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Hi,
As you can see I am up, I have been in bed tossing and turning and was tired when I went to bed at 11.30 but I am now wide awake and restless. I dont like this symptom of preg. the nights just drag and I know I am in that stage cause it has been like this all week and I only have 6 weeks left. I also have ILS (irritable Leg Syndrom) which does not help.
Sorry for the winge, just had to talk my mind and also to see if I had company.
Hi........I'm new to this site (but on another one).
I have been waking up every night and it is driving me insane. I went to bed around 8.30pm last night and have been up every hour since. Then finally at 12.45am I was up with no chance of going back to sleep. Combine this with a cold that I have had for 2 weeks and it is horrible. This is definately one sympton of pregnancy I don't enjoy.
I am 32 weeks and due to be induced at 38 weeks.
Do you suffer from leg and hip pains also??? Makes walking and getting up out of lounge chairs, etc very painful and difficult.
Shell
Me. I'm awake! Again. Heartburn for me though. Should have taken something before going to bed. The other night it was really cold feet that woke me at 3am. Got up and wore slippers until they warmed up again then went back to bed after putting on socks. Sigh.
Hope you're back in bed and sleeping, Rose! :hug:
Sinders, hugs for you too. Hip pain is awful!
Got to hate heartburn. I've been lucky and haven't had it for a few weeks. Now I just get kicks in the ribs.
It is amazing how much our body takes!!! Plus I have had to start wearing breast pads constantly as the boobs leak all the time.
Shell
:rolleyes: Me!!! Lately ive only been getting a few hrs sleep of a night and then DD wakes me at 6 cause she wants up to watch Dora.
I hung around on pc till 1am then went back to bed. I tossed and turned till 1.30 then woke again at 3.30 and 6.30.
I knew there would be others out there. Sinders ~ do you have a date for induction? What baby # is this? Most of my hip pain is if I lay on one side for too long. I also get a lot of H/burn. Had lasagnia last night and the mince repeated on me.
Kbowman, Heart burn isn't the best feeling, especially since you are not even in third tri. yet. Hope things settle and you get more sleep in the coming weeks before it really kicks in (non sleep that is)
Zee, you are just ahead of me by a few days.
So what do you all do, if you can't sleep and the rest of the house needs to sleep? I have just started to come on here to change the scenery for 30min. Long enough for dh not too miss me.
I don't sleep well either, the night before last I was on here at 5am, this morning I decided to just get up and sit outside for a bit then have breaky and sleep on the couch till 8 where I got back into
bed.
I get hip pain quite badly on cold nights, but I always have, it's just worse because if I sleep with socks on (which I have done all my life) then I get too hot and kick all the blankets off.....
Heartburn I can be guaranteed that every second night I will get up between 1and 2am for mylanta!!!
Other then that I have a snoring DP to deal with and just restlessness. I have tried not to let it frustrate me because I figure Ill be up at all hours in a weeks time but some nights just get the best of me.......
Try a Lavendar Pillow for restlessness and sleeplessness!!
I haven't had a good nights sleep in 6 years!
I've had some trouble with sleeping lately due to being uncomfy in bed but recently found a solution. Whenever it gets to the point that I think "I'm never going to get to sleep (or back to sleep)" I get some skin on skin contact with my DF. Any part of the body seems to work for me. I snuggle up and off I go. I even managed to get back to sleep doing this last night after watching the soccer with him in the middle of the night. It might sound silly but it's worth a try.
satya: Thats a VERY good point. Even though my DP snores I cannot get to sleep if he isn't next to me!!!
My dh snores bad too and I have found that if I go to bed and am asleep before he is I sleep better, otherwise I take forever to go to sleep.
I reakon snuggling into my dh would wake him up. I might try it and see.
Bjrose, I feel for you. I just find it hard being so awkward trying to roll in bed and being big too. I know, its all part of being preg.
