Husband hits me in his sleep in my 1st trimester??

Anyone experienced your husband hitting you/elbowing you in his sleep? It's been quite frequent on my lower back/just my back. He was asleep though when i reacted & said ouch, he just woke up and said sorry, change his position & went back to sleep. I understand he was asleep but it was so freaking painful it lasted for a few minutes that tears came out because of pain. I'm getting annoyed and afraid it might affect my baby? I'm still in my first trimester and it's my first pregnancy!

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The reason why they accidentally hit or punch is because they've entered deep sleep and the brain sort of shut down thus doing weird things to the muscle. I personally experienced this multiple times and I'm in 3rd Trimester now. I 100% agree to the mums that suggest using bloster or pregnancy pillow to create a space between you and your husband. If possible, you sleep facing them with the bolster / pregnancy pillow in the middle so you can sort of shove them back when they get too close. I will always push my husband away when he crosses the pregnancy pillow boundary.

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