Can anyone else NOT SLEEP!?

Jessica • Wife 💍• Girl Mom x2 💕

I remember pregnancy insomnia with my first born, but it was closer to the end. I would wake up and pace the floor for hours unable to sleep. But at 18.5 weeks, I wake up around 1am (usually to use the bathroom) and here is it 3:30 and I am still wideeeee awake. I just lay here and get frustrated! I go to bed between 9-10pm every evening and fall asleep relatively easily, but I CANNOT stay asleep..anyone else having sleeping issues?

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Me

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Yup, it’s 2:08 am as I’m writing this... I’m having the same exact problem! My dr said chamomile tea, Benadryl, or Unisom are okay if I want to try any of them but I haven’t yet.

He

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Yes! It wasn’t like this during my first pregnancy. This is my second and it’s my first time experiencing pregnancy insomnia 😩 I’m so tired and can hardly keep my eyes open just before bed until I lay down, then I just can’t sleep 🤷🏼‍♀️

Sa

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It was like this for the first 9 weeks of my pregnancy. It got better.. now it’s starting to creep back! I have a small cup of coffee in the morning to help get me going (I have a 2 1/2 yo and 11 mo old). Thank goodness my kids nap at the same time in the afternoon.. I try to take a 30 min nap. The first 9 weeks I was only getting 3-4 hours of sleep a night. But I know it will be nothing like the sleep deprivation from a newborn.

AL

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I take unisom before bed for morning sickness but it’s also helped me sleep a lot better without totally knocking me out.

Br

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Mine was worse in the first trimester. Maybe go to bed slightly later, but at a consistent time, and limit your food/fluid intake an hour+ before bed. Unisom might help.

La

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I had insomnia in the first trimester but it started to get better. Now I’m 17+1 and my nose is so stuffy that I’m up all night trying to breathe. So miserable!

M

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Started this week. Just turned 18 weeks today. I’m trying hard to just close my eyes and meditate back to sleep. Worked tonight but didn’t the night before. 🤷🏻‍♀️ I’m trying!!

De

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Yes!! I didnt have this issue with my first. I'm 20 weeks and for a while now I have gotten into this terrible routine... I fall asleep about 1030-11 and by 2 I'm up and can't fall back asleep until after 6am. Then my 3yo wakes up between 8-9. She doesnt nap anymore so I'm stuck being exhausted all day. AND, I take a unisom before bed every night. Ugh! I'm so desperate for sleep.

La

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My first pregnancy... but omg ME last night hoping it isn’t my new norm!! Wide freaking awake at 3am, could not go back to sleep 🤦🏻‍♀️

La

Lauren • Feb 15, 2019
I’m also 18 weeks 5 days...