let the insomia begin!!

[monocyte]

Ok, so I've been up for 2 hours now...but Im sooo tired.

First the bathroom, then I was starving, now...well, Im online and too awake to even try to go to bed.

Guess I'm in training for whats to come!

Anyone else having issues?

[scheelimama]

I'm up with you! I noticed we both posted on another thread at the same time a few minutes ago. DD1 came into the bedroom to sleep with me probably 45-60 min. ago and woke dd2, who was already in bed with me, just enough that she tossed and turned forever! I just couldn't get back to sleep, my mind wandered the whole time and finally my tummy took over and I had to get up. And of course, like you, now I'm on the internet and too awake to go to sleep. The sucky part is that I've been really exhausted the last few evenings and there's no break for me without dh. I need to be in bed sleeping. Oh well, I'll figure it out tomorrow.

[scheelimama]

Well, I've just finished my second large bowl of Kashi Go lean Crunch and I still feel hungry. I think I'm going to go grab an icy cold water out of the fridge! That should top me off. You still up monocyte?

[sorteep]

I have certainly not been sleeping as well as I usually do,, frustrating, esp when I feel like I have to store up sleep for the yr(s?) to come..neither of my boys were "sleepers" sigh.. imagining same for #3.. I guess this is good pratice..
Laura
ps the new Bach flower essence Rescue Sleep works pretty well for me sometimes..

[Undercover Hippie]

I hear you! My brain just won't shut off to let me sleep. I either have a hard time falling asleep (that's why I'm up on the internet until laaate at night, hoping I'll be so exhausted that I'll be able to sleep) or I wake up around 3-4-5 in the morning and can't go back to sleep.

I like to play solitaire on the computer when I have insomnia. Usually I run out of posts to read after a while!

I might try that Rescue Sleep. I love their Rescue Remedy! Last time my MW told me to take a few drops of skullcap tincture in water before bed, to quiet my mind. It worked great but I'm having a hard time finding it this time around. DH did get me some "nerve tonic" tea from an herbalist friend, and it has skullcap in it. I had a cup last night and I zonked out! I don't feel much more rested this morning though.

[monocyte]

well, I ended up getting off MDC and did some online shopping - I swear we are going to get a call from a credit card company for purchases at odd times!!

I did this with ds preg (somewhat addicted to the UPS truck coming, ) and I feel like I need therapy to STOP me from night-purchases. Except this time I really dont need too many dipes!

What stinks now is that I work a couple nights a week til 10-ish, and when I get home I'm SO wide awake that I cant sleep...and then Im usually up to pee about an hour after I fell asleep. My butt is def dragging today.

scheelimama - we should exchange IM id's or something!!

[JamesMama]

Oh...well at least it's not just me!!

My brain will NOT let me go to sleep...I'm up till midnight or later, every night...even if I go to bed at 10:00 or earlier, then I wake up at 4:30 and I'm up till usually 6:30 or 7:00 and then James will wake me up at 8:00 or earlier usually...I wish I could take something just to help me sleep so I'm not so gosh darn tired!!

[Googy]

Oh, I'm so relieved! I was seriously starting to think that something was wrong with me. I just missed your post last night--I didn't make it to bed for real until after 4. First I have to pee, then I'm really uncomfortable, then I'm starving, you know the drill. I feel so bad, because I know the baby needs me to rest, but I just can't. I'm glad I'm not alone! We need to start a middle of the night chat or something!

[GinaRae]

I have trouble getting to sleep and if I wasn't still taking Unisom and B6 for nausea at 4-5am, I would have trouble sleeping past then. But right now it's helping me sleep in until between 9am and 11am. Thank goodness for older boys who are generally quiet in the morning (the loud one is in summer school )

So I am trying to wean off the Unisom, but worried about that too.

[Googy]

Yep, its almost 2am and I'm still up. Ugh.

Some of it is really my fault. I'm teaching my very last class for what will hopefully be a very long time (I'm a college professor, but just "retired" to be a SAHM) which starts on Tuesday, and of course I got stuck with a class I haven't taught before, so I'm up obsessing over the syllabus, my first lesson, etc. I really need to just shut my brain off about the whole thing and stop focusing on every little detail. I can't sleep at night because I keep running it all through my head...

Not to mention my ultrasound is tomorrow, well actually today...I'm always so nervous about the baby being healthy, etc.

I hope the rest of you insomniac mamas are having better luck tonight!

[scheelimama]

I was just wondering if you all are napping during the day. Before dh left, I actually had a lot more trouble with this than I do now. I've only been up during the night like 3 times since he deployed. I think it has a lot to do with the fact that I was sleeping in a lot and napping a lot when dh was here because I always felt tired (know how are kids can get in this vicious cycle, we can too, nap too much, don't sleep well at night, tired the next day, nap too much, ...). Anyway, since he left, I've only forced the kids to let me take a nap maybe twice and those are much good since my 4 yr old won't nap and keeps bothering me every few minutes. So, I'm exhausted by the time I go to bed at night. Many days I wish I could take a nap, but I just can't. But I sleep pretty well at night, aside from the pregnancy aches that are starting to increase. Anyway, just thought I'd throw that out there.

[monocyte]

No, I so wish I could nap!!

Occasionally, maybe once a week, I do get to *lay* down before I work a night (til 11ish); bad mama syndrome, put a movie on tv for ds, and try and sleep for like 40 mins or so. But, after working late (11 is way past my bedtime lately!) I have a hard time settling down, and am up til 2 or so...then a zombie the next day.

But, most days I am either running like crazy, or working, so you'd think that I would be asleep at night!

[Undercover Hippie]

Nope, I never nap. For me the not sleeping thing is not because I'm not tired enough--I'm usually exhausted and totally out of energy by 10:00--it's just that I can't get my brain to shut off so I can actually fall asleep. Or if I fall asleep I wake up at 4 or 5 am and can't fall back asleep because my mind is racing. Very frustrating! I guess that is why the skullcap helps me, because it's more of a nerve tonic to quiet the mind I think.

[LittleBrownDog]

This has started for me, too. I'm dragging allll day but when it's time to go to bed I just can't shut down. It's getting later and later every night. Last night I finally fell asleep at 3:30, then woke up at 7 feeling nauseous. I tried to get DD to lay down with me (ha!) this afternoon, and I think I slept for maybe 15 minutes but it wasn't worth it because now I feel even more tired and I have a whole lot of smashed raisins to clean out of the carpet. I should've wondered why she was so quiet for so long.

[brooklyn_warbler]

Originally Posted by LittleBrownDog

This has started for me, too. I'm dragging allll day but when it's time to go to bed I just can't shut down. It's getting later and later every night. Last night I finally fell asleep at 3:30, then woke up at 7 feeling nauseous. I tried to get DD to lay down with me (ha!) this afternoon, and I think I slept for maybe 15 minutes but it wasn't worth it because now I feel even more tired and I have a whole lot of smashed raisins to clean out of the carpet. I should've wondered why she was so quiet for so long.

aawwww, leigh! bummer.

i'm riding this train too. exactly. i just can't seem to get comfortable -- nothinghurts but i can't stop tossing and turning.

[mom0810]

Me, too! I wake up EVERY night at 2 am and can't go back to sleep until hubby goes to work. It stinks. I take a nap with ds every day, but my whole system is off.

[LittleBrownDog]

Hellooooo- me again- wide awake at 1am. Sigh.