Well I would love to wish everyone sweet dreams tonight. I hope I don't check in here tonight.
yep, sore hips and tossing and turning...feels like i wake up to roll over every hour.... havn't actually looked at the clock when i wake though during the night
dh doesnt snore, i guess i'm lucky but my tossing and turning must annoy the hell out of him.....ah well hehe
i try and wait till i'm really tired, and even though i might fall asleep fairly quickly and think i'm comfy, i still wake up during the night......
Not long to go really, and i guess as i get bigger things may get a little worse!!
Havn't tried a lavender pillow, but just a heat/wheat pack for when i had back pain, this seemed to relax me so now i just take it to bed for comfort and warmth.
My DH has got to be the worlds biggest snorer!! He firmly believed that I was just waking him for the hell of it because "It's impossible to snore when you lay on your belly".... well, I caught him on video snoring while laying on his belly! :p
I have found myself migrating to the spare room through the night because I cant sleep (or get back to sleep) with his snoring.
..and restless leg syndrome?? never heard about this, but explains a lot!! i get it in my arms as well!!
oh how i would love to sleep.....sooooooooooooo long, all night, just to sleep through without waking and maybe a sleep in would be nice :lol:
i got so restless in my third trimester too, it was so annoying!
Eveningstar I think once you have a child a sleep in goes out the window for the rest of your life. I really loved my sleep ins pre children and miss them so much some times. dh gets his sleep ins as the ch usually wan't me to do their breaky.
I sometimes use a ice pack for my ILS and this helps alot.
Well I am going to hed off while dh is still watching telly and hopefully will sleep some tonight.
Goodnight.
Me, I can not sleep! I am at work
Well no sleep here. Rachel had croope(sp) from 2am and was up to her all night. So I think once she is in bed and other dd is resting it will be off to bed for me. Hope everyone else got some sleep!!
I'm also a member of the no sleep club... I am so uncomfortable at night and I find it really hard to turn over - to the point where my DH wakes me up because I have fallen asleep on my back (so I have obviously made an attempt to turn over and stopped halfway, haha).
Hi,
I can't sleep either.
I get woken up by either heartburn, being completely uncomfortable or sometimes once I wake up that is it for the rest of the night.
The worst nights are when I sleep for an hour after getting into bed and then only an hour just before I have to go to work. I get so tired I could sleep at my desk!
I don't have a pc at home so I end up reading or watching bad bad movies at 2 or 3 in the morning!
Rose.... no date for induction yet. Just told that it would happen at 38 weeks. This is my first child.
I have taken to having a lot of pillows around me. One under belly (I tend to lay on it), one behind my back to stop me rolling onto my back and then one under my feet/lower legs. Some nights I get really comfortable and sleep like a baby (like yesterday) but other nights I need to pee all the time and then having trouble getting out of bed.
I went to the doctors because of waking up with coughing fits. Ends up that my cold has developed into Bronchitus so he put me on antibiotics and ventolin. I slept so well last night (got 8 hours) and it was the first time in about 3 months where I wasn't waking up every hour. But as you can see I am awake again tonight.
Don't have problem with DH snoring. He does occasionally but not enough to disturb me. On the other hand if I end up on my back well DH tells me that I was snoring and it was LOUD!!!!!!!!!!! I have woken him up several times since becoming pregnant with snoring.
Shell
Sorry you did not sleep last night. I had a better sleep, we placed dd in the p/cot in our room and when the croope got bad I put the varouriser on. She slept all night except the coughing and I only woke x2 and was back to sleep in a flash. Yay!!
Shel, can I ask, wht are you getting induced?
Hope others got a good sleep lastnight.
Sleep!?!?! I have forgotten what a good nights sleep is! With the Pelvic Instability, pain when ever I try to roll, get out of bed, LHS hips is killing me, still sleeping on that side cos it is best for me and bubs, I have 5 pillows currently on the bed, thinking of grabbing another to see if that helps :cryinglaugh:
Always going to the loo at night as well, on a rare occasion once a night, but generally 3-6 times.
The other night I slept on the couch for a couple of hours before hopping into bed...
Those who say once you have children you don't get sleep, how about once you get pregnant you don't get sleep - I have struggled for months now, bit the light at the end of the tunnel is starting to appear, but we will be complaining about how our NB's are keeping us awake!!
