Okay I'm a first timer so obviously I'm talking outta my @ss but this is getting ridonkulous! I am effing exhausted but am wide awake and I have no better way to describe it. When I do manage to sleep I snore something terrible so I wake up feeling like the dragon lady, but even that is only 5-15 minute intervals. DH doesn't understand why I don't, "Just go to sleep," but hello, I'd love to. Sigh. I knew I could commiserate with you all. I don't mind the rest of the pregnancy stuff as I've had it really easy, but this sleep deprivation thing is making mommy a little cranky-nope scratch that, a little psychotic.
Tell me that it's just the last month of pregnancy and that once LO is born and hormones calm down that at least I can sleep when he sleeps...please?
Re: Sleep has to be easier with a newborn!
Bwaahahahahahahaha!!!
This! You'll have no problem sleeping because you won't get to for extended periods of time.
::gigglesnort::
I much prefer non-sleeping with a newborn than non-sleeping pg! You're not uncomfortable anymore, your bladder can hold stuff again and the best part is the baby is there with you now. Plus, I found a remarkable amount of adrenaline those first few weeks keeping me awake during the day. But it is easier to get to sleep when you do catch those precious hours. Also, I remember the first time I got a 5 hour in a row stretch of sleep...not counting my sore, overflowing boobs, I felt like I had slept for an eternity! So I say, yes, sleep is easier with a newborn as wacky as it sounds.
Now, I'm just wondering how to sleep when a newborn is napping when my 2-year-old is up and running amok. Sigh.
Or a gigantic beanbag. I sleep SO much better since I got mine about a month ago. I manage to sleep on my side without hip or shoulder pain, thanks to being "cradled," so I can lean backwards into it, if you know what I mean.