Have you noticed your sleep quality has gotten worse as of late? It’s never easy to run on little sleep, especially if you have a hectic schedule. However, if you work a full-time job or act as a full-time parent and homemaker—or both—sleep keeps your hormones, mood, and productivity levels balanced.

Having the proper bedding can help adjust to your sleep preferences and make for better sleep. Read on to learn about sleeping positions and factors that impact sleep quality, so you can understand how to choose the right bedding for your sleep preferences.

Types of Sleeping Positions

Not everyone sleeps the same. Everyone’s preferred sleeping position can make falling asleep and staying asleep easier for them, so they can wake up feeling refreshed and ready for the day. But what are the most common sleeping positions?

Side Sleepers

Sleeping on your side can provide more comfort for those who snore at night or live with sleep apnea. Furthermore, left-side sleeping often helps improve digestive function. For example, if you sleep on your right side, you have a higher chance of getting acid reflux or other digestive ailments. However, sleeping on your left side can keep your stomach below your esophagus and prevent stomach acid from rising.

If you sleep on your side—preferably your left side—during pregnancy, it can help promote fetal and maternal health. This sleeping position will help reduce heartburn while promoting blood flow and reducing pressure on the uterus. Lastly, side sleeping can promote spinal alignment and relieve lower back pain.

Back Sleepers

Back sleeping can offer many benefits for all ages. First, because your face isn’t touching your pillows and blankets, you’ll have a lesser chance of experiencing acne breakouts, irritation, and facial creasing. Pediatricians also recommend putting infants on their backs at bedtime to reduce sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Furthermore, if you live with back and neck pain, sleeping on your back can help relieve discomfort and help relax the body.

However, sleeping on your back can increase breathing problems and cause airway obstruction if you live with obstructive sleep apnea. Therefore, practice caution and consider any health ailments you might have when sleeping on your back.

Stomach Sleepers

While stomach sleeping is the least common, it has some benefits. For instance, it can reduce the chance of snoring and help alleviate sleep apnea by opening airways. However, without proper positioning and support, it can impact spine alignment and stress your neck or lower back.

Because of this, having a supportive mattress and pillows to help keep your spine aligned and support your body to prevent aches and pains is crucial. Placing a pillow under your hips and sleeping on a flatter pillow can help reduce neck pain and provide a more natural position to support your spine while stomach sleeping.

Factors Impacting Sleep Quality

Now you know the main sleeping positions and have probably identified which one you use. However, getting the best quality sleep depends on more than your preferred sleeping position.

For instance, suppose you enjoy sleeping in cooler temperatures with many thick blankets while running a ceiling fan for a nice breeze and added white noise. Or maybe you must sleep in total darkness with blackout curtains and electronics’ lights covered.

Essentially, every person has different preferences and needs when it comes to sleeping, and ignoring these factors can make sleeping more difficult. Some of the most common and important factors to consider for sleep quality are temperature, allergens, skin sensitivity, stress, anxiety, and restlessness.

Fortunately, your bedding can help accommodate whatever your sleeping preferences and needs are for these factors.

Choosing the Right Bedding

The quality of your bedding should support your needs and help keep you comfortable throughout the night. Here are tips on choosing the right bedding for your sleep preferences.

Temperature Control

Do you wake up in the middle of the night in a puddle of sweat? What about shivering down to the bone? If your bedding doesn’t have proper ventilation and insulation, you may need to explore other options. Choose a bedding that stays breathable through every season of the year and extreme temperatures.

Your bedding must have properly woven fibers that allow for breathability, which lets excess heat out and allows cool air to flow throughout the bed. Bamboo bedding offers temperature-regulating and moisture-wicking properties, so you always feel cool without tossing and turning.

Hypoallergenic Properties

Dust, debris, pet dander, and other allergens can cause sneezing fits and interrupt sleep. The last thing you want during the night is to wake up feeling congested and unable to breathe. Therefore, your bedding should provide hypoallergenic properties so that you can sleep more comfortably.

Bamboo viscose bedding offers hypoallergenic properties which naturally propel dust, dander, and other allergens away from its fibers. This will let you breathe and sleep more easily without sneezing and congestion.

Color and Texture

Does your bed feel inviting and warm when you walk into your room? If not, consider switching out your bedding color and texture to improve the overall feel of your bedroom. If you have a bright, natural bedroom, switching to bright, fresh colors can make your bed feel cleaner and more pristine. If your bedroom has more earthy tones, colors such as navy blue, forest green, charcoal gray, brown, and black can make your bedroom feel quiet and peaceful.

Texture also matters when it comes to your bedding, as you want it to feel soft and silky against your skin. Your bedding shouldn’t feel scratchy or create friction against the skin, which can also create frizzy hair and dried-out skin. Bamboo viscose feels softer after each wash, protecting your skin from irritation and dryness.

Antibacterial Properties

Have you noticed your skin breaking out frequently or developing clogged pores? That might be because your bedding isn’t as clean as you think it is. Bedding materials like cotton have highly porous fibers that stick and cling to all sorts of bacteria, moisture, and oils that can irritate the skin. When your skin contacts these contaminated fibers throughout the night, you’ll probably experience more breakouts and bodily odors.

Instead, bamboo viscose bedding offers natural antibacterial properties that prevent skin irritation and ailments. Bamboo viscose is also gentle on sensitive skin, especially with eczema, rosacea, and other skin conditions. Moreover, bamboo bedding becomes stronger after each wash, so you can depend on it for longer than cotton bedding.

Do you want to refresh your bedroom space and up your sleep quality? At Bamboo Is Better, we offer bamboo viscose bedding for every bed size available. With hypoallergenic, moisture-wicking, and temperature-regulating properties, our bamboo sheets for full bed sizes keep you comfortable and supported throughout the night. If you want to know more about our bamboo bedding and pillows, get in touch with us today for more information!