is located just to the right of the abdominal spine. If you lie on your right side, the enlarged uterus will not only compress the inferior vena cava, but the uterus will also rotate to the right to varying degrees, and the blood vessels will be pulled, thus affecting the normal blood supply to the fetus. Of course, you can't always stay in the left side lying position. When you feel tired, you can alternate postures. If you experience symptoms such as leg edema or varicose veins in the late stages of pregnancy, you can raise your feet to help blood flow.

√ Sleeping in the left side position... (Benefits)

After a woman becomes pregnant, the fetus gradually grows in the uterus. The uterus, which was originally the size of an inverted pear, grows to the size of a watermelon by the time of full-term pregnancy, which is about 5 times the size of a normal non-pregnant woman. As the uterus grows, the sleeping position of pregnant women becomes increasingly important, especially in the late pregnancy (28th to 36th week of pregnancy). Experts believe that lying on the left side is the best sleeping position for pregnant women. It is best for women to lie on their left side during pregnancy, especially in the late stages of pregnancy.

☆Sleeping on the left side…Advantages

It can reduce the pressure of the enlarged pregnant uterus on the pregnant woman's aorta and iliac arteries, maintain normal blood flow in the uterine artery, ensure blood supply to the placenta, and provide the fetus with the nutrients needed for growth and development.

It can reduce the pressure of the pregnant uterus on the inferior vena cava and increase the blood flow returning to the heart. The increase in blood flow can, on the one hand, increase blood flow to the kidneys and urine volume; on the other hand, it can improve the blood supply to the brain tissue. For normal pregnant women, it is helpful to delay or avoid the occurrence of pregnancy-induced hypertension syndrome. For pregnant women suffering from pregnancy-induced hypertension, it can promote the reduction of edema and help prevent convulsions.

Since the uterus rotates to the right in late pregnancy, lying on the left side can improve the degree of right rotation of the uterus, reduce the tension on the uterine blood vessels, restore the diameter of the blood vessels, and thus ensure blood flow to the placenta.

Lying on the left side can increase placental blood flow, thereby improving the fetal intrauterine oxygen supply, which is beneficial to fetal growth and development, reducing the birth of low-birth-weight babies and reducing perinatal fetal mortality. Especially when the fetus is growth-retarded, lying on the left side can achieve better treatment results.

× Taboo sleeping position: supine position