A gynecologist, Dr Nathaniel Adewole, has warned that sleeping on the back side of the body at advanced stage of pregnancy could predispose a baby to brain problem. Adewole, of the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada, stated this on Wednesday in Abuja that the problem could occur due to the weight of the uterus. He said that such sleeping positioning by the pregnant mother would make the baby to rest against the big vesicles called inferior vena cava, which supplies blood to the heart.
The inferior vena cava is the large vein that carries de-oxygenated blood from the lower half of the body into the right atrium of the heart. According to him, at the early stage of pregnancy, sleeping position constitutes no much problem; a woman can take any sleeping position that is convenient.