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What position do you sleep,? Left side, right side or on your back. I have been changing sides all night. (Original Post) debm55 Yesterday OP
I sleep like a rotisserie chicken /nt Abnredleg Yesterday #1
Same here. Thank you Abnredleg. debm55 Yesterday #6
Any drippings left in your bed True Dough Yesterday #18
I though it was funny as that is how I sleep. debm55 Yesterday #19
Mostly on my back. Occasionally I wake up on my left side. Glorfindel Yesterday #2
Thank you Glorfindel. That makes sense. debm55 Yesterday #7
I start on my right side, then after the first bathroom break, House of Roberts Yesterday #3
Thank you House of Roberts. That makes sense. debm55 Yesterday #8
On my right side because that's the position the cat wants me in. Ocelot II Yesterday #4
Thank you very much Ocelot II, That makes sense. Cat Jail. I like that term because it is so true. debm55 Yesterday #9
On my tummy with my right knee crooked up to touch the crook of my right elbow. Solly Mack Yesterday #5
Thank you very much. Solly Mack. Do you change during the night? debm55 Yesterday #10
Yes, but I always end up back on my tummy. Solly Mack Yesterday #12
Thank you very much Solly Mack. debm55 Yesterday #15
Alternate between left & right side EYESORE 9001 Yesterday #11
Thank you EYESORE 9001. I have heard of that too. But I always end up on the left side. debm55 Yesterday #13
Left is more comfortable EYESORE 9001 Yesterday #14
Whatever the cats allow me. eppur_se_muova Yesterday #16
You are very kind in doing that. Thank you eppur_se_muova. debm55 Yesterday #17
It looks something like this: True Dough Yesterday #20
HAHAHAHAHAH, That is funny. Thank you True Dough. debm55 Yesterday #21
On my side sakabatou Yesterday #22
Thank you sakabatou. debm55 Yesterday #23
I used to be a side sleeper. After having both hips replaced... 3catwoman3 Yesterday #24

True Dough

(21,203 posts)
18. Any drippings left in your bed
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 12:36 PM
Yesterday

when you get up in the morning?



Seriously, do not feel compelled to answer that question!

Glorfindel

(10,004 posts)
2. Mostly on my back. Occasionally I wake up on my left side.
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 11:03 AM
Yesterday

Never on my right side, as I feel defenseless with my right hand & arm incapacitated.

House of Roberts

(5,777 posts)
3. I start on my right side, then after the first bathroom break,
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 11:04 AM
Yesterday

usually two to three hours in, I switch to my left side, and then back to my right side the next time.

Ocelot II

(121,826 posts)
4. On my right side because that's the position the cat wants me in.
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 11:05 AM
Yesterday

She likes to curl up against my stomach, but only if I'm on my right side. It bothers her if I turn over and sleep on the other side; for some reason she doesn't like to sleep on that side of me so I'm stuck on my right side if she's there. It's kind of like when your cat is sleeping on your lap and you can't get up to go to the bathroom. It's basically cat jail.

debm55

(39,674 posts)
9. Thank you very much Ocelot II, That makes sense. Cat Jail. I like that term because it is so true.
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 11:21 AM
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Solly Mack

(93,312 posts)
5. On my tummy with my right knee crooked up to touch the crook of my right elbow.
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 11:11 AM
Yesterday

My left leg stretched out and my left arm under the pillows. Face planted in my pillows.

I body plant in other words.

Solly Mack

(93,312 posts)
12. Yes, but I always end up back on my tummy.
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 11:34 AM
Yesterday

My dogs readjust as I do. My cats play tug of war with the covers when I turn. The struggle is real.

Or they all sleep next to my idiot who never seems to move while sleeping.

EYESORE 9001

(27,664 posts)
11. Alternate between left & right side
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 11:31 AM
Yesterday

I have arthritis in my thoracic vertebrae, I believe, and it takes a good minute for the popping and cracking to subside. I always try to get in some sleep on my right side, as I heard it can help brain activity in the form of eliminating amyloid bodies that have been linked to Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.

debm55

(39,674 posts)
13. Thank you EYESORE 9001. I have heard of that too. But I always end up on the left side.
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 11:36 AM
Yesterday

EYESORE 9001

(27,664 posts)
14. Left is more comfortable
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 11:39 AM
Yesterday

Especially when I first lie down. By the time I awake enough to become somewhat aware, I switch to the right side for awhile, after things have ‘loosened up’ a bit.

eppur_se_muova

(37,850 posts)
16. Whatever the cats allow me.
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 12:20 PM
Yesterday

They've developed a habit of leaving me an accessible zone -- not necessarily human-shaped -- between them, and I try to fit in however I can.

True Dough

(21,203 posts)
20. It looks something like this:
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 12:40 PM
Yesterday



At least on the nights when my wife kicks me out of the bed!

3catwoman3

(25,835 posts)
24. I used to be a side sleeper. After having both hips replaced...
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 02:32 PM
Yesterday

…I became a back sleeper. Sleeping on the side wasn’t recommended during the recovery phase, and I got used to the back position.

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