The Fetal Position

Before I was pregnant I slept in the left-sided Fetal position, usually waking up in the Soldier position. After reading through many how-to and what-not-to-do books and message boards, the message that OMG DO NOT SLEEP ON YOUR BACK YOU WILL SUFFOCATE YOUR BABY, I have really tried not to. The mister, when waking up in the middle night, will nudge me onto my side, where I have positioned one pillow to my left and one pillow between my legs (to avoid sciatia, apparently). I have quickly discovered that this baby DOES NOT LIKE the left-sided Fetal position, for s/he will start flipflopping, "Hey, mama! The placenta is no longer my pillow but a suffocating mass of life!" For the life of me, I just cannot fall asleep in a right-sided Fetal position, so I am now relegated to sleeping in a right-sided Yearner or Log position. I am still able to sleep at night at this point, so I'm grateful for that. I suppose in a few months I will long for the times I was a Log. When s/he is finally out and about in the world, I'm eating my rare steak and falling asleep as a Freefaller. Take that kiddo!