SO Tired

[Dea]

I can't sleep at night. I can't get comfy. I have a pregnancy pillow and it doesn't work for me. I have a body pillow and I have a little more success, but not much. So far all I can do is use a really fluffy pillow and prop my leg up so I can kind of lay on my stomach, but I still can't sleep.
I'm getting at most 2 hours a night, and it's catching up with me. I normally am able to nap but with the holidays and in laws and such, I can't as much. Now I am on the verge of tears I'm so tired.

Any tips or hints? Does anyone know of anything that can help me sleep, that isn't bad for me?
I try relaxing, but I get so frustrated that I can't get comfortable. Sigh. Normally I just finally fall asleep in the morning and sleep late, but again with in laws.

[Mindi22]

I'm so right with you on the exhaustion and not sleeping thing... at least we can finally say we really do only have a few more weeks of this, and then we'll be not sleeping because of crying children!

[eilonwy]

I have to sleep semi-upright from about five months on, otherwise the heartburn is too unbearable. on my side, tilted upright with my hips flat (so that Seamonkey gets off my colon for a little while ). Otherwise, there is no sleeping. The heartburn is absolutely the least bearable thing for me (not that the legs going numb is so comfortable, but it's a lot better than the heartburn!).

[SamuraiMom]

Dea, I thought of you this morning when I woke up at 4 in the a.m. and couldn't get back to sleep until 5. I wish I had some good advice, I know some people take melatonin and Benadryl is safe, I took that once or twice in the beginning when my allergies were hindering my sleep. The only issue I have with melatonin is that it really intensifies one's dreams. I can't sleep too elevated or I wake up with achy hips every hour and have to flip, but then if I lay flat on my side I get the killer heartburn. And for some reason I can't lay down comfortably during the day. I just keep thinking that after baby arrives I am going to lay on my back every chance I get!

[Teenytoona]

Ugh, I guess we're in the "your body's training you for the postpartum weeks" phase of pregnancy! I can go to sleep ok. It's just that I wake up to pee every hour and a half or so, and have a hard time falling back to sleep. Then when I wake up in the 3 o'clock hour, I usually can't go back to sleep. I wake up at either 4:30 or 5:30, so that time between 3:15 or so and wakeup would be crucial, instead I lie there annoyed I can't go to sleep, tired and needing to sleep, and unable to get one of many annoying songs out of my head. This morning, it was "The Mighty Quinn" (Actually it's been that a few mornings). I've not even heard that song in years!!

Blech. Me No Like. Especially since I"m having a hard time during the commute - I usually nod off on the way to or from home. Not good... PHOOEY.