How often do you allow yourself....

labbie1821

to take a nap?

I know being tired in 1st tri is normal, so how often did you give in to the urge to nap? Did you try to fight it and stay awake?

ceramsey

I nap every day. I feel awful if I don't nap and I can't sleep as late the next morning (b/c I'm so exhausted I don't get up to use the bathroom early enough in the morning, so I wake up at 6'ish and can't go back to sleep. Does that make sense?)

CareBear2005

UGH!! I WISH I could nap. It's ridiculous, I've never been able to. Even as a little girl in preschool at naptime I would just lay there on my mat and never sleep.

Today I would LOVE to nap, because I got a whopping 2 hrs. of sleep last night, but I know it's not even worth trying. And I'm right there with you waking up early and not being able to get back to sleep! All weekend I was up by 5:30-6:00! It sucks!

ValerianOddity

I napped daily, but at the time, I was getting up every day at 4am for work, so by 2pm when I got home, I could barely drag myself into the house.  We live in a 3rd floor apartment, and there were days when I seriously considered crawling up all those stairs, I was so exhausted.

My advice?  Sleep when you can, now... because when you get to the end, you'll be so uncomfortable it's hard to sleep at all.

gallerygirl

Every day.... I probably nap longer than I should. I read 30 minutes is best to not disturb your sleep at night. Nighty night!

ibis

I nap if I feel the need and have the time... I don't love waking up just before dinner because then I need to rally and cook something, but it's better than not napping at all! 

Anna&Matt

I'm planning on napping when/if I really need it. Yesterday I napped 3 times (and that was all before my BFP this morning). Since I work during the week I probably won't be napping very much except for weekends.

mrscsanders

I just got some of my energy back last week.  But before that, I was taking 1 to 2 hour naps every day when I got home from work and going to bed as early as possible!  Now, I used to take naps daily before I was pg, so that could have something to do with it.  The last week or so, I haven't been nearly as tired and haven't been napping.  But if I get tired like I was in the beginning, I will definitely give it to napping again. 

mh2t

Hey - CONGRATS!!  I also paged you up top

I didn't nap much in 1st tri, mostly because I didn't really have time.  I would get home from work around 5:30, would eat dinner, try not to fall asleep in front of the TV, and would be in bed by 8:30 at the LATEST (often lights would be out by 7:30).  I tried to get at least 10 hours of sleep per night.  On the weekends I would occasionally take a two-hour nap.  But I see no reason to restrict your naps.  There is a reason you are exhausted, and you need the sleep!

MrsPatterson

I wasn't on much this weekend so I didn't get to say congrats! ?I'm so excited for you.

As for napping, if you have the opportunity to nap, DO IT! ?Don't resist it. ?Most of my 1st tri, I would go out to my car and nap on my lunch breaks. ?They went a long way to helping me feel like I could actually get some work done. ??

BeckyS1211

Hey girl : )

I nap when I can't keep my eyes open anymore.  So far I haven't taken too many, but in the last week I took 3!  I can't wait to not be so tired!

yellowcar

Whenever I needed it.  When I was in my early weeks, I often came home at 4:30 and was napping by 5:30.  DH was wonderful in just letting me go (which must have stunk--we were moving at the time and someone had to pack) and I did not try to fight it.  Your body is telling you something, you have to listen to it!  Congratulations!

loregopar

I've been napping every day, about 1-1.5 hours. Our puppies wake us up at 5 am, so by noon I'm ready for it!

Danielleee

Hi girl!  So far I've been taking afternoon naps on weekends, but I don't nap during the week because I don't get home until 5pm anyway, and I'm trying to spend as much time with DH as I can before the fall semester starts again.