Back vs front vs side sleepers

In My Humble Opinion
1

Some friends and I were wasting time in the local mall, when we decided to check out a mattress store. While they were trying out the beds, I decided to take a look at the pillows. They had pillows for people who sleep on their side, or on their back, or on their front. But, thinks I, I sleep on all of those. Sometimes in the same night. (Ok, so maybe it was really just a way to justify not spending $80 on a pillow).

So now the poll:
Do you sleep exclusively on one side/front/back (and which)?
Mainly on one side/front/back?
Or are you like me, and you like variety when sleeping?

2

Guess I’m like you - I sleep however I feel comfortable at that moment. Either side, my back or even my stomach.

3

I like variety too.

4

Same here – all of the above can be comfortable, depending on the moment.

5

I usually sleep on my side, but I also have a tendency to spread out across the bed in a kind of half on my side, half on my front, legs sprawled position. I never sleep entirely on my back or on my stomach, though.

6

Mainly on my left side, although I generally start out on my right. Sleeping on my back or stomach is uncomfortable.

7

I can fall asleep in any position, but I’ll always turn during the night and wake up either on my front or on my right side.

8

Mostly on my side, either side will do. Occasionally on my back, but it has to be just right, or my hands fall asleep and wake me up, or worse; I snore when on my back.

I can’t sleep on my stomach because my breasts get in the way. They don’t feel comfortable smooshed. Which sucks mightily, because pre-adolescence, sleeping on my stomach was so comfy. Then again, maybe the memory is sweeter since I can’t do it anymore…

9

I’m unlikely to sleep on my front unless I collapse in that position. I usually sleep on my back, unless I’m with my wife, when I’m just as likely to sleep on my side in the spooning position. All-in-all, though, I’d say BACK 2/3 of the time and SIDE (no preference on which) 1/3 of the time.

10

When I first lie down I am on my back. Just to settle in, I guess. But I always turn over on my left side before going to sleep. Always. Trying to sleep in any other position feels weird.

11

I sleep on my side, switching sides as my face gets hot. I spent about a year trying to train myself to sleep on my back (even started a thread about it) but it was just a year of crappy sleep. I’d rather sleep on my back 'cause I’m getting a wrinkle through one eyebrow from the pillow and I sometimes have nerve problems due to my shoulders curving inward and side sleeping doesn’t help. But trying to retrain yourself is tough…

12

I fall asleep splayed dead center in the middle of the bed until my mouth falls open sometime in the night, causing horrible dry mouth, at which point I hug my body pillow with the top resting underneath my chin and finish out the night sleeping on my side.

13

I always start out on my stomach, and somehow end up on my back with my arms thrown over my head willy-nilly.

14

I almost always sleep on my side. The particular side I favor depends on the layout of the room/bed, but usually there is only one side that I feel comfortable on for any given setting. I think when I was younger I was able to sleep on my back, but nowadays it’s pretty hard for me to get comfortable like that.

15

I sleep on my back like a mummy.

16

I sleep on my side, though I swap sides regularly; occasionally on my stomach. When I have a whole bed to myself it’s generally some sort of sprawl, really; like a cat I expand to fill all available space.

I can’t sleep on my back comfortably at all.

17

Usually back. Sometimes right side. Rarely left side. Never stomach.

18

I know when I was a baby I liked to sleep on my stomach with my butt pointing into the air, but it’s been a while.

My left side is my favorite position, and just about the only way I can fall asleep, though I can fall asleep on my right if I’m sleepy enough. Never stomach. Sometimes in the morning when I’m dozing off and on I can do it on my back, but my left side is the best.

19

I fall asleep on my side, often flipping from side to side a few times before I decide which to stick with. Normally, though, I wake up on my back.

My boyfriend sleeps on his tummy like a little kid. Makes it really hard to cuddle, dammit. :frowning:

20

I fall asleep on my back, shift to on my left side about 2 hours in, then shift onto my belly for the last hour or so. Whichever way most annoys the cats who are trying to sleep on top of me.