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Why should sleeping on back be avoided during pregnancy?
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Hi there : Experts recommend pregnant women avoid sleeping on their backs during the second and third trimesters. Why? The back sleep position rests the entire weight of the growing uterus and baby on your back, your intestines and your vena cava, the main vein that carries blood back to the heart from your lower body.
Answered 10/20/2019
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