3 Reasons Why Sleeping On Your Stomach Is Bad For You

3. 2 REASONS TO AVOID STOMACH SLEEPING PREGNANCY Discomfort SPINAL NECK Pain Pressure For expectant mothers, stomach sleeping can According to the Mayo Sleeping on your stom- Clinic, sleeping on your ach may also become a stomach is bad for your literal pain in the neck. become increasingly un- back, as it places strain Unless you manage to comfortable as your belly and pressure on your find a way to breathe continues to grow. While spine. This is because the through the pillow, you it's not necessarily dan- middle of your body is gerous for the baby, the added stomach weight have to turn your head to where most of the one side when you're weight is, making it diffi- sleeping. This causes increases the pull on the cult to maintain a neutral your neck to twist, put- spine, which could lead spine position during the ting your spine and head to acute back pain. out of alignment, which could lead to neck pain night. down the road. SLEEPADVISOR.ORG