sleeping on side during pregnancy

It is estimated that up to 60% of women experience pain in their symphysis pubis while pregnant, according to Dr. Sheila Hill, an Ob-Gyn in the hospitalist division of Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women.

With sleep being such an integral part of your body's recovery process, let's examine the different sleeping positions that are safe for you throughout the three trimesters of your pregnancy. 

What do you do if you went to sleep in a side position, but woke up in the middle of the night and found that you have been sleeping on your back? Would your partner who is more like an octopus and has a tendency to thrash his limbs around in sleep, affect your baby in any way?

Through coping mechanisms based around support, love, and care, couples who experience pregnancy loss can overcome the hurt.

Many women ignore their mental health during pregnancy as they continue to focus only on the growing baby. Here's what you must do instead.

Giving birth to a stillborn baby is a devastating loss. The emotional trauma can overwhelm you but there are steps you can take in hopes of gaining closure.

Give some of these tips a shot. Your wife will surely appreciate it.

Pillows could be your new best friend and perhaps even replace your partner by having more access to you and the one you reach for more to get comfortable and cuddle up to sleep, during pregnancy! These can also be a great aid to ensure that you sleep on your side.