Think I'm being massively paranoid....

[Stickaforkinimdone]

I really just need to be told give my head a wobble but, I am absolutely terrified of my baby being stillborn

This is my second pregnancy; first was absolute breeze and I gave birth at 39wks no complications etc etc
This time round though the whole pregnancy has been really different-I've felt so unwell and just haven't felt as 'connected' to the baby as I did first time round, I've had no dreams about it and I haven't even been able to imagine myself with a newborn again

I'm now 35wks and today read an article about how sleeping positions and the amount of times you go to the loo in the night can increase your risk of stillbirth. I have stupidly been sleeping on my right side all the way through without even realising this was a bad thing to do. And I only get up once (or sometimes never) in order to use the loo
I've got myself in to a total panic thinking I've basically squashed this baby to within an inch of its life with either a full bladder or denying it blood flow through my sleeping position

Please help me see sense-I feel like I'm going bloody mad

[user1493413286]

Honestly my theory with all pregnancy and baby stuff is that if it was that crucial the NHS would be banging on about it like they do with things like not smoking etc. People say about sleeping on your right side but I don't think there's any real evidence and when I asked the midwife they didn't seem worried and I've never heard the bladder thing. I wasn't up more than once a night and sometimes not even that and all was fine.
Don't panic and take articles like that with a pinch of salt!

[orangeowls]

I think it's a natural worry to have but try not to. If it helps I kept waking up on my front during pregnancy, the baby used to physically wake me up by kicking me because I'd squashed it! She came out fine btw, 16 weeks old now

[silkybear]

As long as you are having all your midwife appointments and all is coming back ok there is no way to tell what can happen, but doesn't sound like there is any real reason for you to think that. I'm 34 weeks and do sometimes worry about it, i worried about miscarrage then stillbirth then cotdeath with my daughter, its normal to have occasional 'what if' moments. I find I think about this baby less because I have another child to look after and less time to focus on myself, could that be the case with you too? Please try not to read articles like that it sounds like bollocks. Ive stopped caring about sleeping positions, have spd and up 7-8 times a night peeing as im sure most of us are at this stage. If i tried to sleep on one side as well i just wouldnt sleep at all. Speak to your midwife about your feelings if it is really bad it could be pre natal depression maybe? Good luck

[TeaTeaTea]

I slept on my right side with DS (born healthy at 41+5) and same all way through with this pregnancy (currently 38+4).
I listen to the advice about not sleeping on your back and given that sleeping on my front would be like lying on a beach ball that gives me the left & right side to alternate on -I can't sleep on the one side all night -hips & shoulder hurts so sleep however you are comfortable.
As mentioned above, if it was that big an issue then it'd be in all the pregnancy literature we're given from the midwife. You & baby will be fine