The latest study of scientists showed: pregnant women sleeping on their left side can reduce the probability of a dead fetus by 50%, writes The Independent. Experts came to such conclusions after the experiment, as reported by the Internet publication for girls and women from 14 to 35 years Pannochka. Net They investigated the health status of 150 women in New Zealand who gave birth to dead children, with the condition of 300 women who gave birth to a normal child. It turned out that the frequency of the birth of dead children was 1.96 per 1000 births for those who slept on their left side. But for future mothers sleeping on their right side or back, this figure was equal to 3.93 per 1000 births.

These results were published in the British Medical Journal. Experts say:

the risk is not so great and the conclusions are still preliminary. By the way, previous studies have revealed that the position of a woman in the last months of pregnancy (in the process of rest or delivery itself) affects the functional state of the heart and the way oxygen is delivered to the brain of the fetus. Apparently, the uterus exerts more pressure on the blood vessels, if the woman lies on her back or on her right side. This makes blood flow more difficult.

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