Pregnant women not only have many taboos to diet during pregnancy, but also in terms of behavior and movement, and even sleep has certain requirements. Because a woman is pregnant in the middle and late stages, the larger the belly, the more difficult it is to sleep. Not to mention insomnia, back pain, chest tightness, shortness of breath, pubic pain and other physical discomfort, even sleeping position has strict requirements for pregnant women. Many people and doctors will tell you that pregnant women do not use the correct sleeping position when sleeping, then it is very likely to compress the baby, you have to use the left lying position, otherwise the baby will not be able to get a healthy growth space.
Pregnant women can only sleep on the left side, is it science, or rumors
When Meimei's mother was pregnant, like many pregnant mothers, she kept the left side of the lying position, afraid that when she turned over, she would press the baby. Later, I checked a lot of related websites and maternity books, and I learned that there was basically not much difference between the left side of the pregnant woman sleeping and the right side sleeping. In terms of human anatomy, we do have many veins on the right side of the abdomen, and the enlarged uterus in the late pregnancy may affect the venous return of the lower limbs, which in turn affects the blood circulation of the uterus, and indeed affects the development of the fetus.
However, if the pregnant woman is in normal health and does not have any pregnancy complications, whether lying flat or lying on her left and right will not affect fetal development. In fact, pregnant women, like adults, have no special requirements for sleeping positions. Pregnant women only need to avoid their uncomfortable sleeping position when sleeping, avoid maintaining a sleeping position for a long time, otherwise it will cause back pain and poor blood circulation.
Benefits of sleeping to the left:
1. When pregnant women sleep on their sides to the left, the blood circulation in the body will be smoother, which will not only allow pregnant women to sleep better, but also ensure the safety of the fetus and avoid some bad situations in the fetus.
2. When it comes to the third trimester of pregnancy, many pregnant women's uterus will appear to rotate to the right, and when the angle of rotation is too large, it will inevitably be unfavorable to the baby, so sleeping to the left can alleviate the rotation of the uterus to the right half.
In the middle and late stages of pregnancy, want to sleep well, is also a more difficult thing, so in order to have a good sleep quality, Love Baolai Xiaobian here, I advise pregnant mothers to reduce the time of daytime sleep during pregnancy, so that sleep at night will be better, at the same time before going to bed at night, if you can take a bath or soak your feet with hot water, you can also make the body more relaxed, help yourself fall asleep as soon as possible, followed by trying to drink less water before going to bed at night, This will also reduce the number of times you get up at night.
If in the third trimester of pregnancy, the stomach is getting bigger and bigger, and when sleeping on the side, the pregnant woman may feel the feeling of pulling and falling in the stomach, which is very uncomfortable. Moms may wish to buy one of their favorite maternity pillows from the Internet, which will be of great benefit to your sleep.