Why My Pregnant Self Is Awake Right Now

brie_and_almonds

I have no clue why I'm awake right now, but I'm sure being on my phone isn't helping. I laid awake for a whole hour before I gave in and came to check out what's up on the bump. Pretty ridiculous that I've been tired all day, and now here I am at 3AM and I can't sleep for anything. Pregnancy is evil.

imrachellea

@eatinwatermelonseeds So this is a few days after you said it, but get a king size bed. You will *never* regret it. My parents bought us one when we moved in August and it is amazing. DH and I used to fight each other all night long, and we're fall asleep to each other claiming we were on each other's side of the bed. But I don't notice him *at all* during the night! I can spread out and it's just the best ever. Now, we don't have a dog or child that sleeps in bed with us, but I've actually considered looking into cosleepers for this LO since there space and it makes BFing so much easier.

Despite not being up from DH and I tossing and turning, I'm up 8-10x/night to pee 😑

eatinwatermelonseeds

@imrachellea it's definitely on our list. We need it. I am SO uncomfortable. My husband is 6' 250lbs, my son is almost 5. My dog is little, but she sleeps against me AT ALL TIMES. My son migrates toward me as well. I am honestly imagining still sleeping on the edge of the bed in a king size 😂 but we need it. 

psychobutthead

@eatinwatermelonseeds we have a king.  I can never go back to a smaller bed.  Ds still sleeps with us. No way I could handle it in a smaller bed.  Totally upgrade!

marshmallowmadness

99% sure I commented on this last week while working a nursing overnight shift lol 

minnemiska

H knocked over our pedestal fan on his way to bed. I was dead asleep but since that noise I’ve been wide awake. Finally had to stumble downstairs for a snack. My whole body is sore from playing soccer all day. Possibly a terrible idea except likely the last time until next summer so I just had to!

mrskoz428

I am sharing the bottom 50% my pregnancy pillow with my 55 pound dog. I have nowhere for my legs to go. 😭

kvh22

Last night DD was up for an hour and a half with teething pain. She kept falling asleep in my arms and then waking up and crying when I put her down in her crib. She'd had tylenol but it just wasn't cutting it. I've never done this before but DH is traveling so I got rid of all the blankets and pillows and had her sleep in our bed. She usually sleeps through the night or just needs a quick backrub for one short wakeup so this threw me. I'm just. so. tired. She's been waking up at 5:15 since DH left except the one day I needed her to sleep so I could get ready and I got up at 5:30 to shower that day.

ibanezstarburst

@kvh22 that sounds awful. I hope you've had some better nights since then. It's awful when they are teething and theres literally nothing you can do. How old is she? Is she working on molars maybe?? I've heard those suckers are awful.

I'm awake tonight because DH is "too sick to sleep" (man cold) so naturally I shouldn't be allowed to sleep either right? Makes sense 🙄 I'm ready to throat punch him. 

psychobutthead

I'm awake because I'm hangggrrryyy and can't really eat anything due to the test tomorrow.

mrskoz428

Got up to pee. Now, the weight of my uterus/organs is giving my an upset stomach and I can’t get comfortable. I just need SLEEP! 

ibanezstarburst

@psychobutthead that really sucks! I hope you get to eat something delicious after your test!

@mrskoz428 I feel you on the cant get comfy thing. My snoogle isn't even helping tonight

eatinwatermelonseeds

I don't know why I'm awake but I'm super tired. It's strange. Yesterday I took a 2.5 hour nap and then passed out at 9pm. Today I didn't nap and here it is 11pm and I can't sleep 😩

expandcontract

@psychobutthead I feel your pain, dear! Can you have any protein ?

chloe97

I’m awake at 4:15 because I went to bed last night at 7:30 because I was exhausted. I can’t complain about 8.5 hours of sleep, but I feel like I need more.

kvh22

@ibanezstarburst She's 14 months. She's super behind on teeth so only has 6 right now (the top 4 JUST came in). I figured out after that that she is in a mental leap from wonder weeks. The next night she actually did okay. Woke up once but settled herself without me getting up. DH is home now so it's much better!!

minnemiska

My husband farted in his sleep and the smell...halp 🤢

bgdwg

Been up since 3:30am for no particular reason. Tried everything- changing positions, prayer/meditation, more blankets, less blankets...Got hungry and had my bedside snack (nuts). Still no luck. Finally trooped downstairs to eat at 4:30am. On my phone now....ugh why?! I have a 10 hr shift today. 🙄

DuchessOfCambridge

First I had to pee and then my stomach hurt so I thought I had to go to the bathroom, which was unsuccessful so now I’m all WTF do you want from me, body. 

mrskoz428

Well, technically it’s time to get ready for work but I slep awful last night thanks to having to share my pregnancy pillow with my 55 pound hound dog all night. Girl, you had your puppies already! Let mommy enjoy the pregnancy pillow now!

expandcontract

My daughter woke up for her middle of the night comfort hug. Since i am not allowed to pick her up now, i had to wake up my husband to do it.  He is the most annoying person to have to wake up. He argues and gets mad in his sleep and of course he did that now. So now Im wide awake after having to try to get him to calm down and just do as I say so he doesn't get DD too excited and REALLY wake up.  #manbaby
I only have 1.5 hours left to sleep.  😑

eatinwatermelonseeds

@expandcontract my husband is EXACTLY like that. I freaking hate it. And then I don't know if he genuinely doesn't remember or if he's pretending not to, but that's equally annoying because I can't even really be mad at him like I want to. 

