That's how pregnant mothers should sleep

A study published in the “The Journal of Physiology” found that women in late pregnancy should sleep on their wings before birth, as they can cause serious baby problems.

Researchers have monitored babies still unborn and their mothers during the night to see the effects of sleeping positions.

The study has revealed that women who sleep on their backs during late pregnancy can cause problems for their baby.

Previous studies have linked the position in which the mother sleeps with the risk of causing the child's death at birth.

Auckland University researchers have monitored sleeping positions using infrared cameras.

They have found that when a mother sleeps on her back, the fetus is less active.

The fetus is active when the mother is sleeping on the left side, or right.

When a mother changes her position while sleeping, for example, on the left side of her back, the baby in her womb quickly changes its condition and becomes more relaxed.

In the situation when the baby cannot be healthy, it cannot tolerate the effects of sleep on its back”, Peter Stone, one of the study leaders, said.

We suggest that there is now sufficient evidence to recommend that mothers avoid falling asleep in late pregnancy, not only because of epidemiological data, but while we have proved that there is a clear effect on the infant”, he added.