Posts Tagged ‘sleeping’

My back has gone fragile..It continuously needs support,Sleeping on back is most comfortable for me and i get good sleep sleeping on back but as it is not advisable i get worried when i find myself on back when i wake up through out night..Pillows for pregnancy is not available in india so that is not good solution for me..Please give me some solution.

I’ve been reading a lot about the benefits and concerns about sleeping with and without pillows to support one’s back and/or neck and I’ve become somewhat nervous and confused about this.

In one article, I read that sleeping without a pillow causes tension and dis-alignment of the neck and spine. In another article, I read that sleeping without a pillow is the “natural” way to sleep and that a person will position him or herself during their sleep to find the correct position to sleep that is suitable for his or her specific needs.

In my case, I sleep without a pillow.

Even since I was little, my mother put me to bed with a pillow or two under my head. However, sometime during the night, I would always either push the pillow(s) off the bed or wake up with my head actually under the pillow.

This still happens every night and I don’t know if I should be worrying about my spine and neck or not, although for now it seems fine.

For all I know, I do this unconsciously, so I don’t see how there is anything I can do about this (or if I even need to).

Any suggestions, tips, or just plain and simple insight?
I have a body pillow, but it’s always at the side of my bed, against the wall. It doesn’t do much at all. I kind of stray away from it in my sleep, in a sense.

`i am 16 weeks pregnant. Every morning I wake up and my back is just killing me! I sleep on my left side, with a body pillow in between my legs, to give natural hip positioning, and use support pillows for my back. And it still hurts alot when I wake up, and gradually fades off as the morning goes on. Did anyone else have this, what helped you?

I was wandering the pillow section in a department store while waiting for my mum to shop for bathroom towels. Anway i say all these different kinds of pillows – will they make my sleeping experiences more comfy? You know like body pillows, neck rolls, lumbar support pillows – and how do i know how fluffy i need my pillow to be if I am a stomach sleeper (I sleep on my stomach or sometimes on my side)? What are your experiences with different kinds of pillows? Also can I use a lumbar support pillow for when Im sitting in a chair reading at my des as well (for my lower back)? What have been your experiences?

I’m 23 weeks and for the past few weeks I’ve been using a varied configuration of throw pillows from around the house as belly support and between my knees when I sleep but throughout the night, as I toss or turn, the pillows come loose and I wake up sore. My neck hurts, my back hurts, my obliques hurt. I know there are pillows out there specifically made for pregnant women to sleep more comfortably. Did anyone find these helpful? Is there a shape or brand thats better than another?