Articles for tag: Sleeping Positions

Karla News

Choosing the Best Mattress for Back Pain

I am sure you have heard from family members or friends that they were experiencing sleepless nights. Their excuses range from stress from work, relationship and financial problems to medical conditions. In many cases it could be simply the mattress they are sleeping on. Sleeping on the wrong type of mattress not only lead to ...

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Preventing “Flat Head” in Infant Babies

Newborn babies have soft skulls which may become misshapen in a condition called “positional plagiocephaly” or commonly known as “flat head.” When your newborn spends a lot of time sleeping or leaning on one side of her head, the soft, pliable skull bones can begin to mold slightly. The result is a flat spot on ...

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Do You Grind Your Teeth in Your Sleep?

Do you grind your teeth in your sleep? How can you possibly tell? After all, you’re asleep when you’re grinding away on your poor chompers, so unless you’re waking yourself up while doing it how would you know? Actually, there are many tell-tale signs that you may be a teeth grinder without even realizing it ...

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Best and Worst Sleeping Positions for Pregnant Women

My first and second pregnancies ended three weeks and one week early, respectively. Both infants weighed slightly more than 10 pounds 13 ounces. My third pregnancy, a twin pregnancy, ended six weeks early with a combined total birth weight of more than 13 pounds. Carrying big babies should have been the hardest part of pregnancy, ...