I can't stop sleeping on my back or stomach!?

Your doctor's full of crap. Sleep however you're comfortable.

*addition*

Pregnancy is hard enough without having to obey every single bit of advice someone has heard from one questionable source or another. My wife is in her 30th week. We've heard the "oh no, don't sleep like that" stories. But we also know excellent medical professionals (including our family doctor, who is one of our best friends, and the team of midwife nurses who will deliver our child) who have assured us that there is absolutely no chance that you can hurt your baby by sleeping in a certain position.

You will be uncomfortable enough towards the end of the third trimester. That's when you REALLY can't sleep - because you have to get up to go to the bathroom 3-5 times a night. You don't have to start depriving yourself of your precious sleep in the 23rd week.

I'm 30 weeks and my doctor said that I could sleep in whatever position is comfortable. He said that no sleep is worse for me and the baby than sleeping in what SOME of the medical community considers an "unfavorable position".

He said that as long as I don't get dizzy or heart palpitations, everything is okay. I've been sleeping on my back for YEARS.

I'm not your doctor, though. I just think that it's a precaution more than a rule.

Uncomfortable, isn't it?

Here is how I am coping.

1. Buy a full-length body pillow or a full body wrap-around pregnancy pillow.

2. If possible, move your bed so that one side is along a wall.

3. Put the pillow against the wall.

4. Use the pillow as a back or stomach support to keep yourself on your side.

If you keep sleeping without any support, you probably will wind up like I did with a back aching even more than it has been from normal daily activities.

Since I started sleeping like this, it took me about one miserable week to get used to it, but then started sleeping again just fine.

For now your baby is still small (I am 18 weeks and still sleep about 30 % of the time on my belly.) As far as your back goes as long as you aren't having any blood pressure problems I wouldn't stress over it. Eventually I thionk you will find that your side is more comfortable (with the last pregnancy I found it was around 30 or so weeks). A body pillow works well or a mommy Boppy I am not sure what they are called but here is the website http://www.toysrus.com/sm-boppy-pregnancy-comfort-... Anyway good luck and don't loose sleep over what your doctor said (litterally) *hugs*

first, congrats on your baby. i hate to go against your doctor, but i think you should sleep in whatever position is comfortable. my doc told me that if i'm comfortable, then chances are my baby is too. if it bothers you that much, spend a limited time on your back just to get some relief. i learned early on that you can't stress about sleeping position because you can't control your sleeping position in your sleep. up til i was about 30 weeks, i woke up and found myself laying on my stomach quite often. i wouldn't stress over it too bad. just how many times a night do you think that you roll onto your back and sleep?

You are okay to sleep on your tummy/back as long as you are comfortable. You will not hurt your baby. The only problem with lying on your back is the possibility of the baby pressing on a major artery and you could feel lightheaded and maybe pass out. So if you are lying on your back and start feeling funny, turn over! But continue to sleep on your stomach or back as long as you can!!

i always sleep on my stomach so when i was pregnant falling asleep on my back or side was hard to do. i found that if i used body pillows behind me or in front of me to lay on it helped me feel like i was still on my stomach or back when i was really more on my side. also my husband would hold me so then i was on my side when we would fall asleep. i didn't always wake up that way but at least for a while i was on my side.

Sleep how you are comfortable. Sleeping on your back can cause your legs to fall asleep though because you put pressure on nerves. It will get harder and harder though to sleep on your back when your belly gets bigger.

I suggest getting a body pillow and tucking it under your belly and between your knees. The nerve pain is not fun if you get it from sleeping on your back and it's hard to get rid of for the rest of the pregnancy if you get it.

if you sleep on your back what you should do is put a couple of pillows under your back so that your not laying flat on you back it will relave pressure that it puts on parts, also the other thing you can also do is sleep in a recliner i know it sounds uncomfy but it actually is comfy that i found that out. i sleep in one every nite, because i cant get comfy in a reg bed.

Good luck and best wishes

You know one of my friends had the same problem for a while! She asked me for advice and I came up with two different ones:

1) go to sleep on your side and tie two ropes one holding one of your arms to the opposite side and corner of the top leg of the bed and the other to the opposite side and corner of the bottom leg holding your leg.

2) buy more pillows and force yourself to sleep side ways.

she didn't follow either one because at one point she got soo big that she couldn't sleep anyother way but sideways!!!!

She did say my ideas seem pretty good but a bit silly as well!!!

Good luck and hope you have a wonderful child!!