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Sleepless Nights

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Hi everyone,

Since I lost my daughter Caroline, I sleep terribly. I am no longer waking up every 3 hours to feed her, so in a way I sleep better, but I tend to wake up around 2-3am and not be able to fall back to sleep for a few hours, if at all. Anyone want to commiserate over sleepless nights? Anyone have any tips for sleeping better?
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Re: Sleepless Nights

  • lexusolsenlexusolsen member
    No advice but I am not sleeping well either. Most nights I have a hard time falling asleep or back asleep if I wakened. Sometimes mindless tv helps, but not every time.
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  • dadaloudadalou member
    I had this problem when we first lost Nathaniel. I went weeks on little sleep. I woke up at 2 or 3 every day and would be up for several hours before I would be able to fall back asleep. I felt like a zombie all the time. I talked to my doctor about it and was actually on sleeping pills for a while to help that. After a few weeks I was sleeping 8 hours again every night and feeling much better. My doctor said to take them until I got good sleep for 2 nights in a row and then to not take them for a day and see if I slept ok. It worked for me.
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  • kflynn81kflynn81 member
    I think I have the opposite problem where all I want to do is sleep. I'm most days running out the door 10 minutes late for work because I just could. not. get. out . of . bed. Equally frustrating because I'm so tired all the time even after 12 hours of sleep.
    Me: 33, Endocrine issues & FVL       DH: 32, Nothing 
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    • Clomid, 2 IUI cycles, and 5 IVF cycles = BFN
    • FET #1   August 2013 = BFP!     EDD 5/11/14
    • Jack dx at 19w1d with Dandy Walker on 12/16/13
    • Severe Pre-e /HELLP set in Jack born sleeping at 20w1d on 12/23/13
    • FET #2 --July 2014  BFP!  ---  EDD  4/5/15

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  • aezmommyaezmommy member
    My daughter was stillborn on June 13 and I have so many sleepless ..I am currently taking otc sleeping pills but my doctor said she would perscribe me meds if it didn't get any better
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  • hsabyanhsabyan member
    After I had Georgia, I hardly slept at all... we stayed at the hospital in the Ronald McDonald House for 2.5 weeks and even though I was so close to her (right down the hall), I just couldn't relax or shut my mind off.  My doctor prescribed me sleeping meds, but they didn't help so I stopped taking them.  Since she passed, I have the opposite problem. It's like now that the stress is lifted of not knowing how the next day would go and all of her health problems, all I want to do is sleep.  At least when she was alive, I had more reason to get up in the morning- now I wish I could just stay in bed all day and sleep, because then I wouldn't have to think about how much I miss her. 

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  • aezmommyaezmommy member
    You are in my prayers this is a tough time for all of us but I see happiness and peace through our God although we will not forget the ones we lost
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