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5 weeks and insomnia

cgruendercgruender member
in June 2014 Moms
I've been dealing with insomnia for over a year now and have relied on meds a lot of times to help me get to sleep. Now that I'm 5 weeks pregnant I haven't taken anything to sleep but I'm having a really hard time falling and staying asleep. I took Benadryl for the first time last night. I'm really opposed to medication during pregnancy but I need something for sleep. Everything I read online says Benadryl is safe for pregnancy. Any thoughts? Ideas? Thank you
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Re: 5 weeks and insomnia

  • KingLEDKingLED member
    Since I was a baby I've had insomnia.  I've had sleep specialists tell me to take benadryl I don't even know how many times.  My current OB told me to take benadryl if I need it to sleep, but he set a lower limit than what I normally used.  I don't have a job, so I almost never take it, but if I got more than 3 days without sleep I will take it.
    Son: Jackson, 11/02/06, stillborn due to PPROM and IUGR. Over the next ten years we had 9 miscarriages from 8-14 weeks. On May 18, 2016 my daughter, Ridley, was born. We're OADNBC.
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  • msteacher83msteacher83 member
    Mine has been terrible. It's usually due to anxiety, so there's not much I can do. I'm thinking of trying unisom. 
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  • KingLEDKingLED member
    msteacher83 said:
    Mine has been terrible. It's usually due to anxiety, so there's not much I can do. I'm thinking of trying unisom. 
    Unisom is (at least the versions I've seen) diphenhydramine.  Benadryl is diphenhydramine except like half the price. 
    Son: Jackson, 11/02/06, stillborn due to PPROM and IUGR. Over the next ten years we had 9 miscarriages from 8-14 weeks. On May 18, 2016 my daughter, Ridley, was born. We're OADNBC.
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