Joined: 06 Dec 2005 Posts: 20 Location: California
Sleeping Positions Posted: 12-07-05 21:09pm
Hi everyone!
I am 7 weeks pregnant and sometimes I
wonder if the position I sleep is the
correct position. Is there a way to
sleep that will make cramps go away?
Sometimes I feel that I need to stretch,
but if I stretch out too much I am worried
that it will effect the cramps.
Recently, I have found that I am not
sleeping so well because I get up to go
restroom more often than usual. Now I
feel that my belly is full of gas and
bubbly. Can anyone tell me if there is a
comfortable sleeping position? This is
our first pregnancy and I am a scared that
what I do will effect everything! Please
advise me.
Many thanks,
mini
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Angel_Who_Crys
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 Aug 2005 Posts: 181 Location: In The Darkness
Posted: 12-19-05 12:17pm
Well I am now 18wks pregnanrt and I fine
sleeping on my side witg a pillow under my
belly really helps with me sleeping and
with the cramps... Lol I know how it is
geting up all night and going to the bath
room...At one point I was geting up every
15 mins, wasnt easy sleeping then.
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Faerieangyl
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 11 Nov 2005 Posts: 52 Location: Garfield Hts Ohio
Cramps Posted: 12-19-05 22:55pm
Can you explain what your cramps feel
like? I am somewhere between 5-8 weeks
pregnant and I have had period like cramps
since the week before I found out ( about
2 weeks), no bleeding, and they arnt
horrible, but uncomfortble and annoying.
Sometimes they are like period cramps,
sometimes they are sharp, and they are in
the very lower part of my abdomen.I have
my first ob appt tommorrow, but every
little owie worries me since this is my
first pregnancy!
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fatfamily02
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Jul 2005 Posts: 3050 Location: Georgia, USA
Posted: 12-19-05 23:20pm
I had those for like 5 weeks past
ovulation---7 weeks pregnant, every day
all day long. Sometimes they hurt so
much, and so long it would make me feel
sick. Then one day they just quit.
What happens is this, the ovary after
expelling the egg, it releases hormones to
sustain the pregnancy until placenta is
developed enough to take over. Then
placenta releases hormones to sustain the
pregnancy.
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Faerieangyl
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 11 Nov 2005 Posts: 52 Location: Garfield Hts Ohio
Cramps Posted: 12-19-05 23:23pm
But you said it stopped at 7 weeks. The
placenta does not take over till later
than that. The corpus luteum is still
doing the job past the 7th week.
So many reasons for cramping! It is so
owie :(
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fatfamily02
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Jul 2005 Posts: 3050 Location: Georgia, USA
Posted: 12-20-05 00:10am
I said it quit hurting in me at 5 weeks
past ovulation--i know it was my ovary's
giving me pains-- my last pregnancy 20
years ago I had a little pain in the same
spot for the whole pregnancy--i think he
was just telling me he was there.
I believe it was the hormone releasing
that was causing my pain--i dont know if
that is all you are feeling or not. The
placenta starts to take over then, it is
not completely developed until I think
something like almost 20 weeks.
It could definately be one of those things
that are different for different pple. I
know I was 7 weeks and it stopped--and I
know the pain I experienced was my ovarys.
Not anything else. Some women also
experience stretching pains from their
uterus and ligamints pains
it will be okay I promise. As long as it
is not really hard pains, with very heavy
bleeding you are okay. I hope it gets
better soon.
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angel_darma
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 17 Dec 2005 Posts: 10 Location: Seattle
Don't Worry Minifish! Posted: 12-20-05 15:01pm
Remember back in the day when if a woman
didn't want to be pregnant she'd try all
sorts of horrible things to get rid of it?
Like take a bumpy carriage ride, or punch
herself in the tummy. Yikes! And even
then if the little one was in there good
enough there was no getting rid of it.
I'm only 7 weeks along but I have a large
family so been around pregnant women lots!
Trust me your sleeping position won't
harm the baby. And after a while you
won't be able to lay in a position that
harms him/her. You'll just have to roll
around until you get to a position the
baby wants!
So funny you're having the same problem I
am with the cramping getting worse a
night.
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gina84
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 74 Location: dallas, tx.,
Hello Posted: 12-21-05 16:13pm
I'm 6 weeks pregnant and if I sleep on my
stomach it feels sore after I get up is
this normal? Am I hurting the baby
already?
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angel_darma
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 17 Dec 2005 Posts: 10 Location: Seattle
Get Used to Sore! Posted: 12-22-05 15:38pm
Gina84,
yup! Sore is part of it. At six weeks,
you're okay to sleep on your stomach -
don't ya worry.
Yer gonna be sore lots - just yer
ligaments and uterus and things makin
room!
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lesliepei
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 07 Sep 2005 Posts: 187 Location: Canada
To: Faerieangyl Posted: 12-31-05 21:25pm
Early pregnancy cramps are often caused by
the stretching of the liagaments that
support the uterus, making room for the
quickly expanding uterus.
Hope this helps
leslie
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sweetlildakota4e
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Jan 2006 Posts: 71 Location: greece, ny
Posted: 03-10-06 02:31am
And sleeping on your back okay because I
heard that youre not supposed to lie on
your back or your stomache... And im 6wks
today.. Eh.. Oh well.. Let me know,
thanks
