What is the best sleeping position for women during menstruation?
Prone position: oppression of internal organs
Many women will find that abdominal discomfort is very serious during the physiological period. Once they take a prone position, they can alleviate the feeling of abdominal distension.
However, don't sleep on your stomach for this comfortable feeling. When lying prone, not only the chest will be oppressed, but also the face will be oppressed by increasing the pressure on the chest, heart and lungs. When you wake up, you will find that your face is swollen and your eyes are bloodshot, which brings a similar "disfigurement" effect.
Supine: may aggravate dysmenorrhea.
Lying on your back is a common sleeping position, but it may not be suitable for physiological women. Under normal circumstances, the normal position of the uterus of adult women is in the center of pelvis, the uterus leans forward, and the cervix and uterus form an included angle of 120 ~ 150 degrees.
If you sleep on your back for a long time, it is very likely that there will be uterine displacement, the most common being the posterior position of the uterus, which means that the uterus will no longer lean forward and bring about a series of physical changes. When menstruation comes, the uterine soft tissue will be congested and edematous. If you encounter the posterior position of the uterus, it will compress the nerves around the pelvic cavity, causing dysmenorrhea, general weakness and other symptoms; The posterior position of the uterus may also pull the cervix upwards, so that sperm can not enter the cervical canal smoothly, leading to infertility; Finally, the backward uterus may also lead to poor pelvic blood flow, excessive pelvic blood stasis and increased menstrual flow.
Side lying: right lying is best.
Lateral lying can be divided into right lying and left lying. Lying on the left side will press the heart, leading to poor blood circulation and physical discomfort. Lying on the right side is conducive to smooth blood circulation, normal operation of various organs of the body, adequate blood supply and menstrual blood outflow.
As for the side leakage problem that many girls are worried about, as long as the sanitary napkins are used correctly at night, there is generally no problem. If you are really worried, you can put some old clothes on the sheets and put them under your waist and ass. The area of the sheets does not need to be too large to catch the menstrual blood flowing out and is also convenient to clean.
Don't sleep like this when a woman is menstruating.
Sleep on the sofa
One of the most taboo sleeping positions in physiological period is curled up on the sofa to sleep. For ordinary people, it is a pleasure to take a nap while watching TV. Some girls think it seems to relieve dysmenorrhea. But in fact, if you often sleep like this during menstruation, it will slow down your heart rate, dilate your blood vessels, and reduce the remaining blood in various organs, which is not conducive to the smooth discharge of menstrual blood. If menstrual blood circulation is not smooth, it will lead to dull face and even coarser.
Sleep on the table
If you feel tired from work or surfing the Internet, don't sleep on your desk with your hand as a pillow. Because this is not only not conducive to menstrual blood discharge, but also will cause oppression on facial skin, make facial congestion and eyeball pressure. In addition, this sleeping position will make breathing difficult and even the reproductive system will be threatened.
Sleep on a pillow
During the physiological period, when sleeping at night, don't put the pillow very high, because it is easy to cause poor blood circulation in the body. But it should not be too low, otherwise it will easily cause "stiff neck" and aggravate dizziness and brain swelling during menstruation. Normal pillow height is 8 ~ 12cm.