2BEANS
wow time is going fast.
Member since 9/07 16106 total posts
Name:
Tina
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Re: Enlighten me: right side vs left side?
What i was told was the left side is better.. supposly more oxygen gets to the baby.. not sure the reason for.
With my last pregnancy everytime i layed on my left side for bed.. my dd would kick and punch me until i flipped over.. so mostly slept on right with her. So far this baby hasnt been picky. I sleep on both.
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Katie111806
Team Pink!
Member since 12/06 5349 total posts
Name:
Katie
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Re: Enlighten me: right side vs left side?
sleeping on the left increases the blood and nutrient flow to the placenta. it is not bad to sleep on the right, left side sleeping is just more optimal.
Either side is better than back or stomach, although your body will tell you when these positions no longer work
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hmm8191
My loves
Member since 3/06 2908 total posts
Name:
Heather
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Re: Enlighten me: right side vs left side?
I don't think it's bad to lay on your right side, just better to lay on your left. It apparently gives your organs the most room.
But as your  gets bigger you'll have to go with what want because if you lay on the "wrong" side they'll tell you!
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Lanabean
Yoginis
Member since 11/05 9202 total posts
Name:
Lana
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Re: Enlighten me: right side vs left side?
Here is the reason in yoga terms (but answers your question)....after savasana, I don't have women lie on the right side (to let practice integrate) due to vena cava. I hope this helps!
Vena Cava-sleeping and Yoga:
As the fetus grows, laying on the back for prolonged periods may compress the vena cava. As a Yoga Instructor, we must consider Vena Cava when putting pregnant women into Yoga. As a woman enters the last half (4-5-9 months) of her pregnancy, she will begin to feel increasingly more uncomfortable when laying on her back, or reclined without turning to the side.
The Vena Cava is the main vein that drains the entire lower half of the body. Anatomically, it lies just to the right of the midline....just on the right side of your spine. As the baby gets bigger the heavier uterus, lying flat on the Vena Cava, will obstruct flow up towards the heart.
The drainage of the lower half of the body becomes sluggish, which not only increases swelling of your ankles, feet, and legs, but will also impact on hemorrhoids as well. And decreased return of blood flow to the heart will cause hypotension (lowered blood pressure) down the line, and result in diminished arterial blood flow to the uterus, placenta, and baby.
Sometimes this hypotension is evident when a woman has an ultrasound, during which she lies flat. One of the symptoms of hypotension is nausea that will accompany the light-headedness. Laying on the back is the worst possible position in the third trimester (6-9 months). Laying on the right side is better than laying on your back, but laying on your left side is the best of all, because this is the position which will have the least amount of weight upon the Vena Cava.
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