Saturday, March 13, 2010

How a Good Sleeping Position During Pregnancy?





Many pregnant women have to sleep with a confused position how? And whether the baby safe and comfortable? --- Actually, how is the sleeping position is best during pregnancy?



In the early trimester pregnant woman can sleep and rest in various positions of any importance can give comfort to the mother.


Pregnant women should not have to worry about your baby in the womb feel uncomfortable or dangerous, because it created the mother's body was so unique that can provide protection, as well as the fetus in the womb you have never felt uncomfortable because the fetus in the womb floats in amniotic fluid and have their own space to move freely.

SLEEP WITH facedown safe for pregnant women but usually pasa first trimester of pregnancy, the breast enlargement and breast are also more sensitive will cause inconvenience to sleep on his stomach, and stomach at the time where you have started growing (initial 14 weeks) slept with a facedown very uncomfortable because you have to support the thigh with a pillow to sleep on his stomach because stomach began to grow. From a survey of pregnant women who slept prone position before 16 weeks of 1% but after more than 16 weeks to 0%.

SLEEP on their backs, it is recommended after 16 weeks of pregnancy pregnant women to not sleep on their backs, because sleeping on their backs with laying the whole weight of your uterus to the back, intestines, and the inferior vena cava. Supine position to sleep can also increase the risk of back pain, hemorrhoids, and indigestion, and disturb breathing and circulation. Position sleep on their backs in the second trimester and three can also affect blood pressure. For some women, causes a decrease in blood pressure that makes them feel dizzy, to the other, even increase blood pressure. In the case of pregnancy with high blood pressure with their backs to sleep is NOT recommended.


Actually how sleeping position is best?

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 side, because this position gives advantage for your baby to get the blood flow and nutrients to the maximum the placenta because of the large vein (vena cava) in the back of the right spine of the return of blood from the lower body to the heart. Also can help the kidneys to get rid of the remaining products and fluids from the mother's body, thereby reducing swelling in the feet, legs and hands pegelangan.

POSITION sleep on your right side, is also good, you can Menganti kekanan-side left to make you sleep more comfortably.

If you woke up that night and find you sleeping on your back, do not worry, you do not do --- seseuatu that harm your baby. Restore it to the side. Moreover, in pregnancy, where the stomach was enlarged, along with other conditions such as cramps, frequent urination, false contractions, your baby is kicking the stomach, a sense of increased stomach acid that will cause the mother would wake up several times at night so the mother will surely change sleeping position several times, and therefore is not so automatic sleep on their backs.


Tip: To sleep with his side a more comfortable place the pillow between your knee and one dipunggung you. Or you can buy special pillows for pregnant women.
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