Trouble sleeping while pregnant

Personal Trainer · Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 1:50 pm Post subject: Trouble sleeping while pregnant

My girlfriend is having really bad trouble sleeping at the minute. She is 13 weeks gone and along with getting up about 6 times a night to pee she has become over sensitive to any form of noise, my breathing even wakes her up. Does anyone know of anything that helps with sleeping or any tips from when they were pregnant?

Thanks in advance

OffDutyNurse · Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 2:46 pm Post subject:

Hi hon! I'm 18+4 with my first, and although the textbooks say that baby should be off of her bladder within a couple of weeks, I am still waking up (Just once though) in the night to pee. That is my main problem. At 11 weeks, though I was still feeling really knackered, and just slept whenever I was at home (work shifts, so had long lie-ins, or went back to bed in the afternoons when I got in). Tell her the fog will lift about week 12-14.....all of a sudden, you start to feel like you have more energy, and don't need to sleep during the day anymore, which makes sleeping at night heaven.
A lot of women have problems sleeping during their pregnancies.....body temperature can be raised and she can feel uncomfortably hot at night, anxiety can set in (if it hasn't already), and I found myself lying there just wondering what I can do with all of our rubbish to make room for baby, and dreams are a lot more vivid, and frequent than before pregnancy, which can be unsettling!
They do reccomend having a cup of warm milk/cocoa before bedtime with a couple of biscuits to keep blood sugars up throughout the night. She could try that, otherwise, try staying awake as long as possible, drink less water before bedtime to lessen the need to get up in the night, and the books tell you to read/relax before trying to go to sleep. She could also try deep breathing relaxation techniques! HTH xxx Laughing

Personal Trainer · Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 3:07 pm Post subject:

Hi thanks for that, I will let her know. Speaking of dreams she said she had one lastnight about a man having his throat cut and milk pouring out of it all over his dirty toenails!!! Confused

ha ha and she is the type that cant watch anything that has blood or murder in it on TV......

Yeh she likes milk before bed and she hasn't been having it for a while so that could help.

Thank You

OffDutyNurse · Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:18 pm Post subject:

Seriously...you could write a book. Last night, I looked at my stomach, and saw my baby's foot coming out of my tummy, where he/she was kicking me, so I tried to grab it to take a photo. Shocked

But the baby ended up coming out completely through my stomach, and was actually fine, so I just cleared their airway, and cuddled him/her (cannot remember sex of bubs). Random! When I woke up this morning, I actually looked at my stomach for holes Shocked

!

A few weeks ago, myself and my hubby were turned into zombies, it was like having an out-of-body experience, and they started to chase the real me and hubby! I am so mentally scarred by this dream, it still freaks me out! Rolling Eyes

*Shudders* Hope the warm milk helps!!! xxx

Captain

YummyMummyOf2 · Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 8:43 am Post subject:

Hi - I am having problems sleeping also, Not with the peeing thing, but i have become uncomfortable with my tummy at night, and am very sensitive to movement, sounds etc. im 22wk!!!
I have nicked one of my hubbys pillows to put bewteen my knees and under my tummy, which has helped, sub conconciously maybe im thinking im getting a hug fom him at night (which i love, but he cant coz he wakes me up with his breathing!!).
With the whole sensitive to movements and sound - im growling at him at night for moving or breathing loudly... I havnt yet found anything to cure this... apart from throwing him out of bed for the night Smile

Which is great for me, coz i have a double bed to myself!! and hes on sofa!
Your message made me smile PT, Your obvisouly wanting the best for your partner whilst she is preg, and i find it brill Smile

well done, you will have alot to put up with during labour!!! My hubby found me pulling on a handfull of his hair, and he gives it a number 2 all over... I found some to pull!!

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My wife always had to get up to pee...i felt so bad for her. what we did do that was helpful for her sleeping was a body pillow and lots more. We had one behind her back and she had the big one in front that she could put one leg on and she held the upper part. good luck...I think there is nothing more beautiful than a pregnant women. My wife didnt feel beautiful but i still thought she was...very special time!

Captain · Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 11:55 pm Post subject:

i'm 33 weeks now and have pretty much gotten used to not sleeping through the night.
I've kinda resigned myself that a well rested full nights sleep is a thing of the past that I can forget about for a long long time. I wish I had appreciated it though! Even sleeping on my tummy is a pleasant, distant memory.

I have this system where I strategically place 5 pillows underneath and around me and that helps a bit comfort wise, but there's always 10 million other things keeping me awake anyway.