Spooning, a sleeping position that enhances intimacy
What is spooning and how is it done?
Spooning comes from the word spoon which means spoon. Spooning is done by lying curled up with the body against each other's body. By doing this position, you and your partner together like a spoon neatly arranged in a drawer.
When spooning, the person hugging is known as the big spoon, while the person who is hugged is referred to as the little spoon.
Anyone can be the big spoon or the little spoon, regardless of gender, height,, and body size. Often partners will change positions, especially if you do it for a long time, such as while sleeping at night.
Apart from being a sleeping position, the term spooning is also used as a sex position, namely the technique of having sex when penetration is carried out from behind. This is a variant of the doggy style position but is done lying down so it doesn't take much energy to do it.
The spooning sex position facilitates deeper penetration and allows the partner's fingers to explore the clitoris, thereby increasing the chances of orgasm for women.
Benefits of Spooning with a Partner
There are many benefits of sleeping in a spooning position for you and your partner, including:
1. Strengthen emotional bonds
Physical touch with your partner, such as hugging, kissing, and caressing, can increase intimacy and emotional bonding. This is because physical touch can encourage the release of hormones that play a role in fostering feelings of love and affection, such as oxytocin, dopamine, and serotonin.
Oxytocin plays a role in generating empathy and caring for your partner, while the hormones dopamine and serotonin can cause feelings of calm and happiness and improve mood.
2. Make sleep better
The spooning position can also make you and your partner sleep better. This effect is good for overcoming insomnia problems or in people whose sleep quality is disturbed.
3. Relieve stress
When you hug or be hugged by your partner in a spooning position, you will certainly feel happier and calmer. This effect is also effective for reducing stress and overcoming anxiety.
Various studies have also stated that people who regularly hug their partners, including in the spooning position, generally have more stable blood pressure and stronger endurance.
4. Healthy pregnant women and their fetuses
Spooning on the left side is highly recommended for pregnant women. By lying on your left side, the weight of the fetus does not put pressure on the large blood vessels in the abdomen or vena cava. This position is also good for the liver which is located on the right because it is not depressed by the burden of the fetus.
This position makes the work of the heart easier and the blood flow to the uterus and kidneys becomes smoother. Besides, sleeping on your left side can also increase the amount of blood and nutrients to the placenta and fetus.
Spooning can indeed increase intimacy and is good for health. However, if done throughout the night, the neck and arms can feel sore, stiff, or tingling. A sleeping position like this can also make you and your partner feel hot and hot.
To work around this, you can use pillows to support your back, change positions, or sleep in an air-conditioned room. You can also change the spooning sleeping position with other variations that are more comfortable for you and your partner.
If you want to sleep in a spooning position with your partner but have trouble due to neck or back pain and frequent tingling or numbness in your arms, you don't need to force it. There are many other ways that you can do to increase intimacy, for example doing pillow talk .
However, there is no harm in also consulting a doctor to find out the cause of the complaint, because it may not be the cause of the sleeping position.
