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.
Women often experience insomnia during pregnancy, especially during the third trimester. Reasons include emotional stress, physical discomfort and anxiety about not being able to sleep. I recommend caution with sleep aids, prescription or otherwise, because most haven't been shown to be safe during pregnancy; however, there are many effective nonpharmacologic ways to improve sleep quality and duration.