Goodluck :goodluck: I really hope someone gets a good night's sleep soon :)
Im another one getting little/no sleep.
Most nights I sleep for 2-3 hours then Im wide awake for 1-2, then sleep for another 2-3. Occasionally if I get the chance, Ill lie down during the day & doze on the couch for a while. But when Im wide awake & cant get back to sleep I have a bath or sit on the floor of the shower to have heat over my back (coz sometimes heat bags just dont work)
I'm finding it hard to sleep as well ... and when DP is home, his snoring just exacerbates the problem - I can usually ignore it, but the last couple of months, well, I'm surprised he doesn't wake up black and blue from all the kicks and punches he gets through the night!! :p
Like many of you, I wake up heaps to go to the loo, and then it's hard to get back to sleep. My doc suggested panadeine, but that doesn't consistently work - I think my body ges too used to it!! Lately, bubs moving and some severe bh's have been keeping me awake.
I tend to just turn on the telly and try to put something boring on so that I fall back to sleep, but it doesn't always work! I just end up watching TV all night!! :doh:
It's hard only getting a couple of hours sleep a night, especially having to look after three other kids during the day (two of which are at home most of the time, my eldest catches the bus to school and home again!)
From experience though, waking up to a newborn a couple of times a night isn't nearly as bad as the aches and pains and discomfort of pregnancy sleeplessness!!! So there is hope!! :dance:
morning all...... sorry in advance but this is going to be a me post.
Well I have had hardly any sleep. Tried going to bed around 10pm last night only to break into another coughing fit - so I got up so that DH could at least get sleep as he had to work today. 12.30am I finally stem the coughing and crawl into bed. I last until 1.30pm when I was up again - coughing, peeing, spluttering - even vomiting. Got back to bed again at 2am and managed to sleep but woke at 4am - same deal as before - went back to bed at 4.30am. DH got up for work at 5am........ I finally dozed off but woke again at 6am.
The antibiotics are working and breaking down everything that was in my chest. The problem is we can usually take a decongestant and cough suppressant with a cold but NOT when you are pregnant. SO everything is now in full swing and driving me insane. It is now 3 weeks that I have had this thing.
Add to this my leg and hip pain and I am a walking (or waddling) zombie. Plus we have the boys from this afternoon until Sunday arvo.
Think I am going to skip going to the hospital for monitoring today and try and get some sleep. Just realised that I am 33 weeks today!!! Only 35 days left until doctor will induce - so not long left now.
I hope everyone is else happy and healthy.
Shell
Me too - I am normally a back sleeper and just can not seem to get comfy on my side. My hip goes numbb, or my ear, or my arm. So over it. If it's not that, i'm awake to go to the toilet several times a night. The last two nights I have had 5 hours in a row, because I have bought one of those triangle pillows and slept in a sitting up postion.
all i can say is bring the baby on.. zzzzzzzzz.... i'm usually awake at 1am, 3am-4am, 6.30am, not to mention the half awakeness needed to roll over, re-adjust pillow between legs... ugh!
My restlessness seems to be rubbing off on DH who also keeps waking at the 3-4am.
I get the worst leg cramps some nights! yee-owwww
i find i get some of the best sleep on my back.. i figure since the placenta is anterior the bub will get its blood.. but still try to avoid it as much as i can..
Last night I was hoping to have a full night's sleep - I had been pretty active yesterday with cleaning... unfortunately it wasn't that easy! I didn't get to sleep until about 11.30ish, then the dog woke us up at 1am retching, so I had to put him out so he could have a puke!
Got back to sleep for a while and then woke up with the usual reflux and had to chow down on Mylanta tablets, which only partially helped!
Dog started barking his head off at 4am and we could hear him pounding on the concrete around the house, even though our bedroom was relatively far away from where he was at the time. So we let him back in again... pain in the arse...
Then Luke started talking to me and telling me that he had a dream that he could turn the tv off with his mobile phone... hahaha.. and then I got really really hungry! Went out and had a bowl of Special K and went back to bed.
