After 2 perfect nights of sleep, tonight sucks. I feel achy like I have a fever, but just from my groin out to my feet, it's the strangest thing. I keep waking up, and then DH came to bed and started snoring, so I pushed him over to his side. But now I'm awake and have been for an hour. My carpel tunnel is hurting my hands, so I can't even bump and enjoy it. The torture!!!
I couldn't fall asleep (possibly due to a nap that I took earlier) and then kept waking up because I felt nauseous. Hoping the nausea is not a sign that I have a GI bug or food poisoning from leftovers.
I've been up since my DH got out of bed at 2:30. Had trouble falling asleep to begin with, tried to go to bed at 8, was still awake at 9:30 because my nose keeps being clogged, plus DH has picked up the annoying habit of snoring and cooing in his sleep. woke up every hour and a half to pee, then he got up and woke me up. The floors in our house are squeaky and the shower downstairs that he uses whistles quite loudly, so the floors woke me, and the shower kept me awake. Tonight we are putting the bed back to where it was 3 weeks ago that make less squeaks when walking around it.
**edit, now I'm listening to my 100 lbs 3 year old lab/saint Bernard snoring like a trucker in the room across the hall.
Been awake for about 24 hours now, barring a 30 minute nap and nodding off here and there while holding my newborn (bad momma). The nurse finally took pity on me and offered to take DS3 to the nursery at 4:00 as I've been holding him all night (he's having a problem with spitting up atm if he's laying flat). Problem is, now I can't sleep (sigh), and they'll be back in about an hour so I can breastfeed him.
@H4aPartyof5 I'm sorry I felt your pain with DD2 - when we were in the hospital and evening came, she started crying and freaking out. She didn't stop al night, got a low fever, and they took her to the NICU for 6 hours around noon the next day. DH and I didn't sleep all night trying to get her happy. Turns out she was hangry, my milk hadn't come in. As soon as she had a bottle of formula she was fine and slept for 5 hours. That was the 1 bottle of formula she ever had. But it was a solid 30 hours that we didn't sleep, and it was rough.
I know you aren't supposed to fall asleep with baby on you, but sometimes you just have to join the 'whatever works' camp. I had DD1 sleep on a pillow (the horror!) right next to my body in the hospital bed. I had my arm on her the whole time, and there was no way she was going anywhere because the bed arm and my body were like little walls. But we had a traumatic birth, and I wanted her by me at all times. The nurses were totally fine with it. Good luck I hope you got some sleep by the time you read this!
I'm up because DH was supposed to leave at 4:45 for a flight (work), but he stayed up till 3 am. He changed his flight to 10:00, but didn't tell me when he came to bed. So I'm trying to wake him up at 4:15 and he is all sleepy and confused. I finally managed to get it out of him that he changed his flight. But now I am awake, and needed a bowl of cereal.
It's my first official day of leave, and I'm up at 5 like usual. Can't breathe (wtf congestion!) and my throat hurts because I'm probably sleeping with my mouth open. It's cool, it's not like I wanted to stock up on sleep before the baby comes.
I got up to pee and am having some cramping. I'm pretty sure it's nothing but there's the part of me that wants it to be go time since I'm 39+5! So now I can't get back to sleep.
Hi guys, I woke up around 1 am for no apparent reason. I'm just so uncomfortable, I can't get back to sleep. So I'm on my phone, and it hurts my carpel tunnel because I'm laying down. I just can't win...
I've been up for good since 4:30. My stomach is hurting a lot and I can't lay down (sides or propped way up on pillows). I've been pooing for almost a half hour though so hopefully that helps... sorry, TMI.
This is night 3 in a row that I just cannot sleep. I "napped" from 10-11:30 and that's the most sleep I've gotten yet.
I was talking to my mom and she said that she didn't sleep the days leading up to popping my brother and I out. Maybe I'm just wishfully thinking she'll come out before Friday. Maybe if I have to be induced it'll be quick since she's been prepping for the past few days! Maybe I'm too exhausted to make sense.
DS is home with me tomorrow. Wish me luck!
Also, I've never been so uncomfortable in my life.
@MissLeighAndBabyG I am right there with you on the uncomfortable scale. The hard part is that I feel like when people ask how I am doing, they expect me to be all chipper and perfect. When I am honest, (I'm swollen, tired, and in pain) - I've had some remarks like I'm not grateful enough to be having this child. Of course I'm grateful, it took us 2 years of TTC with over 30 rounds of disappointment. Tons of humiliating and painful tests at the fertility doctor, and entire life plan changes. But I am in pain, for goodness sakes! Am I not allowed to be honest? Sorry, rant over.
I am awake, it's 12:30. I tend to sleep for 2 or 3 hours, wake for 2-3 hours, and sleep again for 2-3 hours. It's not a pattern that I'm enjoying. I've got 1 week until my RCS, and it's looming over me a bit. I am so excited to not be pregnant, but know that I'll miss it especially because it's our last baby. I don't want to go through the RCS surgery or recovery, I'm so looking forward to holding my little guy though. I guess birthing a child is difficult no matter how it comes out.
