Sleeping...

[Serenitylee]

How is everyone going when it comes to sleeping? Some nights I find it really hard to get comfortable and other nights I get the best sleep ever! I currently sleep with a pillow In between my knees and under my stomach and most of the time I sleep on my sides and occasionally swap to lying on my back, oh and I usually need to stick the feet out the side of the bed But have always done this

[childondaway]

Last Night I had the worst nights sleep ever. My little bundle of joy decided to kick and wriggle about all night. I finally went to sleep at 6am the morning and woke at 10:30am due to a severe cramp in my leg..

I too have been finding it difficult to get a good nights sleep. However, now the baby is getting more active it is alot harder.

[Serenitylee]

You poor thing, I hope you get a better night's sleep tonight!

I find if I stick to being on my sides then I can usually get an ok sleep, but if I stay on my back then the baby tends to kick me all the time, without fail!! So now to get a good sleep I make sure I stay off my back

[sloane]

i'm finding i still need to get up twice a night to go to the toilet (which doesn't help), i'm also finding that if i lie for too long on one side, i start to get sore & need to swap sides. i was having some pain in my pelvis, but since i started sleeping with a pillow between my legs, the pain has gone . i have also found that if my belly is angled too much towards the mattress, i get a bit of a kick

my sleep seems to be much better on weekends when there is no pressure to be up by a certain time. i get up at about 5.45 for work & it's a killer at the moment! but...only 8 more weeks left of work

[Serenitylee]

"i have also found that if my belly is angled too much towards the mattress, i get a bit of a kick "

I get that as well sometimes Sloane! It's like their giving us a boot to stop squishing them

[childondaway]

Thanks Serenity.

I am the same Sarah. I find it more comfortable on my right side, However, baby seems to kick religiously until I move onto my left side. Im not as comfortable on my left though, my ribs and back start to really hurt and I can't seem to get comfortable.

I also woke at lest 2 or 3 times during the night to go to the toilet and get a drink b/c I am always so thirsty.

At least we have a reward at the end of all of this.

[Serenitylee]

I try not to have a drink before I go to bed otherwise I wake up and really need to pee but last night I didn't have a drink and I got up once to go to the toilet and then this morning was busting again! Don't ask me where all those fluids came from

The other night I woke up after sleeping on my left side for a while and had some bad pains as well, just like I had been lying on it for way to long but most of the time I never get this.

At the moment I feel like kicking my partner out of bed and into the spare one because I like changing positions all the time and taking up the whole bed

[childondaway]

Thanks Serenity.

I agree Sarah. I find it more comfortable to sleep on my right side, however, baby kicks religiously until I change to my left.
I also awake 2 or 3 times a night to get a drink and go to the toilet.
I find that sleeping on one side for too long gives me sore ribs and back pain.

At least we have a great reward at the end of all of this.