Anyone else struggling with sleep? 💤💤💤

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I never had trouble sleeping before. I slept an average of 9-10 hours a night. I'm a freelancer and work from home - so that made things simpler (if I woke up later one day, I would just work until later too).
However, I'm close to 16 weeks pregnant now and I don't seem to be able to get a decent night of sleep - it's really starting to affect me! I can't function properly.
I'll be up until 3 or 4 am and wide awake 4-5 hours later. I feel physically awful but I can't go back to sleep... you'd expect that after a couple of days of these I would just be fast asleep by 8pm... but no! It's a never ending cycle! 
Anyone else experiencing this? I feel like my brain is shutting down! What can I do?

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Between getting overheated....being uncomfortable, my dog being all up in my business, having to pee or last night my nose kept running!!! Ughrrr!! I'm up every 2 to 3 hours, at least.

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The WORST sleep. Tossing and turning. Restless legs and restless sleep. And then I'm so grumpy during the day and I nap in the afternoon. I have a love/hate relationship with sleep right now.

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I've  been having extreme insomnia no matter how tired I am. It does seem to make sense does it?  But I'm in constant zombie mode so you are definitely  not alone.  I've found that chamomile tea helps some but I still wake up during the night.

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Yes I keep having horrible vivid violent dreams that wake me up all night long and/or I have heartburn, have to pee for the millionth time or I'm starving even though I ate as much as I could before bed.... It's so annoying. I think I will actually sleep better when the baby comes because then I will just be waking up to feed him/change him not for the above reasons.

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Yep! I'm 15w and it's been like this for me for the last 2 weeks or so, I work night shift (3 12's) so I thought it was that - but this is a whole new level of not sleeping good :/.  Sleep for 3-4 hours awake for 2-4 hrs, another nap then wake up hungry or have to go to the bathroom- lol it's no fun!!

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I've been waking up basically ever hour to 30 minutes at night. I get maybe a total of 6-7 hours of sleep. And then on top of it I'm up at 5:30 to go to work and don't get home until almost 5 also. 😩

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✋🏻✋🏻 I'm 16 weeks today and haven't slept worth anything for a few days now. Takes forever to fall asleep and wake up multiple times through the night. And rarely is it cuz I have to pee. I'm going crazy. I work 12s so it's making work days impossible

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Yes. Its on and off at moment. I work from home as well I run a daycare but believe me when they nap I do as well. I get about 4 or 5 hours a night. Went to sleep at 11 pm and woke up at 130 am and still up. Help me! Lol. Work at 7 am. Zombie mode. 😭

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***UPDATE***

I spoke to my doctor and explained the situation (I was really sleep deprived and it was affecting my work and mood). She recommended I tried Valdispert. It's a natural supplement of Valerian - no chemicals, all natural, so it's safe to take if you're pregnant (I also have a kidney problem, so I have to be extra careful). Apparently the effects are very mild (it just helps you relax) and it takes a few days of taking it to really work... Well, I took 2 pills yesterday before bed and had the BEST night of sleep I had in a LONG time!! 
I mostly avoid medication and supplements so maybe my body just reacted faster than average, but I'm so happy today I could scream!! 😃 🎉💤