This is ancient Egypt, and you just ate some blue lotus flowers, a psychoactive drug that Egyptian royalty used to induce ecstatic states. Despite what you might have thought when you were 15, you didnât discover drugs. Humans have consumed organic substances for their various effects for millennia.
When should you stop sleeping on my stomach and backâfind out. You should stop sleeping on your stomach or back by around 20 weeks of pregnancy. By this point, you may notice that sleeping either way â especially on your stomach â is pretty uncomfortable. The concern with sleeping on your back is that the enlarging uterus can compress the large veins in the back of your abdomen, which can in turn decrease the amount of blood returning to your heart.
Almost all pregnant women have trouble sleeping at some point. And it's not surprising, considering that when you're pregnant, nausea, heartburn, and a constant need to pee often come with the territory. Read on to find out what kind of sleep patterns and problems you can expect during your first trimester.