Night Owl or Struggling with Insomnia?

ssthomps · January 2018

I figured we could start a post for the night owl’s or ladies struggling with insomnia. This should help us find each other easily and be entertained, while we are up tossing and turning. Spill the beans.

neeraja_k · January 2018

I used to be a serious night owl, I'd go to bed at 3am or so. After getting pregnant I suddenly became a narcoleptic and started going to sleep with my husband at 8 or 9pm and up at 6 or 7.

Although this last week I'm dead tired and going to bed with hubby, or around 10pm, and I bloody lay there...for hours. None of my usual crutches work either. About the only thing that has been working is binge watching Star Trek: TNG...on the couch. I've seen them all so many times it's almost soothing.

Mkrosieo · January 2018

Me. I’m up all hours of the night, which is usually when I check in and catch up on here

derbysquirrel · January 2018

I'm usually up until 12:30 - 1:30am. DH works evenings, and is usually up a bit later than I am. I'm curious how a baby will affect our schedule.

marafox · January 2018

I usually go to bed somewhat early (10pm) but I wake up between 2-3am and toss and turn for atleast 2 hours before falling back asleep. This week I started this app called Expectful, it’s a meditation app geared towards all stages of pregnancy. Two week free trial, anyways so far it’s somehow worked for me... I have had the deepest sleep I’ve ever had in my life. I might sign up for it after my trial is up. Wondering if any of you have heard of this app, or used it and what your thoughts are on it?

calimom2524 · January 2018

I’m either asleep hella early or super late, there is no inbetween. It’s SO annoying. It’s like if I miss my window of 9:30 or so then I’m up until at least 1. Pregnancy is weird.

ssthomps · January 2018

marafox said:

I usually go to bed somewhat early (10pm) but I wake up between 2-3am and toss and turn for atleast 2 hours before falling back asleep. This week I started this app called Expectful, it’s a meditation app geared towards all stages of pregnancy. Two week free trial, anyways so far it’s somehow worked for me... I have had the deepest sleep I’ve ever had in my life. I might sign up for it after my trial is up. Wondering if any of you have heard of this app, or used it and what your thoughts are on it?

Yes this is me. Dead tired at like 9:30 pm but up and restless at 2:30 am. It makes for a hard work day because the sleep wasn’t consistent. That app sound awesome, I will have to check it out.

aj1327 · January 2018

I’ve been passing out at like 9 on the couch, then wake up at 2 and can’t go back to sleep. It’s so annoying!

derbysquirrel · January 2018

It doesn't help that I have to get up and pee at least 3x each night.

ladygali · January 2018

I’ve been doing the same, to bed around 8-9 and then up at 2 am for an hour or more. Then my son is usually up by 6:00. Ugh.

@marafox I’m going to check it that app!! I definitely need to meditate more.

lalala2004 · January 2018

I’m taking unisom for nausea, but as a bonus, I have zero trouble going back to sleep if I wake up MOTN.

calimom2524 · January 2018

derbysquirrel said:

It doesn't help that I have to get up and pee at least 3x each night.

Ugh me too and the bathroom is 21 steps up the stairs. Such a struggle.

derbysquirrel · January 2018

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5020794/uploads/editor/18/husihbguo2z6.jpg

What are you doing at 11 pm?

calimom2524 · January 2018

Haha your night is way more fun than mine

Mkrosieo · January 2018

@calimom2524 yesssss I’m right there with you!

calimom2524 · January 2018

Haha the hockey puck episode is a classic. I’m watching the Barbados episodes, they’re some of my favorites!

Mkrosieo · January 2018

Idk if this is technically the correct place to put this, but here’s what is keeping me up thinking tonight. We haven’t told anyone we are pregnant yet, Monday is our first US once I see everything is okay we will tell people at 12 weeks.

Im literally afraid to tell my best friend we are pregnant. Long story short (TW: she had a late term loss) we where pregnant and due together in June. I didn’t think I would get pregnant this fast tbh. Took awhile TTC with my 7m old. Anyways, she deleted like 20 girls off of fb that where pregnant. She’s understandably angry. Idk how to tell her, and when I do I know she will not be happy for me. Idk it’s just weighing on me. What would you guys do?

derbysquirrel · January 2018

Yikes! I have no idea what I would do. She sounds like she's in a place where she is grieving, and can't stand anyone else celebrating the thing she lost. Sadly, there isn't much you can do =( You can't not tell her, so I suppose you'll have to let her know and let her take whatever time she needs to process and move on. You can't heal her, and you can't really protect her, either.

Mkrosieo · January 2018

@derbysquirrel thank you for replying. I was thinking of writing her a card? Or maybe idk a text or email seems to impersonal. I think, god willing everything is okay, I’m just going to have to rip the band aid off tell her gently and give her space. It’s already a rocky relationship and she doesn’t really ask much about my baby I have now. And I don’t rub it in her face. Like I wait for her to bring up baby. We are pretty private and don’t post a lot on fb so it’s not like it’s a constant reminder. Ugh. Last month she tried to convince me I should go on BC knowing I’m TTC. Idk it’s rough. We have just known each other a really long time. And have a lot of mutual friends.

derbysquirrel · January 2018

Good luck. It sounds rough, but I'm not sure there is much you can do for her. She's got to process this in whatever way she can. A card or note sounds good to me. Then she can have whatever reaction she's going to have in private and not have to discuss it right away.

ssthomps · January 2018

@Mkrosieo that’s a tough call. There is never going to be an easy way to tell her. Just be ok with whatever response she has and know it has nothing to do with you directly. I know when I was on my 3rd year of TTC and struggling, FB was the devil to me. There where tons of people pregnant or having multiple babies and I couldn’t handle it. I actually deleted my entire page and never went back. My friends still harass me to this day to open an account. I am ok with one less social media platform to keep up with. Good Luck.

