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How do you sleep??? On your right side, stomach, left side, or back??? (Original Post) a kennedy Aug 2023 OP
either. or. i flop all over the place . AllaN01Bear Aug 2023 #1
Yes Bayard Aug 2023 #2
On my side. ShazzieB Aug 2023 #3
A little off topic, but if you care about wrinkles sleep on your back. CrispyQ Aug 2023 #4
Left side and back. Elessar Zappa Aug 2023 #5
E. BootinUp Aug 2023 #6
All of the above PJMcK Aug 2023 #7
I sleep hanging upside down in the attic. nt doc03 Aug 2023 #8
How do you sleep if you're a Republican? Or look yourself in the mirror. czarjak Aug 2023 #9
I usually fall asleep on my left side sdfernando Aug 2023 #10
Flat On My Back ProfessorGAC Aug 2023 #11
Normally either side--flopping back and forth like a trout overnight. LOL hlthe2b Aug 2023 #12
With my head dweller Aug 2023 #13
Hanging upside down like a bat. Ocelot II Aug 2023 #14
I was expecting you to say cat, like a tiger. Niagara Aug 2023 #21
LOL! I wish I could sleep like a cat - anywhere, and comfortably. Ocelot II Aug 2023 #22
Stomach. AnnaLee Aug 2023 #15
On either side, turning whenever MiniMe Aug 2023 #16
Back, left, and right. Everything except stomach. Iggo Aug 2023 #17
Yes we can do it Aug 2023 #18
Left side usually, right side rarely, others never. Angleae Aug 2023 #19
Mostly I start off on my right side. Niagara Aug 2023 #20
Side sleeper now. Laffy Kat Aug 2023 #23
I started left side sleeping mnhtnbb Aug 2023 #25
Yep, I had a hip replacement years ago. Laffy Kat Aug 2023 #28
I sleep like a baby Marthe48 Aug 2023 #24
Back, left, and right sides, rarely stomach. Fairly evenly divided. electric_blue68 Aug 2023 #26
??? Drum Aug 2023 #27
Left side Mad_Machine76 Aug 2023 #29
Mostly left side since I broke my right shoulder TexasBushwhacker Aug 2023 #30

ShazzieB

(16,512 posts)
3. On my side.
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 04:35 PM
Aug 2023

Either right or left, not sure if I favor one more than the other.

Sleeping on my stomach would make my back rather unhappy, and sleeping on my back would make anyone in my vicinity unhappy, due to the amount of snoring that would ensue!

CrispyQ

(36,509 posts)
4. A little off topic, but if you care about wrinkles sleep on your back.
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 04:39 PM
Aug 2023

Years ago I read an article on aging & wrinkles & there are eight types of wrinkles. I don't recall most of them but the last one was sleep wrinkles. They are the deepest wrinkles & happen over a lifetime of sleeping with your face squashed against a pillow. After I read this, I noticed a wrinkle developing under my left eye & I slept mostly on my left side so I bought a different pillow & tried sleeping more on my back or right side. FYI, the worst position for sleep wrinkles is sleeping on your stomach.

sdfernando

(4,941 posts)
10. I usually fall asleep on my left side
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 05:09 PM
Aug 2023

but usually wake up on my back or right side….sometimes on my left….never on my stomach. Haven’t been a stomach sleeper since I was a kid.

ProfessorGAC

(65,168 posts)
11. Flat On My Back
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 05:11 PM
Aug 2023

For my wife, it's all of the above! Back, left side, right side, stomach...
For me, it's always flat on my back. Often with my legs folded like what we used to call "Indian Style".

hlthe2b

(102,357 posts)
12. Normally either side--flopping back and forth like a trout overnight. LOL
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 05:28 PM
Aug 2023

But, if I am REALLY tired (and only if really tired), I can sleep on my back or even mostly sitting up in a chair. Sleep is a priority for me, but if feels like I can never get enough.

AnnaLee

(1,041 posts)
15. Stomach.
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 06:29 PM
Aug 2023

With my head turned right. Always have. And, yes, this old lady has an asymmetrical face of wrinkles, more wrinkled on the left which is against the pillow. Too late now. I think I will get some sleep.

Iggo

(47,565 posts)
17. Back, left, and right. Everything except stomach.
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 08:31 PM
Aug 2023

I start like I’m laying down in my coffin, then all bets are off. I probably flip over at least a dozen times or more during the night. I will say I never wake up on my back. It’s one side or the other, whether straight-legged or fetal.

Niagara

(7,659 posts)
20. Mostly I start off on my right side.
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 08:49 PM
Aug 2023

There are occasions that I start out on my left side.



I must roll around like a bad apple since I always wake up on my back.

Laffy Kat

(16,386 posts)
23. Side sleeper now.
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 09:19 PM
Aug 2023

I used to sleep prone until I started having babies and was instructed to sleep on my left side, as it's supposed to be healthier for both the fetus and mom. Now, that was a long time ago, but I never went back to prone. I also fall asleep watching my laptop and it's a terrible habit.

mnhtnbb

(31,402 posts)
25. I started left side sleeping
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 10:14 PM
Aug 2023

for the same reason 37 years ago. After my first hip replacement 16 years ago, I started sleeping propped up and returned to that for the knee replacement in 2017 and then the other hip replacement in 2018. Now, I alternate between my left side and propped up, but if I go to sleep on my left side, I always seem to wake up flat on my back now, which I never did up until the last couple of years.

Laffy Kat

(16,386 posts)
28. Yep, I had a hip replacement years ago.
Wed Aug 9, 2023, 12:27 PM
Aug 2023

Fortunately, it was on my right side. I also slept propped up for a while.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,214 posts)
30. Mostly left side since I broke my right shoulder
Wed Aug 9, 2023, 02:21 PM
Aug 2023

But it's been long enough that I can sleep on my right side too. I generally have one leg straight and the other bent, kind of like a 🦩

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