First, I sleep on a couch, because a flat bed hurts my back. Second, I sleep in the livingroom so my snoring doesn't keep my husband awake.
I toss and turn all night because my hip hurts when I'm in any one position too long, except when I'm on my back, but then I have sleep apnea and wake up gasping for air. I sleep alternately tightly curled up and sprawled out. And I sleep with my dog because....well, because every time I wake up, she's on the couch with me and I'm sleeping with her.
I don't get much rest at night with all that going on!
I sleep just the same as you, imagine. Sometimes on my stomach with a small pillow under some part of me to relieve the arthritis pain. We used to have cats that would sleep between, or on, my ankles. I don't miss that part of having pets. :o/
posted by Valley
over 2 years ago
I sleep on my side, primarily my right side , but I trade off to the left side to give the right a rest occasionally . I have two huge body pillows and two regular pillows that I stack 3 high parallel to my body on the side that I am facing . I then throw my top leg and top arm across those pillows , which prevents strain and discomfort in my lower back . Then I have 3 pillows under my head with my bottom arm stuck under them and hanging out off the side of the bed .
posted by Dirck
over 2 years ago
Wow....you guys make sleeping complicated!
I just sleep on my stomach.....the end. LOL
I sleep mostly on my right side, but if I get up to use the bathroom, I swittch to my left side. Rarely on my back or belly! I also like tucking my head under the sheet.
I sleep on either side or on my back and I use a memory foam pillow which alleviated my frequent stiff neck. I start the night on my back with usually a cat on either side at hip level. Things change as the night progresses and sometimes I wake up with no cats or I'm diagonal across the bed as the cats have moved with me. Good thing it's a king bed.
One of the strange things i do when i go to sleep is tha i have to have the blankets pulled up over my ear. I want my ear covered. Don't know why...i just do.
And i always have a cat at my feet. Since i sleep on my stomach she sleeps between my ankles.
I usually start out on my right side, in a semi-curled position. Sometime during the night I switch to my left side, with the cat on the bed somewhere with me.
I rarely sleep on my back, but most of this week I have been sick with a cold, and have found it easier to breathe on my back.
Lots of nights I just toss and turn, finding it hard to sleep, at all.
I also wake up some mornings....diagonal on the big king sized bed.....I need covers up to my neck, but not necessarily on my ear.....Got lots of pillows, too.
posted by MamaE
over 2 years ago
Mainly I sleep on my left side, and when I get to feeling 'stiff' I sleep on my back for a bit, then back over onto my side..curled up.
My husband & I recently bought a sleep number bed on advice from my chiropractor. God Bless that man!!!! Had it about 2 weeks now &, so far, we LOVE it. Both of us sleep more soundly & wake up with less aches & pains. No looking for a sleep number sofa, side chair, etc...
