Women advised to sleep on side to help prevent stillbirth
A study of just over 1,000 women found the risk doubles if women go to sleep on their backs in the third trimester.
The study looked into 291 pregnancies that ended in stillbirth and 735 women who had a live birth.
Researchers say the position which women fall asleep in is most important - and they should not worry if they are on their back when they wake up.
About one in 225 pregnancies in the UK ends in stillbirth and the study authors estimate that about 130 babies' lives a year could be saved if women went to sleep on their side.
Read the rest of this report from BBC News/Health HERE
OK, I am just a mere man, but sometimes I wonder where they get this stuff from.
Surely human and animal females have evolved to be able to carry a baby in any position they need to; after all many millions of years have passed since mammals were first produced by nature and nature usually gets these things right after so many years of evolution trial and error.
Anybody ?
A study of just over 1,000 women found the risk doubles if women go to sleep on their backs in the third trimester.
The study looked into 291 pregnancies that ended in stillbirth and 735 women who had a live birth.
Researchers say the position which women fall asleep in is most important - and they should not worry if they are on their back when they wake up.
About one in 225 pregnancies in the UK ends in stillbirth and the study authors estimate that about 130 babies' lives a year could be saved if women went to sleep on their side.
Read the rest of this report from BBC News/Health HERE
OK, I am just a mere man, but sometimes I wonder where they get this stuff from.
Surely human and animal females have evolved to be able to carry a baby in any position they need to; after all many millions of years have passed since mammals were first produced by nature and nature usually gets these things right after so many years of evolution trial and error.
Anybody ?