Anyone else can't sleep?

[earthymama4]

I'm so tired yet I can't sleep for longer than 2 - 3 hour stretches. I'm waking up every night at 2:30 am - 3:00 am for bathroom breaks and can't get back to sleep until after 5:00 am. I have to be up with the kids by 7:00 am. I'm getting weary of it! Oh I should mention that I can't nap during the day and am tired all day long... yet I wake up around 9:00 pm (after the kids go to bed) and don't go to bed until 11:30 pm. Is there anything to help sleep at the end of the pregnancy?

[G&B'sMama]

I'm struggling too. I've had two decent nights sleep in about three weeks- otherwise I've got a really similar pattern where I wake up about 3 or 4 in the morning and can't go to sleep at all, or doze off right before I have to get up (around 5:45). Despite being very tired, I can't seem to get to sleep until sometime between 10-11. Between that time and the time I wake up I am constantly tossing and turning, so even though I am sleeping it is not restful.

I am working outside the home, so no chance of a nap there, and when I get home DH heads to work (most nights) so very little chance of a nap then either.

My only hope is that I am taking maternity leave starting Monday, and then if I wake up I will be able to go back to sleep and get a couple hours more in the morning.

[ilovebabies]

Not sleeping much here, either. Just so uncomfortable and getting up about every 2 hours to pee. Then my toddler and preschooler will sometimes wake up in the middle of the night so between all of that, I don't feel like I get more than an hour sleep at a time, if that. It's taking a toll on me. My dh tries to take care of the little ones if they get up, but I still hear them and it wakes me up, even if he is the one who goes to them. Sometimes my preschooler (who is extremely attached to me) only wants me so try as he might, my dh can't get her calmed down until I tuck her back in. So.... no rest for the weary! Not complaining though... it's all part of mommy-hood. I'm just tired. :yawning:

[lila2801]

Yes me, I keep waking up to turn over because my hip hurts. Then an hour or so later my other hip will ache. The past 2 nights I've been up since 3 or 4 since I can't go back to sleep. Oh how I wish I could sleep on my back again!

[friendlymamma]

Yep, me too. With you ladies on this. I'm waking up about every hour and a half and just plain can't sleep. It sucks!

[pumpkin]

I've barely slept in a week. I've had a head cold for 2 weeks at this point. I got over the worst of the illness, but I'm still incredibly congested. Not being able to breath makes sleeping very difficult. It takes hours to fall asleep and then I never sleep more than about 60 minutes at a time.

I wish I could nap, but I've got to get up every morning and head to work. Then on weekends I've got NSTs (thank goodness they have sat hours so I don't have to miss as much work) and open houses (we are trying to sell our house) so no chance to rest then.

[baileyandmikey]

I am starting to wonder what sleep is.... last night I was up only an hour and a half after going to bed, then every hour it seemed, I am so achy, and now overly tired!!

[earthymama4]

Originally Posted by baileyandmikey

I am starting to wonder what sleep is.... last night I was up only an hour and a half after going to bed, then every hour it seemed, I am so achy, and now overly tired!!

I was just telling people today if I'm not going to sleep anymore, I would rather have my newborn to take care of then during this time! Not sleeping well is making for some rather long nights.

[galincognito]

i can't seem to sleep before about 2 am no matter how tired i may be. i toss and turn from 2-5am than i sleep from 5-7am and 7:30-10am. fortunately dh is home and lets me sleep in the mornings; i'm so very grateful!

[andielk72]

I had been having a horrible time with sleep - like getting an hour or two a nite, and then having to go to work all day. I had been taking a low dose of ambien every few nites (with doctors approval) and recently started accupuncture which seems to be helping a bit. I agree - if I'm already up much of the nite I wish the baby would just get here already!

[mom2tatum]

ugh. thats all. It's just awful...I know its causing me to breakdown emotionally...when you throw all these issues together and a child waking you up multiple times through the night needing you...its just unbelievable. I haven't slept more than 3 hours in one night for almost a week straight now. Two of those nights I got less than 1 hour...unbelievable. funny thing is that few weeks ago I was complaining about waking up every hour or two to turn or pee, etc. I thought that was bad. Until this week hit and not only can't I fall asleep but I spend 5-6 hours straight in the mid of the night completely awake either getting ds back to sleep or laying awake frustrated why I can't get BACK to sleep after getting him back to sleep. Then he wakes up again and I want to cry...

[momto4kids]

count me in for not being able to sleep.....

It's not every night, about half the week I sleep great & the other half just sucks. I find that if I get up to pee then I am up for a few hours because I just can't get back to sleep. Then of course I fall back asleep sometime before my alarm goes off & I have kids to deal w/.....napping does not always happen for me either . It all depends on what is going on w/ my younger kids....

OH ~ and the whole falling asleep by 830 & then waking up by 11 only to be up till 1 am....AAARRRGGGG......

[*~Danielle~*]

I'm awake every hour or so as well. I have two littles that call for me now and again, then I have to pee all the time and then my hips are hurty so I have to switch sides every time I wake...very frusterating.

[RGsMom]

I'm having a hard time sleeping, but I am also going to bed too late cuz it's late at night when my DD is sleeping that I have time to work! but when I am sleeping, I'm definitly up every 2 hours at least to pee. Also, I just cant get comfortable and yes, have to switch sides. Oh, i'm just exhausted all the time right now!

[justbishop]

I've had insomnia issues for as long as I can remember (back to grade school age), and am a night person...but of course now that I'm dead tired by midnight every night, the stupid late pregnancy reflux keeps me from even lying down til around 2am (or 3am, or 4am, etc.)!!!! It's after 2am now, and ias much as I'd love to go to sleep, I can't b/c I have heartburn sitting up right now (and I took my nightly famotadine over 2 hours ago). No way I'm going to risk lying down.

Idk what to do about it anymore. I make sure to stop all eating by 9pm, all liquids by 10pm. If I try to start restricting things any earlier, I feel like I'll never have enough time in the day to eat or drink enough since I sleep til almost noon every day and am STILL exhausted! I wish I could just gulp down water all day and eat a zillion little meals, but eating and drinking constantly makes me feel pukey, like I've always got too much in my stomach.

I swear, as stupid as it sounds, I think I'll get better sleep caring for a newborn than I do pregnant.

[K&JsMaMa]

Most nights I'm up every 1-2 hrs heading to the bathroom. I have so much swelling in my legs that when I lay down, they drain and I have to pee everything off.

Luckily, I do get to nap during the day. For that I am very, very grateful.

[tabrizia]

Sleep what's that? I can't get more then 90 minutes or so at a time. I know my body is getting me ready for when bean arrives. Honestly though it wasn't that bad once DS arrived, it was much worse before he was born, since it is so easy to stick a boob in the mouth and doze, while at the moment everything is just so uncomfortable, so I lay in bed in a half awake uncomfortable doze most of the night instead of actually getting to sleep. I so miss sleep.