Sleep, how much do you sleep when expecting?

[oat02351]

I was wandering because I'm with my first; 15 weeks along and I sleep a lot. I've never slept this long. No matter what I still feel tired. Is this normal? I slept til 11 this morning, a waist of a day off. I work 12p- 9p on work days so I've been sleeping later and later. I'm guesstimating 10- 12 hours sometimes...... But when I sleep way too long, I'm a bit off all day and a little woozy headed. The only reason I sleep so much, the first time I might wake still very tired. Hey a friend told me the baby grows when you sleep... well if that were true, the kid would be ready to come out now... lol! I've been taking my vitamins and eating healthy too. Fiber and vitamins in my diet too.

 

[PegasusOnFire]

yeppers I took a nap yesterday from 9:30 am to 1:30 pm then went and drove 2 hours for work.

 

[nursejess]

That's normal, but now I'm at the end and have trouble sleeping sometimes, so take advantage of it. Now I'm up every hour at night to pee. And when the baby is awake playing so am i

 

[oat02351]

I just find it strange because I'm not too far along, well as long as it's normal I guess I'm ok. The 1st trimester yucky and didn't sleep too much at all and now I am having wierd dreams . Not too many bad ones just really far out.

 

[RoseofLima]

It really varies for me-- this pregnancy has been the insomnia pregnancy. I don't sleep much or well at all...for awhile 2nd trimester I was taking Benadryl on the advice of my doc- and that got me a good4-5 hours.

I have had other pregnancies though where I have just slept and slept. I think it's different though, too-- because I have a bunch of other kids to deal with-- our youngest just got moved out of our room about a month or so ago

 

[Beth1231]

Around nine or ten weeks, I started taking LONG naps...like two and half hours after work. Sometimes I sitll do that; I'm very tired at the moment, but I have to go pick up my husband in an hour, so that would just tease me.
Pregnancy is a very good exuse to take lots of naps. I'm convinced we need it and so do our peanuts.

 

[jessesgirl]

First trimester and the beginning of trimester two, I slept A LOT...I am talking like 16 hours a day. It tapered off the second part of trimester two and I was sleeping just a regular 8 hours...beginning of trimester 3, I started sleeping 12 hours a night again and now that I am on the final stretch, I do good to get 2-4 hours of sleep, six is rare and 12 is unheard of (unless i am taking benadryl or something)! It is perfectly normal to be "unexplainably" fatigued in the beginning/middle, you know EXACTLY why you are fatigued @ the end!!! Enjoy the rest cause it definitely tapers off @ the end...I think it is nature's way of preparing your body for the little one!

 

[purpleunicorn_Andi]

when I was pregnate with Robert I dreamed that I had twin girl dachsunds... yea I dreamed I gave birth to twin wennie dogs... but they looked like normal babies once they docked the tails and shaved them

sleep I feel like I could hibernate most days now... between getting up to use the bathroom several times durring the night...

 

[seamonster]

During my first trimester I slept 12 hours a night and took two 3 hour naps every day. Second trimester I slept 8 hours a night with one 2 hour nap. Now I sleep around 7 hours a night with no nap.

 

[RedTulipMom]

YES..i slept ALOT..first trimester i slept about 12 hours a day (with nap) and woulda slept more if i could have. its slowing down now but i am still needing probably 9-10 hours sleep. Before getting preggo i used to only sleep 6-7 a day!

 

[Jennie726]

I'm always exhausted! I sleep about 12 to 13 hours a night and usually need a nap by the afternoon too! Hubby says I sleep too much, but he doesn't know anything about pregnancy LOL.

 

[Singin4Him]

I slept quite a bit during my first trimester but after that I struggled with sleep, especially once I hit the third. I took lots of naps though to catch up on sleep. It may be said that the lack of sleep is just preparing you for the sleep you'll lose once the baby comes...there is no way to prepare for that lol. I thought I lost sleep during pregnancy but I had no clue what sleep loss was until now .

 

[ChildByGrace]

I'm so jealous of you girls that get naps during the day. The only days i can nap are saturday and sunday because of working.

I am sleeping so much more than normal - i've been going to bed between 8 and 9 and getting up at 6.30 for work.

Although having said that last night i slept really badly

 

[Green Orchid]

I'm in my first trimester and I sleep a lot more too and I nap when I can, but that's not everyday because I have to work.

 

[olafias]

I'm so jealous of you girls that get naps during the day. The only days i can nap are saturday and sunday because of working.

I am sleeping so much more than normal - i've been going to bed between 8 and 9 and getting up at 6.30 for work.

Although having said that last night i slept really badly

I slept really bad last night, also. I was sooo tired during the day, then I was awake most of the night so this morning I feel super tired again. GRRR! Oh well! I'm praying for a good night sleep tonight!

 

[ChildByGrace]

I slept really bad last night, also. I was sooo tired during the day, then I was awake most of the night so this morning I feel super tired again. GRRR! Oh well! I'm praying for a good night sleep tonight!

that'll be a prayer for both of us. i was so stroppy with my H this morning because i was so tired!!! Early night tonight i think. H is out until 10pm ish and i think i'll be asleep before he gets back

 

[PegasusOnFire]

well I have entered the wonderful world of insomnia now, LOL. The day I hit 20 weeks I have not been able to sleep at all during the night.