When to start laying on left side?

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Keep reading conflicting advice, some day third trimester, other times I’ve read second trimester. I’m 13 weeks and confused!

I’ve understood it as third trimester but I started trying to do it early to get used to it as I normally lay on my right hand side. A U shaped pregnancy pillow helped as I’d tuck it under my back to stop me rolling back too much

They say from 30 weeks onwards. Either side is perfectly fine to lay on, I had a habit of rolling onto my back but I’m now nearly 39 weeks and with the help of a u shaped pregnancy pillow it keeps me on my side!

I've read conflicting times about when to do it too OP, so I bought a pregnancy pillow early in the 2nd trimester to get used to sleeping on either side (I'm a natural back sleeper). I'm almost 26 weeks now and it's a struggle still, but equally lying on my back is really uncomfortable now!

Either side is fine, and from everything I read, it's most important in the 3rd trimester x

Either side is fine. I only did it in the third trimester because I didn't see the point in being uncomfortable earlier than necessary. At 13 weeks I was still sleeping on my stomach!

I’ve been trying to do it from around 20 weeks.

I started around 10 weeks just to try and get myself in the habit of it, im a natural back sleeper and still struggle at 34 weeks with waking up on my back despite using a pregnancy pillow on one side, a pillow fort on the other side and my husband in the spare room 😂😂

My midewife said from around 20 weeks, just to get in the habit.

Thanks everyone! @wannabebump glad it’s not just me! It’s all so confusing.

I think I’ll stop worrying for now that I end up on my back or the right side and will look to introduce it in a few weeks to get in the habit

I think yes definitely no need to worry yet. I'm going off the link from Tommys, so only start to pay more attention after 28 weeks, but not really worry about the side and keep reassuring myself that it doesn't matter if I wake up on my back as long as I just go to sleep on my side. I have a pregnancy pillow and it doesn't help me really, I've tried two of them and I just end up on my back either way. I always go to sleep on my side no problem, but yeah...it just won't last!

www.tommys.org/pregnancy-information/sleep-side/sleep-position-and-stillbirth-risk-press-release

I have a bed where I can move the top and bottom half, like a hospital bed and I can't sleep without the head bit being half way up.
Would it be safe to sleep like this because I can't sleep on my side the past few weeks, as I start feeling really sick and ready to throw up. I'm 30 weeks x

Thank you

I’m naturally a left hand sleeper anyway but I’m 25 weeks and only find comfort on my right side ! 😩!!! I’ve heard the advice is to avoid sleeping on your back from 28 weeks onwards . Left is best but right is perfectly fine as well!

I'm not convinced it makes any difference tbh
in other countries it's not specifically advised and children are born all the time