# What is your favorite sleeping position? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 17, 2020, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-sleeping-position/846571 "2020-01-17T16:39:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-sleeping-position/846571/21 "2020-01-18T03:27:37Z")
I always start on my side; I don’t have a preferred one. I always seem to be on my back when I wake up. Thanks to a lot of sinus congestion, when I am awake I often roll from one side to the other to try to drain the side on top. I have fantasized about a bed that rotates like a rotisserie so the sinuses don’t have a chance to get clogged up from gravity. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-sleeping-position/846571/22 "2020-01-18T03:33:11Z")
> [@CelticKnot](#): > > I always start on my side; I don’t have a preferred one. I always seem to be on my back when I wake up. > Thanks to a lot of sinus congestion, when I am awake I often roll from one side to the other to try to drain the side on top. I have fantasized about a bed that rotates like a rotisserie so the sinuses don’t have a chance to get clogged up from gravity. If you build that bed we will buy one. Both DH and I have the same sinus issues and the rotating bed would be GREAT. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-sleeping-position/846571/23 "2020-01-18T09:39:32Z")
Left side, unless I forgot to do my shoulder exercises and my shoulder hurts. Then right side. Sometimes on my back. Never on my stomach. My parents have pictures of me as a toddler sleeping on my back, sort of a starfish position. Now I keep my limbs a bit closer, as my husband is more of a bed hog than me. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-sleeping-position/846571/24 "2020-01-18T12:29:21Z")
Flat on my back, no pillow, with my hands folded on my stomach corpse-style. 🙂 I do sometimes fall asleep while reading, and that means on my right side, with a pillow, because the light is there. But I’ll wake briefly when my SO comes to bed, removes my book, and turns out the light. Then I ditch the pillow and turn onto my back. ---
**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-sleeping-position/846571/25 "2020-01-18T14:40:15Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > If you build that bed we will buy one. Both DH and I have the same sinus issues and the rotating bed would be GREAT. Kickstarter, here we come! ---
**Author:** ![TheCuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thecuse/32/2854_2.png) [@TheCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCuse)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-sleeping-position/846571/26 "2020-01-18T15:28:53Z")
I start on my back, then switch over to the left. Can’t sleep on the right, as it gives me acid reflux. ---
**Author:** ![ASGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@ASGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-sleeping-position/846571/27 "2020-01-18T15:58:40Z")
Any position is good when there are no cats on the bed. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-sleeping-position/846571/28 "2020-01-18T16:46:25Z")
Horizontal. I cannot sleep sitting up or even on one of those chairs they give you in the hospital if your with a patient. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-sleeping-position/846571/29 "2020-01-18T17:43:32Z")
I sleep in the recovery position but tending a bit more to my stomach than my side. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-sleeping-position/846571/30 "2020-01-18T18:06:47Z")
> [@CelticKnot](#): > > I have fantasized about a bed that rotates like a rotisserie so the sinuses don’t have a chance to get clogged up from gravity. I was just going to come in here and say that I sleep like one of those hotdogs in the 7-11, constantly rotating. ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-sleeping-position/846571/31 "2020-01-18T18:17:49Z")
On either side, semi-fetal. I like a small pillow between my knees to avoid bone-to-bone contact, and wad up the covers between my ankles to prevent bone-to-bone conatct. I also like another pillow to to semi-spoon with; to give my upper arm ( the one that’s not against the bed ) support/sling. Wad up bedding slightly so that my lower ( the arm against the bed ) wrist is slightly elevated. To top it off a pillow over my head with the open end flap tucked between my head and the pillow, with just my nose/mouth exposed. If I was given a bed with just one pillow and minimal ( thin ) bedding: I’m in trouble. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-sleeping-position/846571/32 "2020-01-18T18:25:57Z")
When I lay down for the night, I’m not unlike a corpse in a coffin – on my back, hands over my abdomen. I’ll toss & turn throughout the night but I generally stay on my back. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-sleeping-position/846571/33 "2020-01-18T21:14:01Z")
Least is on my stomach; I never start or wake up there. Favorite to fall asleep if left but usually I wake on my right or back. ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-sleeping-position/846571/34 "2020-01-18T21:31:29Z")
Why isn’t “On a big pile of money, surrounded by many beautiful ladies” listed as an option? ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-sleeping-position/846571/35 "2020-01-18T22:50:58Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > I sleep on my right side at least 90% of the time. I sleep on my left side about another 9% and one or twice a year I fall asleep on my back. > > I would _like_ to sleep on my belly but all my adult life after a half hour or so my lower back begins to ache excruciatingly. I don’t know why…could it be connected to having broken my tailbone at 18? My parents had pictures of me sleeping on my belly when I was little… I had a pic of me sleeping in the [kneeling position](https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=images&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwii5qz4nY7nAhVydt8KHSDbAVYQjRx6BAgBEAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcommunity.whattoexpect.com%2Fforums%2Foctober-2014-babies%2Ftopic%2Fbutt-in-the-air-sleeping-position-1.html&psig=AOvVaw29rIEiLAd5kIy_uoZSELji&ust=1579474160474338) you see little kids doing sometimes. > [@Richard\_Pearse](#): > > I sleep in the recovery position but tending a bit more to my stomach than my side. I also sleep in recovery position - both right and left, precessing through on the stomach. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-sleeping-position/846571/36 "2020-01-18T22:51:45Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I assume most people start the night in a specific position? You may wake up a different way. Count me as another “No, I don’t”. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-sleeping-position/846571/37 "2020-01-18T22:55:54Z")
On a large pile of money surrounded by lots of beautiful ladies.[/Wolfcastle] ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-sleeping-position/846571/38 "2020-01-18T23:10:45Z")
Supine. Unlike some cattle, I can’t sleep well standing up. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-sleeping-position/846571/39 "2020-01-19T00:43:51Z")
Left side, arm around Madame Pepperwinkle. ---
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-sleeping-position/846571/40 "2020-01-19T01:14:03Z")
I have to start off on my right side, but will wake up on either side or on my stomach. Never on my back. Occasionally I roll onto my stomach and pin both my arms and they go numb. Trying to roll back over without use of your arms is fun. And once last year I had a vivid dream about having repeated asthma attacks and gasping for air (I don’t have asthma). I woke up to find I had been sleeping on my stomach with my face directly into the pillow in such a way that it was blocking my nose and mouth and I was sort of suffocating myself. I guess my brain sounded the alarm and woke me up. That was a bit unnerving. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-sleeping-position/846571.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-sleeping-position/846571.md?page=3)