Sleep Positions

[zeroguy]

so....
noone sleeps like a log?

Maybe it's just that none of us work like dogs.

[jotabe]

zeroguy +1 for the Beatles' reference!

[Eaquae Legit]

I was talking about this the other day with a friend, and I'm curious.

I actually almost always sleep with my childhood teddy bear. It's not a security thing (anymore), though. I spent so many years growing up sleeping with him that it's simply a physically comfortable way to lie. Also, he helps keep my shoulders from sagging and I have this weird habit of curling my wrist under, and if I make sure to wedge his head in there, I don't wake up with no circulation in my hand.

Anybody else have a similar experience?

[Satya]

Yeah. I use to have a whole host of stuffed animals as a child that eventually I just became so accustomed to I needed in order to get comfortable enough to fall asleep. I'd keep one one both sides of my head to keep it from lolling around; if my head isn't facing relatively up, I can't seem to breathe deeply. Eventually someone came over the house and stayed the night and we found out after they left they had lice - and I had to get rid of all my old friends. I had to substitute a bunch of extra pillows. It sucked for awhile but I got used to it eventually.

[steph]

Anybody else have a similar experience?

I sleep with a teddy bear that Brian gave me. I use him to keep my shoulder from hunching over too much and it also helps me sleep comfortably with a chest that is bigger than it used to be. I also wedge him behind my back for support when I'm feeding the baby at night.

[buckshot]

My #2 daughter Molly can't sleep without her totally ragged shred of her baby blanky ! She is a wedded mom now and when I went to the hospital to see them , she still clutched the little 8 inch square piece. The worst part is after 22 years that soft pink blanky is not so pink any more.

[Eaquae Legit]

Eventually someone came over the house and stayed the night and we found out after they left they had lice - and I had to get rid of all my old friends. I had to substitute a bunch of extra pillows. It sucked for awhile but I got used to it eventually.

That's really tragic. I'm not kidding in the slightest. (Yes, you've found my hidden weakness, curse you! *shakes fist*)

I sleep with a teddy bear that Brian gave me. I use him to keep my shoulder from hunching over too much and it also helps me sleep comfortably with a chest that is bigger than it used to be. I also wedge him behind my back for support when I'm feeding the baby at night.

*files this for future reference*

[Petrie]

*might morphin power bumpers*

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*snort*


Anyway. I know this is a very old thread but for the past few weeks, I've been making a mental note in the 5 seconds between lying down and falling into a deep, deep slumber that I can no longer fall asleep on my stomach. I have to be on my back, but just to fall asleep. Once I'm asleep, I go on my sides and wake up on my stomach but if I try to start on my stomach anymore, I can't sleep. I thought that was a strange change after pretty much needing to be on my stomach from my earliest memories until this year.

[steph]

That is interesting.

My hips have been very uncomfortable and in some pain for the last several months or more. I can't sit in positions I used to and I can't get comfortable in my favorite sleep positions. This is a very frustrating problem when I've had these habits in place for pretty much my entire life.

[VelvetElvis]

Alone, I'm a free faller, but accompanied I am a log or a free faller

[Eaquae Legit]

That is interesting.

My hips have been very uncomfortable and in some pain for the last several months or more. I can't sit in positions I used to and I can't get comfortable in my favorite sleep positions. This is a very frustrating problem when I've had these habits in place for pretty much my entire life.

I am finding this problem already. Very frustrating indeed!

[steph]

That is interesting.

My hips have been very uncomfortable and in some pain for the last several months or more. I can't sit in positions I used to and I can't get comfortable in my favorite sleep positions. This is a very frustrating problem when I've had these habits in place for pretty much my entire life.

I am finding this problem already. Very frustrating indeed!

Beware: Your hips will never be the same.

[Eaquae Legit]

Aw man. Right now it's my belly - I tend to turn from one side to the other by rolling over my stomach, which is getting increasingly awkward. My hips, though, that's frightening. They're pretty creaky as it is, I'm not sure how I'll handle NEW aches and pains and awkwardness...

[GS]

I wish I had a solid sleep position. I usually just toss and turn until I eventually pass out. While I am asleep, I continue to roll around. Also, while I am asleep, I shake my legs. I am apparently a nightmare to share a bed with. I don't know how I used to share a dorm bunk bed with my ex-girlfriend.

[Mommy Brontosaurus]

Apparently I don't roll around much anymore. I wake up very stiff, and also somewhat sweaty just from the unmoving skin-on-skin contact (neck on shoulder, arm over abdomen, keep your minds clean, you people!). :p

[Dr. Mobius]

My mind didn't even go there until you told it not to!

[buckshot]

I just want to sleep! I always start out the knight in our bed ( Julie gets upset if I don't try) but i'm up soon wandering around all night like a creepy pain racked zombie. I do sleep for a few hours straight during hunting season if I push myself too hard but I pay guite a price for it. I do implore you all to take extra care of your backs, one surgery just leads to another. So get a good nights sleep and goodnight!

[steph]

Awww, buckshot, that sound no fun at all!!