Anyone else struggling to sleep???

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I’m 38 weeks and 2 days with my third and this by far has been the hardest one to sleep through. I’m up ALL NIGHT. I think I maybe slept two hours (separately) last night? It’s not due to pain or anything, I’m just wide awake!
My doctor told me to try unisom but that just gives me a restless leg feeling so then I REALLY can’t hold still. 
Anyone else struggling with this?! It’s pure torture throughout the day and my two year old will NOT let me rest! 😩

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37+5week I got 0 sleep last night 😞 I was feeling good all day no pains no problem. as soon as I got in bed my hips started hurting I was also up every (felt like) 5 min using the bathroom woke up at 3:40 to use the bathroom and haven't been able to go back down its now 5:26 and it's time for my hubby to get up for work

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I've tried multiple things... I've tried eating bananas (They say it could help you sleep, benadryl "it hyped me up tho", warm bath, even tried some of that calming baby body wash) 😂 only thing that really helped is when I was in hospital they have a Ambien and i slept good that night other than that I'm up to the bathroom, I get to hot in the bed, wake up hungry, oh and cant forget what happens most my knees and feet start aching down to the bones.... that is a painful feeling I have to just get up and stay up til I get sleepy again.. only sleep maybe 4 hrs of the night

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It’s 327am and I’ve been up since around 215am. Hopefully I can fall asleep soon but yeah ... I’m right there with you. It sucks. 😓

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I've had insomnia off and on for my pregnancy although I never had it before. I hear it's super common. I'm just under 37 weeks now and my sleep issues ramped up around a month ago to the point that I had my doc put me off work early...i had planned on working till 38 weeks. I'm up every 2-4 hours to pee/eat/for no reason and the later I seem to wake up the less likely it is that I will get back to sleep. I was getting maybe 3-4 hours on days where I had to work 12 hour shifts as a nurse 😐 Eventually I get back to sleep but it could be 2-4 hours later so it pretty much renders me unable to sleep on any kind of schedule that I would need with work. Combined with shift work i was sooooo tired and stressed. Anyways, I hear you! it sucks!!

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I’ve honestly not slept well since about 19 weeks pregnant. It is crazy how high functioning I am on so little sleep. Last night I slept better than I have though because I had been up since 2am the night before, did 3 hours of yoga and walked 3 miles and vacuumed/mopped... (trying to get baby to come out). I’d love a repeat night of sleep but I dk if I have it in my to do all that again today, I’m so sore.

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YES. and i'm still working full time and every morning when i finally start to get some good sleep my alarm goes off 😭
It's especially infuriating because when people ask how i'm feeling and i say "tired" they're like "not as tired as you will be when she comes! enjoy your rest now!" and i want to poke them in the eye and scream. i'd love to take a freaking nap, but i'm working full time with a two hour commute and when i'm not working we're desperately trying to get everything ready for the baby, we haven't had a free weekend in months and i haven't taken a nap since christmas. jfc i hate when people try to tell me how hard it's going to be when the baby gets here because i KNOW it will be hard but you have no idea how difficult my pregnancy has been for my body and my mental health (really bad anxiety).

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I struggle to get to sleep.  I lay down and my feet get hot.  Then i can’t fall asleep.
Then there are the potty breaks and overnight snuggles my 2 year old needs...so I am tired most of the time...but I can’t complain too much since I am getting *some* sleep....just not quite what I need.

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Me too 🙋🏼‍♀️ 38+5 today and I just feel like I’m napping. Waking up with pelvic pain but not bad enough to disturb my sleep... I’ve heard it’s a symptom of labour but no other sign of babba yet!!

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Same except for the unisom works for me. Without it I sleep like trash. Sorry, mama. My midwives also said benedryl was safe when i had an itchy rash a few weeks ago so maybe it’s safe as a sleep aid? It might have similar active ingredients though, I’m not sure??

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Same here!!! I can sleep till like midnight, then I just lay here

Anyone else struggling to sleep???

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