@derbysquirrel practice makes perfect. My first DD hated baby wearing, so I am hoping this new one is ok with it.

Any who it is going on 3:30 here and I am wonderwing how long it is going to take me to go back to sleep.

delujm0 · January 2018

@mkrosieo a text or email sounds impersonal, but it's probably the best way to break the news. My friends that have had losses have said that it's best to hear that kind of thing when they're in private so that they can have whatever reaction they need to personally, without having to pretend to be happy about it immediately because you are there in person. She's your best friend, she probably just needs time to process it before talking about it with you.

Also, hai, my daughter was also born in June! Were you on the June 17 BMB, I don't remember your SN?

Mkrosieo · January 2018

@delujm0 my due date was 5/27 and she was born 6/6. I wasn’t big on posting Bc I was sooooo afraid of a MC so I lurked hard lol between the May and June boards! This pregnancy I figured I would participate! Also I couldn’t get the hang of the abbreviations and mobile bumping is super rough. I wish it sent you notifications to let you know someone tagged you. (If it does I didn’t figure it out yet lol)

derbysquirrel · January 2018

There is a notification on the website, but not on the app. The app is pretty terrible, actually. I look at it sometimes, but mostly use my laptop.

dirtanddiamonds · January 2018

I hate the app. But we basically have zero internet resources in the sticks. And I hate using my iPhone as a hot spot. So I stick to the damn phone.

_theoilmanswife_ · January 2018

I’ve become literally nocturnal since becoming pregnant. I’ve always been a natural night owl but now I hardly see the light of day. My usual sleep hours are from about 6am-2pm. I do my best to get enough fresh air every day and take D3 supplement as well as my prenatal, and I still get 8-9 hours of sleep on top of occasional naps, so I don’t feel like there’s anything wrong with my weird sleeping schedule. I don’t mind it at all as my OB has approved it and it actually works kind of perfectly because my husband and i both work night shifts. It’s weird but it works for me!

ssthomps · January 2018

_theoilmanswife_ said:

I’ve become literally nocturnal since becoming pregnant. I’ve always been a natural night owl but now I hardly see the light of day. My usual sleep hours are from about 6am-2pm. I do my best to get enough fresh air every day and take D3 supplement as well as my prenatal, and I still get 8-9 hours of sleep on top of occasional naps, so I don’t feel like there’s anything wrong with my weird sleeping schedule. I don’t mind it at all as my OB has approved it and it actually works kind of perfectly because my husband and i both work night shifts. It’s weird but it works for me!

We taking the night shift wil definitely change your sleep schedule. That’s cool you and DH are on the same schedule. My husband used to be on the night shift and we never saw each other. When he was awake I was sleep and when I was awake he was sleep. It sucked. I was up last night, so if you ever want to post we can use this post to chat.

melissaf22 · January 2018

I am like most of you, going to bed around 8-9 then waking up around 1 and being up for a couple of hours then only really shitty thing is that I have to be up at 4 for work

dirtanddiamonds · January 2018

I fall asleep around 1-2 and wake up at 6 to get kiddo 1 and 2 on bus. Then go back to sleep until 9 when tiny one wakes up.

jsnakehole · January 2018

Up instead of sleeping because one of my wisdom teeth definitely has an infection around it and it hurts like hell. Gonna call my dentist first thing in the morning.

derbysquirrel · January 2018

DH and I are looking for a wallpaper or mural to paint on the nursery wall. We want a Hundred Acre Wood picture, but that's owned by Disney, and I don't have the rights to the image. It's been surprisingly difficult to find something similar that we like that is either public domain, or purchasable and has enough resolution to blow up to 8'x 10'

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Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5020794/uploads/editor/uk/j1cubpa2sc6l.jpg

ssthomps · January 2018

Are you guys pretty handy with painting? You have to post a pic if you guys are able to paint it.

dirtanddiamonds · January 2018

Awake!!! Yay for my four year old disturbing my much needed rest. Boo.

jsnakehole · January 2018

Of course, after I finally fell asleep for like an hour one of my cats somehow found a plastic bag and got stuck in, ran through the house in horror, scared the other cat and the dog, and woke me and my husband up.

I foresee barely functioning at work today.

dirtanddiamonds · January 2018

I’m so tired. Shghhjhhjjjjkkkk

derbysquirrel · January 2018

@ssthomps
Not at all! I mean, I painted the walls downstairs a solid color, but I have zero creative ability.

brzvice · January 2018

@jsnakehole omg that happened to one of my cats in the middle of the night and even though it woke me up I laughed so hard. I wasn't pregnant then so it might not have been so funny but I'm loling right now remembering that craziness.

Hoping your H nails his phone interview!

dirtanddiamonds · January 2018

Where’s the night owls at?

SO will be home in 48 hours. I haven’t seen him in THREE WEEKS. I AM SO EXCITED.

derbysquirrel · January 2018

DH just got home, but he only left for work at noon. We love the swing shift, especially the shift differential $$!

Mkrosieo · January 2018

@jsnakehole omg best thing I heard all day thank you for sharing!

@derbysquirrel something I seen on a old episode of trading spaces, they used a school projector and traced the scene onto the wall. Idk it’s something I always wanted to try. Idk where I would even get a projector, maybe the library or something. But I love that idea of having a big mural. Another idea might be paying a college art student. They probably wouldn’t charge as much as a professional.

derbysquirrel · January 2018

I'm going to order a custom wall paper mural. The nice part, other than it being dramatically cheaper than hiring an artist, is that it is removable and reusable. Still expensive, but somewhere around $500-600 rather than $2k+

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