Pregnant women who sleep on their backs stand risk of stillbirth
Pregnant women who sleep on their backs stand risk of stillbirth Pregnant women who are in their last trimester are advised to sleep on their side and not their backs to reduce the risk of stillbirths. This advice is from a study published in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (BJOG), which said women who sleep on their backs have at least twice the risk of a stillbirth more than those who sleep on their left side. The findings are based on a Midlands and North of England Stillbirth Study (MiNESS). The research suggests pregnant women who sleep in various positions should try laying on their sides when ready to sleep because most time is spent in the position one goes to sleep in. Researchers interviewed 291 women who had stillbirths and 733 women who were delivered of healthy kids in 41 UK maternity units. Mothers of twins or those who had babies with major abnormalities were not included. They found that mothers who slept on the...