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Re: sleeping positions

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 30 Aug 2001 21:01:40 -0500 (CDT)

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At Thu, 30 Aug 2001, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>i am only 11 weeks along and i am worried that sleeping on my stomach
>will smother the baby. I have read in your archives that sleeping on
>your stomach is ok but can you please explain to me what protects the
>baby from suffocating while your sleeping on your stomach.
>
>thank you so much

The same thing that does when you are sleeping on your back. The placenta nad umbilical cord. At 11 weeks the uterus still hasn't even risen out of the pelvis.

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