I just want to sleep!

Hi, i am 33 weeks now, and missing out on sleep. I have had pregnancy insomnia for about 6 weeks now. My OBGYN gaveme ativan to help, but i cannot take it everyday. Nor do i want to. Sometimes it helps but not often. Now aswell as my brain not turning off...i am getting so big that my ribcage kills at night when i lay down. i think there is a baby butt in the way. And I can't get comfy and I'm just plain miserable at night. I don't want o keep my DH up, so i go to the spare bed and toss and turn! I am not sure there is anything I can do, but ladies if you have any suggestions, please let me know how you are making it thru these last few weeks!!!! (Ps thanks for letting me vent)

 

I'm sorry! I had the insomnia throughout the whole pregnancy, and at the end it's just miserable trying to get comfortable, because you can't!! s, you are doing great, almost there, and it will feel sooooo good when you can sleep(or lay down anyway!) without that big belly getting in the way!

 

I deal with insomnia on and off, too -- it's the worst.

These days, I've found that I sleep better if I'm in a semi-sitting position, because lying down is so rough on the hips! I toss and turn when I'm lying down, too.

But, lately I've been folding my J-pillow in half, and putting it at one end of the couch....and then lying back on it. If I roll to one side, I put a small couch pillow under my belly to support it. I'm actually getting 3 to 4-hour stretches of sleep this way -- before I have to get up and pee anyway.

Or, do you have a glider rocker that reclines? As my pregnancy progesses, I'm going to try that, too....I slept in it many a night when my daughter was a newborn!

 

I'm 34 weeks, and I can't remember the last time I had a good night's sleep. I wake up every hour, turning over is super painful, I have to pee all the time, I get heartburn...the list goes on and on! I know how you feel! Sleep medication didn't help me either---just left me feeling groggy the next day. I think these last few weeks being comfortable is just wishful thinking!!

Reyna

 

I invested in a recliner for those very reasons! I slept in in from 20
weeks on!! I still love the thing! it is great to sleep in and to feed babies in!!

 

Sleep is a distant memory for me too!! I am just so uncomfortable!! At least I know I am not alone when I am staring at the walls all night.