expandcontract

@eatinwatermelonseeds Thankfully my husband remembers so he apologized in the morning.  
I, on the other hand, have been know to have conversations in my sleep and not remember any of it the next morning.  My sister and i used to get into a lot of gifts because her stupid ass would wake me up in the MOTN to tell me to do something and would have no recollection of it the next day.  That was her fault for waking me up. Who does that?! Write me a note like a normal person,  dweeb. 

mamajojo1981

If I wake up to go to the bathroom, even if for just 20 seconds, it takes me over an hour to fall back asleep - and my mind RACES about the most random things from the moment I wake up until I can fall back asleep. Not sure if dreams are triggering it but I never had that issue until I became pregnant - so weird!

mrskoz428

You are now chatting with Sandy, the star of my school’s production of Grease, gesturing only the staff. 😂🤷🏽‍♀️ Can’t get “Hopelessly Devoted” out of my head. Strange, strange dream...not sure when I’ll fall back asleep after that one.

ETA: Bow my dog’s obnoxious snoring is keeping me awake. Thank god I work a half day today!

mrskoz428

Apparently, this board is my new friend. I’ve been waking up around 1:00 am consistently for a while now. My body must be already preparing myself for midnight feedings, at least that’s my hope. I need sleep... 😴

k2k2tog

So, DD2 has started sleeping through the night the past couple nights. Woohoo! But I still wake up at 3am. Poor DH, who is the one who actually gets up and goes to her in the middle of the night, woke up at 3am last night and couldn't get back to sleep for over an hour.

But um. YAY for a sleeping toddler!

kvh22

@k2k2tog yes, yay!!! DH gets up with DD as well but he can fall back asleep in 5 minutes. I get so mad at him. @mrskoz428 I don't mean to be a debbie downer but no one told me sleep sucked during pregnancy. My DD isn't a great sleeper right now (going through a mental leap) but was weirdly good as an infant so I started sleeping more 3 weeks postpartum than I did while pregnant...until the 4 month sleep regression.

mrskoz428

@kvh22 yep, sleep sucks pregnant. No one warned me. No. Fun.

expandcontract

Restless legsssss!!! Ugh, i want husband to sit on them or something.  But he's already snoring away.  @nopegoat got any new animal pictures for me to occupy myself with? Please and thank you!

knarlytaurus

@expandcontract maybe check to see if you can try magnesium for the restless legs. I started taking 1000mg a day for it about 1 year ago and it's worked great for me. I've heard that magnesium can be one element that gets depleted during pregnancy, so taking a supplement may help. 

mrskoz428

My stomach hates me for the quesadillas I had for dinner. I was so hungry that I scarfed two down in about 5 minutes and now I feel completely miserable. 🤢

k2k2tog

Hello. I’m here to cough all over this thread. 

  

expandcontract

@k2k2tog Awwww! What has your doctor said? Did you get the flu shot yet?

Im awake because restless legs, post nasal drip,  peeing a lot, and anxiety for tomorrow's MFM appointment. 

eatinwatermelonseeds

I'm awake because my kid has eczema and won't stop scratching. 😩 I tried putting lotion on him and then going to his room and sleeping there by myself but I could hear him breathing heavily in my room and was so paranoid he was going to come in and scratch it up in there, that I just came back and I'm waiting him out. He has lotion, there's nothing else I can really do for him. 😭

DuchessOfCambridge

@kvh22 yes to the sleep during pregnancy. I'm doing mostly okay right now but by third tri it was impossible with having to pee all the time and then starting to get contractions and taking showers at 3 am to figure out if they were real. I was for sure sleep deprived when DS was a newborn but the little bit I did get was good, deep sleep.

k2k2tog

@expandcontract I haven't talked to my doctor about this. I know it's going around, I just need to ride it out. I decided to take a sick day today since it actually kept me awake yesterday (I slept on the couch so DH could sleep!). No flu shot yet, but I do really need to get it. They've only been available in pharmacies here for about a week, maaaaybe two. I just haven't had a chance yet.

kvh22

@DuchessOfCambridge slightly off topic from the thread but tell me about taking showers to tell if the contractions were real. I had light BH but only while walking. Literally would stop when I stopped moving instantly so I'm intrigued as I feel like that won't be the case this time.

DuchessOfCambridge

@kvh22 I would get woken up in the MOTN with BH and they weren't easy to time. I'd been told a bunch of times if that happens then go take a warm shower or bath and if it stops, it isn't real. So I did that multiple times at like, 3 am I was like, well if it's the real deal then I'll be super clean to start. When I went into real labor I took a shower again, they didn't stop, I cleaned my apartment and was able to ignore them while I did that, and then when I settled down to watch TV I was like OH DANG IT'S HAPPENING. But like, way less dramatic. H was out with friends so I told him and he was like should I come home?!?! I said nah and watched more TV for two hours and then was like okay, maybe come home now.

kvh22

@DuchessOfCambridge thank you, that's great to know! I'd heard a shower can help contractions not feel so intense which was absolutely ineffective for me. I also thought, well at least I'll be clean (and I'm glad my hair was I guess) but then my water broke at home which is MESSY! Luckily we had puppy pee pads for postpartum messiness so we brought those for the car.