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[mattie426]

Insomnia insomnia
my old sadistic friend,
I go to sleep, you wake me up,
It never seems to end.

I start to drift And you are there
With worries with no end
I try to sleep, but lie awake
My mind just spins and spins

Aren't you tired? I know I am
And will continue so
I need some rest to be my best
I wish that you would go.

3 AM, 4 hours left
'Til I must face the day
With smile in place on chipper face
Why won't you go away?!

I have no doubt you'll hang about
Until the beak of dawn
Finally I'll drift away
Then the alarm will clamor on

I will get up, and do my best
To go about my day
With burning eyes and nodding head
You will have gone away.

Not for you the cold gray dawn
Nor the brightness of midday
You sleep away the sunny hours
You do not stay to play

When once again I climb in bed
And then switch off the light
Then I fear you will appear
As you seem to every night.

[swissmiss2584]

I never delt with insomnia with my first pregnancy! This is horrible. I was up for 2 hrs last night. All last week I would get up to go to the bathroom and not be able to go to sleep. I am so tired this morning.

[chispita]

Ouch, I feel for you. Insomnia is no fun.

So far for me it hasn't hit (though I've had it before) - I just need to get up 2-4 times throughout the night to pee and refill my water glass.

[sarahl918]

Girl, I am with you. I am not even 6 weeks yet and the insomnia has been kicking for at least a week. Nothing more frustrating than being dog tired yet not being able to sleep. My friends tell me it is just prep for being a mama of a newborn. 

[100%mom]

I've has it in previous pgs until I learned to take calcium/magnesium before bed. I take 1/2 dose before bed and if I do wake up and think I won't get back to sleep I take the other 1/2 dose.

[swissmiss2584]

Good

Originally Posted by 100%mom 

I've has it in previous pgs until I learned to take calcium/magnesium before bed. I take 1/2 dose before bed and if I do wake up and think I won't get back to sleep I take the other 1/2 dose.

Good to know! I've been up since 4:30am!!!

[vegrunr]

I had it last time and now have it again. About every third night I am up for a few hours in the early morning mostly. Thank goodness it isn't every night! I think it was gone by the 2nd trimester last time so I am counting on that again.

[swissmiss2584]

I noticed that when I take all of my prenatals that I sleep well at night. I have to take 3 twice a day. Like someone mentioned before I think it has to do with calcium and magnesium intake.

[sarahl918]

Mine has been gone the last week! I'm not sure that I have done anything differently, but I did go to Pilates 3x last week, which always helps me sleep better at night. 

[mattie426]

A couple of nights ago my husband was snoring super loud. He kept waking me up, so I went downstairs to sleep on the couch. That was unacceptable to the cat. She followed me down, and cried at me until I went back up.

[letniaLynne]

I'm sleeping so badly these past few weeks. Waking all night many times and not being able to fall asleep until after 2am or so. Tonight was totally different. I passed out by 8 pm but then woke up at midnight and now it's 4am and I still can't fall back to sleep. This is so tiring every night, I just feel like crying!!!

[amanda bee]

for the past week i have not been able to sleep after i wake up to pee....

i have been very diligent about trying to be in bed by 11 , but i have been waking up

b/t 3-4am & then i cannot go back to sleep. i end up tossing & turning & fretting about not sleeping (& how tired i will be in the morning)

& usually end up reading myself back to sleep for an hour...

grrrr i then find that i am totally exhausted by noon the next day (& need a nap).

what calcium/magnesium supplements do you take & how much do you take per day/night?

[haurelia]

My main problem is falling asleep in the first place. My midwife recommended an additional 1000mg of calcium at bedtime. My prenatal has 1000mg, split in 2 doses breakfast and dinner, and I take the extra calcium at bedtime. I use just a cheap drugstore cal/mag with 400mg magnesium/1000mg calcium per dose. It seems to help a bit. I've also used skullcap tincture for extreme nights (anxious thoughts, mostly).
I feel lucky that I don't wake in the night to pee (yet). I'm a nurse, so have a rather,ahem, stretchy bladder from all the years of holding it until I could get a bathroom break (a terrible habit but common among nurses).

[amanda bee]

thanks haurelia..i am going to try 1000mg of calcium/400mg magnesium at bedtime.

i wish my bladder was more stretchy. :)

[jess707]

my insomnia has also been kicking my butt - i've been having trouble since i got pregnant but it's been really intense for the past 10 days or so.  mostly the 3am wake-up and not able to go back to sleep and then i started having difficulty falling asleep as well - it sucks!  so i started acupuncture this week and i'm hoping it will help - i had my 2nd treatment yesterday and while i can't say i slept well last night, it was better than it's been for sure.  my midwife also recommended taking Skullcap tincture and that seems to really work for some, though my sleep stuff is lifelong and rather stubborn so i'm a tough case - it does take the edge off at times but it's never been helpful at getting me back to sleep when i wake up after a few hours.

[MamaMash]

Insomnia has been kicking my butt too. Bad. And now I have a yucky cold on top of it so I sleep even worse. :/