According to a new study at St. Mary's Hospital in Manchester, England, pregnant women sleeping side-by-side in their third trimester may raise the risk of fetal death.
The researchers analyzed data on 1,024 pregnant women in 41 obstetric hospitals in the United Kingdom, of whom 291 had a stillbirth strike after 28 weeks of gestation, participants filled in information about their pre-pregnancy sleep habits and their presence before the stillbirth Posture situation investigation.The results show that, compared with pregnant women who sleep side, the third trimester to lie flat sleeping position, the risk of stillbirth the next day will be 2.3 times higher.Researchers believe that pregnant women to take supine sleeping position, resulting in fetal weight Oppression of blood vessels, hinder the oxygen supply to the fetus.
Alexander Shezel, the lead author of the study, said: "About 11 stillbirths occur each day in the UK, and parents are wondering why this happens." In fact, pregnant women simply have to make a simple and easy change If all pregnant women in the UK take sideways sleep during the last months of pregnancy, the incidence of stillbirths will drop by 3.7%.