I actually slept after that!! Until Luke woke me up at 7.10am asking me to make him some toast for breakfast because he was running late.. *sigh*
Ahwell!! I guess if I'm waking up that often when the baby comes along, I'll probably be doing well for myself won't I! haha..
That's right Emma!! Madeleine slept through from 8 weeks old but has started waking a lot at night now :wall: it's crazy stuff!! Good luck with everything BTW, Josie is a nice name, we picked our DD's name before she came along too.
I've been lurking on the site for a while but haven't really posted anything yet...my wife is now at 34 weeks - due at the end of July. We've had a few issues with sleeping, but tried a few things that made a big difference, maybe they will help you too...
1. French style bolster - a long tubular pillow that is about 180cm long that helps her sleep on her side whilst providing support for the chest, bump, knees and ankles - as it's all one thing it's easier to manage that lots of smaller pillows.
2. Earplugs - we both occasionally snore, so we bought some disposable ear-plugs....it's better than lying awake at night or going to sleep on the couch.
3. Diet - She seems to have become much more sensitive to diet as the pregnancy has progressed, keeping dinner simple, digestable and early makes a huge difference to her night's sleep.
Hey TheBear welcome. Thanks for the ideas, I never considered the diet point although I think I have done it subconsiously. The last two nights I have slept almost all night and for tea I have had food that has not caused h/b or being uncomfy.
Thanks
Terrible sleep last night :( Ended up on the couch earlier this morning, was more comfy. my LHS hip is killing me, can't wait to be able to sleep on my back, RHS and eventually tummy!!
I think tonight I might try the couch all night to see how I go - we have really squishy couches, low armrests and I am lie down the full length and not have to squish up and it supports my back as well... we will see if I post a mroe successful sleep tomorrow!! :p
oh glad to see im not the only one having trouble sleeping.
Inbetween not being able to roll over, or sleep on my back or belly to waking for the toilet.
Now its weird and wonderful dreams about everything that are keeping me awake.
oh and wrestling with my body pillow thing. and to add to the mix carpel tunnel syndrome. In future instead of laying there awake i think ill pop on the net and this site and see what all the other no sleepers are doing.
Take care all
I usually sleep around 2 hrs and then wake up and need to go to the toilet.
I drink around 4litres of water a day so i go to the toilet alot!
I guess its just going to get more and more :)
Have to tell you
its your bodies way of getting ready for when you have the baby...well thats what I have put it down to.
Look forward to sitting and feeding your baby in the middle of the night. Its absolutely priceless adn the best time to bond with them.
I cant wait to hear all your baby announcements...good luck and here's to sleeping in the future some time :)
I am sleeping a lot better the last few days. I think that has got a lot to do with the head cold/sinus infection I have. Been sleeping right through unless the kid's wake me up. Hope the rest of you are getting some sleep.
Yep, I can relate too! I'm "usually" in bed early and awake by midnight for anything from 2-3 hours, often watching TV. Heartburn keeps me awake, I add a pillow or two to the pile which relieves the heartburn but i'm then so uncomfortable I can't sleep. Probably doesn't help that I prefer to sleep on my stomach and of course can't these days - don't they say this is all preparation for having a newborn in the house?:D
Meeeeee!!
My jumpy legs (ILS/RLS) are keeping me awake and I am having lots of braxton Hicks atm. I am trying not to read into all these little niggles but you know how it is. Any sign we jump at. Not sure when I will get some sleep tonight. I am very tired but the mind is going on & on & on.
Aaaah im up again!!!! I cant handle this LOL.. I keep having false labour pains and it hurts so much I cant sleep. I got told last friday that im 2cm dilated so I wish things would hurry up so I can meet my lil man (and at least have a reason to be getting up in the night). Anyway cant sit here to long it hurts..off to walk the hallway again
hi Zee,
have been following your journey in the July thread. Hope things happen for you real soon. I think I am entering the waiting/uncomfortable stage. I am sympathising with you. Hope you got some sleep last night and you are on your way to seeing bubs in the next days or so.