I'm up at 4 am again. This is like the 4th night in a row. So over it.
@yellingbanana - as someone with a previous loss I feel like those sentiments are super common on the loss boards, where people get frustrated that pregnant women are complaining and not grateful. While I understand that it's coming from a place of pain and sadness, personally I don't see why you can't both be grateful and uncomfortable? I mean I love my family beyond belief and am super grateful for my job but still complain about both at times...
DD only woke up 4 times last night. and my 10yo 70 pound dog somehow once again got herself under my pillow so I had to move down a few feet on the bed to get any sleep. this dog is why cosleeping can never work at my house.
@yellingbanana I got similar comments whenever I was super honest with other people about the HG I dealt with while pregnant. Never on this board, but still. We had a very public previous loss, so to be told I wasn't grateful for this pregnancy was so painful to hear. Of course I love my son and I am so blessed to have him and for him to be healthy, but for some people, pregnancy sucks, especially right here at the very end. That's just a hard fact, it has nothing to do with how you feel about your baby or whether you're grateful or not.
Been up for an hour as the enormity of it all is finally hitting me. Yeah I've been aware of what a big change this is going to be, but tonight it's really hitting me hard. I've been working from home this week and it finally sunk in that this isn't just a typical Christmas vacation coming up - I'm not going to see my coworkers for months and when I go back I'm kinda going to be a different person. Time for me to go have a snack and not think about things for a bit.
My sleep clock is officially off. I seem to get my best sleep for a couple hours after 7am. Good thing I'm on leave.
My my hips hurt so effing bad I think I'm a little sleep-averse - the pain gets so bad at night that I'm waking up every hour to turn over to give the other hip a rest. Tonight I'm going to try sleeping sitting up and give both my hips a good 24 hours of rest. But here I am at nearly 2am, afraid to start my sleep cycle. The only thing that gets me in bed is the thought of going into a long labor after a deliberately sleepless night and how awful that would be, so I'm forcing myself to sleep in pain. Desperate times, you guys.
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**edit, now I'm listening to my 100 lbs 3 year old lab/saint Bernard snoring like a trucker in the room across the hall.
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I know you aren't supposed to fall asleep with baby on you, but sometimes you just have to join the 'whatever works' camp. I had DD1 sleep on a pillow (the horror!) right next to my body in the hospital bed. I had my arm on her the whole time, and there was no way she was going anywhere because the bed arm and my body were like little walls. But we had a traumatic birth, and I wanted her by me at all times. The nurses were totally fine with it. Good luck
I'm up because DH was supposed to leave at 4:45 for a flight (work), but he stayed up till 3 am. He changed his flight to 10:00, but didn't tell me when he came to bed. So I'm trying to wake him up at 4:15 and he is all sleepy and confused. I finally managed to get it out of him that he changed his flight. But now I am awake, and needed a bowl of cereal.
Night before we were at the ER from 10-2am with her and she still woke up at 6am. my goodness.
I was talking to my mom and she said that she didn't sleep the days leading up to popping my brother and I out. Maybe I'm just wishfully thinking she'll come out before Friday. Maybe if I have to be induced it'll be quick since she's been prepping for the past few days! Maybe I'm too exhausted to make sense.
DS is home with me tomorrow. Wish me luck!
Also, I've never been so uncomfortable in my life.
Sorry, rant over.
I am awake, it's 12:30. I tend to sleep for 2 or 3 hours, wake for 2-3 hours, and sleep again for 2-3 hours. It's not a pattern that I'm enjoying. I've got 1 week until my RCS, and it's looming over me a bit. I am so excited to not be pregnant, but know that I'll miss it especially because it's our last baby. I don't want to go through the RCS surgery or recovery, I'm so looking forward to holding my little guy though. I guess birthing a child is difficult no matter how it comes out.
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@yellingbanana - as someone with a previous loss I feel like those sentiments are super common on the loss boards, where people get frustrated that pregnant women are complaining and not grateful. While I understand that it's coming from a place of pain and sadness, personally I don't see why you can't both be grateful and uncomfortable? I mean I love my family beyond belief and am super grateful for my job but still complain about both at times...
Time for me to go have a snack and not think about things for a bit.
My my hips hurt so effing bad I think I'm a little sleep-averse - the pain gets so bad at night that I'm waking up every hour to turn over to give the other hip a rest. Tonight I'm going to try sleeping sitting up and give both my hips a good 24 hours of rest. But here I am at nearly 2am, afraid to start my sleep cycle. The only thing that gets me in bed is the thought of going into a long labor after a deliberately sleepless night and how awful that would be, so I'm forcing myself to sleep in pain. Desperate times, you guys.