Sleep where art thou?

ashvida · January 2016

Hello. I am Ashleevida. I'm 33wks2dys pregnant sleepless ftm. Wondering why I can't sleep at night. Sooooo jealous of hubby's snores. What do I do to get some sleep.

kyraaD · January 2016

there's a lot of reasons why you might not be getting very much sleep at night. i know for me, heartburn, discomfort, & my LO kicking me has made sleep difficult lately.

you can speak with your doctor about what to do to help with sleep. lavender oil on my pillow helps, warm baths, listening to a tv show/movie. if I'm lucky, my SO will rub my back or something to help me relax.

Swillah · January 2016

I've started taking Tylenol pm per my OB's suggestion. I had no problem sleeping with DS but this time around the last month I have had the worst time sleeping and don't even get me started on the pain in my groin when I roll over to get more comfortable

Knottie59802221 · January 2016

I find I can only sleep on my left side, otherwise my stomach gets really upset and my heart burn goes crazy. It all made sense after I saw the below picture on facebook one day! I started taking half a benedryl about a month ago and it has made a huuuuge difference! It doesn't make me feel groggy at all and I wake up rested. Plus, I find going to bed super early is good. I get my best sleep the first half of the night then I wake up almost every hour after midnight.

tJaffe · January 2016

Following, it's been months without a full nights sleep for me. FTM, totally uncomfortable, normally a belly sleeper. Hubby has had to sleep in our guest room for the last month or so because it would just make me upset that he was soundly sleeping and I was wide awake. It's actually made it easier to fall back asleep for me because I'm not getting all sad that I can't sleep. I'm up anywhere between midnight-4am for about an hour on a good night (bad night up for 2-3 hrs) then go back to sleep. Lots of thoughts of the future, making lists, and generally just anxiously staring at my calendar thinking "omg it's never going to be March 28!"

A lot of afternoons I nap from 3-5 though to make up for it.

Katherine8908 · January 2016

I might need to ask my dr about the tylenol pm .. Im so tired before I go to bed but then just end up staring at the ceiling half the night along with peeing and heartburn ..my mind just doesn't shut off

meg_2006 · January 2016

I had terrible hip pain starting in December, so we bought a 3 inch memory foam mattress topper. It's made an impressive difference!

cataleya82 · January 2016

I don't get any sleep either. I don't think I've slept through the night since before I had kids and my oldest is almost 13. But for months I get up every 2 hours like clockwork, go pee and then back to bed. Most of the time I have a hard time falling back asleep though. I figure it's good practice for having a newborn in a month.

ceds07 · January 2016

Definitly hitting the insomnia stage here too. Likely related more to work stress but compounded by uncomfortableness and such.

meg_2006 · January 2016

I woke up last night and couldn't stop thinking about maternity leave. I'm a teacher at a small private school and they still can't find anyone to cover my classes. And then the baby started kicking....

mybigfatgreekfetus · January 2016

tJaffe said:
Following, it's been months without a full nights sleep for me. FTM, totally uncomfortable, normally a belly sleeper. Hubby has had to sleep in our guest room for the last month or so because it would just make me upset that he was soundly sleeping and I was wide awake. It's actually made it easier to fall back asleep for me because I'm not getting all sad that I can't sleep. I'm up anywhere between midnight-4am for about an hour on a good night (bad night up for 2-3 hrs) then go back to sleep. Lots of thoughts of the future, making lists, and generally just anxiously staring at my calendar thinking "omg it's never going to be March 28!"

A lot of afternoons I nap from 3-5 though to make up for it.

Same! But I alternate between "It's never going to be March 28th" and "Oh God, March 28th is coming too soon!". Fun times.

skruhmin · January 2016

Unisom is helping me sleep. And my midwife has ok'd it.

mamaroar · January 2016

My doc was okay with Tylenol PM - I try not to take it all the time but some nights the hip pain is so bad that I just have to take it. Today, she also told me that I can sleep on my back to spare my hips, but that I have to elevate my torso by at least 30 degrees if I sleep on my back. This "slightly sitting up" position is one I often have to resort to during allergy season, so I may give it a try tonight and see how it goes.

cnunes214 · January 2016

Katherine8908 said:

I might need to ask my dr about the tylenol pm .. Im so tired before I go to bed but then just end up staring at the ceiling half the night along with peeing and heartburn ..my mind just doesn't shut off

Ahh, my soul sister lol. I too am up most of the night with heartburn or peeing 1 million times. I also can't stand sleeping on my sides, as my arms get sore and I just get uncomfortable. Sleeping on my back while elevated doesn't help either. You never appreciate how much sleeping on your stomach is so great until you can't haha. I also have a loud, snoring husband. It sucks, but I know in the end it will be worth it! :-)

Katherine8908 · January 2016

I also have a two year old im transitioning back into his own room after a few months of letting him sleep in our room it was nice and easy at the time but he really needs to be in his own room before baby comes. I kind of miss him being in here though

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tJaffe · January 2016

Wide awake because 31 weeks and 3 days........ Brain won't shut off because I have to come up with a plan....

We live 6 hrs from family. DH is offshore commercial fisherman during the day and totally unreachable until back in cell range.

What the F! do I do if I go into labor while he's out at sea and I can't get a hold of him? We have a few "couple friends" the guys are fisherman as well, but the girls are teachers too so they'd have to get subs and leave work if I asked them to go with me...

I just don't know what else to do. Has any one been in this situation or delivered all alone??? I cry about it from time to time.

DH is on paid leave (totally generous of his bff who owns the boat/company to do so) starting March 20 until baby arrives. March 31 is the end of lobster season and he doesn't work offshore after that. He will be working our stone crab boat/business only at that point is I can reach him whenever, but he won't be going anywhere after the 20th. Just super worried our little boy will come sooner than the 20th.

I may have been up for 2 hrs now thinking about this. It's going to be a long day with my first graders tomorrow.

amyid · January 2016

I'm expecting to fall asleep somewhere after 3am tonight

I've been in the hospital so my body clock is a little off but now I'm home I can't seem to sleep, even infront of the tv which usually knocks me out - they gave me benedryl in the hospital and also said Tylenol pm was a good safe option

skruhmin · January 2016

@tJaffe do you have the means to hire a doula? It sounds like in your situation this would be overly ideal since you have so many unknowns.

tJaffe · January 2016

skruhmin said:
@tJaffe do you have the means to hire a doula? It sounds like in your situation this would be overly ideal since you have so many unknowns.

There's only one of the island but she is pretty picky about who she takes, she only takes from a certain doctor I guess and I have a different doctor.

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