Stomach Sleepers

saminohio1977

I have always been a stomach sleeper. I am still early in my pregnancy but i'm trying to get in the habit of sleeping in other positions but i always wake up on my stomach.

 

i have been googling solutions and found these this thing. its pretty pricey but my sanity might be worth it. anyone bought this? or heard anything about it? 

https://www.thebellybed.com.au/buy.html

my husband thinks it will be great for guests after i get done with it.....

flamingos2010

the picture doesn't make it look very comfortable.. I don't think it looks long enough? During my last 2 pregnancies, I wanted one of those pregnancy massage tables with the cut-out in the middle for my belly to hang free (I think they make those.. but maybe I just made it up in a dream).

I'm definitely intrigued by this belly bed though.  When my belly was too big to sleep on, my husband would lay on his back and I would lay on my stomach between his legs with my head resting on his tummy! lol sounds so embarrasing but it gave me some relief until my belly outgrew that position!!

saminohio1977

that's a good idea. there is a video here to show how it works:

 

https://www.thebellybed.com.au/video.html

flamingos2010

holy crap, I just noticed it's 500 bucks!!  for an inflatable mattress with a hole in it!!?   Ok, I'm no longer considering this Belly Bed but I am seriously considering cutting a hole in my mattress and getting a new bed afterward for the same price!  lol  I mean, we kind of do need a new bed..

saminohio1977

i searched for cheaper ones the other day and cant find it now. one was $150 but it didn't look as comfortable. here is a link to one i keep finding that they say is $40-50 dollars but all the links are from 2005. i think the business failed.

https://www.babychildfamily.com/56/belly-bed/

klcl8981

Interesting concept.

I have the Snoogle. It's good for sleeping on your side, but also... I curl it up like a donut, and I can lay on my belly because it makes a hole for it. Downside is you aren't laying flat. but I guess you could put pillows for under your head, and to make your legs level. I found that to be SUPER comfortable!!!

cas889

I'm a stomach sleeper, too, and I've always said I would want to cut a hole in my mattress when I got pregnant.  We'll see how bad it gets when I get that big.  But I wouldn't pay 500 for an air mattress. 

flamingos2010

cas889:

I'm a stomach sleeper, too, and I've always said I would want to cut a hole in my mattress when I got pregnant.  We'll see how bad it gets when I get that big.  But I wouldn't pay 500 for an air mattress. 

oh, ya - you'll be going at your mattress with a knife for sure if you're already thinking it!  do it when you get big and post about how you like it!!  I totally wish I would've done that with my first pregnancy.. would have been so worth it after 3 pregnancies!

I'd like to add: you could save the mattress hole and replace it after you have the baby .. lol  or just get a new mattress and save the one with the hole in it up in the rafters for future pregnancies.  This is just sounding better and better.

kg_08

I never ended up needing any positioners when I was pregnant. I slept on my belly until about 16 weeks when I started to feel a lump and it was uncomfortable, then for the rest of my pregnancy I slept on my side/stomach like with one leg out and it was fine.. even when I was huge.

MG7

Interesting concept but that's a lot of cash for an air mattress. I love sleeping on my belly but it just became too uncomfortable so I think I just naturally fell out of that pattern. I've been trying to fall asleep on my left side but I hate facing DH if he's facing that way too because I feel like I'm getting his old air. Weird, I know. I'm just enjoying my belly sleeping time while I can for now because I thought I would be able to just go right back to belly sleeping when DS was born but then my milk came in and I learned otherwise.

ams8099

Once you get uncomfortable, your body won't allow you to sleep on your stomach.

flamingos2010

so... I just told my husband that I'm going to be cutting out a hole in our mattress and he laughed and said, ummm I don't think it works like that.. there are springs and stuff that are all tied together.. it's not just like cutting out foam..     I said, well, we can try- we aren't going to let a few springs stop me from sleeping on my stomach!  lol

well, I guess I need a tempurpedic now so I can cut out a hole!  sigh.

meechigan

This link looks like the updated site for the cheaper belly bed.  I would be curious to see if the bed is helpful.

https://www.mybellybed.com/order.html

JenNAnt879

I love sleeping on my stomach and last night when I went to go sleep flat on my stomach I actually felt a little bump or lump down there, it was a very wierd feeling so I tunred half on my side/stomach with one leg bent.  That worked. I though it was too early to feel any kind of bump like that.  My cloths are fitting alittle tighter though and by belly has been more round the past week. It is very exciting, even though I know I will have to give up my stomach sleeping. I doctor told me to get a body pillow.

BallSox

ams8099:

Once you get uncomfortable, your body won't allow you to sleep on your stomach.

This.  Don't worry if you end up on your stomach.  Trust me, when it hurts, you'll know and you'll wake up and move.  You won't squish your baby.