Sleep

[angelsgirl]

Lately I haven't been sleeping very well through the night. I will wake up at about 2-3am and not get back to sleep til about 6-7am. We get up at 7.15am...
I am exhausted all of the time, i don't understand why i am not sleeping the night through... I usually get to sleep about 10.30pm.

Is this something that happens when you are pregnant, or am i just strange???

Its just really hard cause I have things i need to do during the day (like work, housework, shopping etc) that i am finding it increasingly difficult to do...

I need some good nights sleep... any advice???

 

[PrincessJo]

I have been the EXACT same way for about 2 weeks now!

Hope someone can shed some light on it!

 

[Leanna]

oh come on sleep is overrated

Yes there are a few things to note here. First, caffeine? My body completely changed how I was affected by it once I got pregnant and became a mommy. I can't drink caffeine at dinner or it effects the depth of my sleep. For 6-8 hours caffeine actually stays in your system!! Its true!

Second, so long as you are taking your prenatal in the morning, you can start taking Calcium and Magnesium vitamins at night right before bed and they will help you get better quality sleep.

 

[RoseofLima]

It's called estogen I causes insomnia--despite the supernatural feeling exhaustion of early pregnancy.

Think of it as bootcamp for motherhood

 

[Hadassah]

Yep. I go through bouts of insomnia.. not to mention I am one of those peeps that once shocked awake or knocked out of a solid slumber- I am up for better or worse

DH has woken me every morning around 6 before he leaves since Tuesday night... only this morning I slept and didn't wake back up until 9. I haven't had any caffeine and here I am still up at almost 1am! argh! and I need to go to the grocer tomorrow to get some fruit and veggies.

 

[Leanna]

I've been sleeping like a rock, DH has even gotten up a couple times to take care of D or M because I slept right through it

 

[angelsgirl]

I don't drink caffeine anymore. I stopped drinking coke when I found out I was pregnant.

The first couple of weeks after i found out i was pregnant i slept SO well. Nothing would have woken me. And it was quality sleep.
Now it feels like I'm not getting the good sleep... On my days off i used to have a snooze in the arvo, but i have stopped doing this now, so hopefully i will sleep through the night.
My husband is away til Monday, and i thought it may have been him waking me up and keeping me awake... but nope... last night i woke up again and couldn't sleep. And i was alone in the bed! So its not him!
I don't know... i am just hoping it passes soon. Cause its really not that fun!

Well at least it is getting me a little more prepared for motherhood!!! You have to look at the positives here!!!

 

[HDoggie19]

I can't sleep well, either. I think I've only gotten about two nights in the past couple weeks that I've slept more than 5 or 6 hours.
I thought the first trimester was supposed to knock you out???

 

[MyaShane]

Think of it as bootcamp for motherhood

That's what I've always thought about this, too. Like getting your body set for "newborn mode".