How to sleep during pregnancy
Introduction
How to sleep during pregnancy? What are the best positions? How to use a pillow and what are the best tips for choosing one?
These questions condense some of the concerns of future mothers.
Let's be clear: sleep is a hot topic: right from the beginning of pregnancy , we try to improve its quality.
While sleeping well can be difficult at the beginning of pregnancy due to the effects of progesterone, as the pregnancy progresses the critical issue is managing the weight of the baby bump.
This is why, when interacting with professionals such as midwives, future mothers ask so many questions about the best positions to assume during the night , but also about how to use a pillow to sleep during pregnancy.
In the next lines of this article, I will provide you with some valuable tips on this matter.
I will do so by taking as a point of reference the advice of Maria Chiara Alvisi, an independent midwife and author of some wonderful video courses present in the academy (the pre-birth one, ideal for living the journey towards the big day of birth with serenity, can be found at the end of the paragraph).
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Sleeping during pregnancy: the best positions
When wondering how to sleep during pregnancy , it is natural to ask questions about the positions to assume.
Going deeper into this topic means bringing to light information that, as Dr. Alvisi points out at the beginning of this video , may be surprising: the best position to sleep during pregnancy is prone.
Obviously in domestic contexts, where the place designated for rest is the bed, it is necessary to adapt.
Why is the prone position the best for sleeping during pregnancy? For a very simple reason: by assuming it, the future mother no longer has to carry the weight of the belly and the entire upper part of the body on the lumbar area, but has the possibility of unloading it.
From the shoulders to the pelvis, one is therefore in a state of relaxation and openness.
Also, when you are face down there is greater placental blood flow - more blood reaches the baby - and there are no problems with low blood pressure.
How can this position be “adjusted” to suit the practical contexts of the home?
The first step to consider in this regard is to use a good pregnancy pillow.
What are the tips for choosing it ? How to use it? Follow me in the next paragraph for all the answers.
