"Anything that adds a string to a woman's bow during pregnancy is welcomed..."
New research shows that the risk of stillbirth is doubled if women go to sleep on their backs in the third trimester. The Midlands and North of England Stillbirth Study is the largest study of maternal sleep position and risk of stillbirth ever undertaken. The findings reveal that if all pregnant women in the UK went to sleep on their side in the third trimester, there would be a 3.7% decrease in stillbirth, saving around 130 babies鈥� lives a year in the UK, and up to 100,000 babies a year across the world.
Dr Tomasina Stacey, midwife and lecturer in maternal care at the University of Leeds, and Grace Detoeuf, whose first child was stillborn at 35 weeks and now helps support bereaved parents, join Emma to discuss the research.
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