Pregnancy insomnia

[RattyCatty]

Hi ladies,
I'm 23 weeks pregnant & for the past few weeks/month I have suffered with insomnia. I'm going to sleep fine but wake up like clockwork around 3/4am and can't get back to sleep until 6am alarm. Is this normal? Will it pass? Is it just my body 'training' me for what's to come?
Thank you!

[OneBiscuitAtATime]

Hi Ratty. I guess everyone is different. I had a little bit at your stage, usually coinciding with a growth spurt in the bump and the pelvic discomfort I had along with that. Back with a vengeance at 36 weeks. Not very comforting I know, but you aren't alone

[RattyCatty]

Thank you onebiscuit I will plough on with my under eye bags!

[Junosmum]

Yes, I had it really bad at 22/23 weeks. Last week (24 weeks) I slept well but it happened again last night.

[Qwertybynature]

I get it from the minute I conceive (it's how I know I'm pregnant) to the day I give birth. It's exhausting and I feel for you. Sorry, probably not the reassurance you were looking for.

[Ficidy]

I'm 32 weeks now and had it quite badly around your stage too. I used to just give in, get up and watch some telly until I drifted back to sleep on the sofa. I know that in my last pregnancy, I got it towards the end, so not looking forward to what lies ahead. You have my sympathies!

[Sighing]

I was waking at 4am from 6 weeks. This shifted to about 3am at 15 weeks. Now about 2 (19 weeks).
I have a drink of water sometimes a cracker and wander around (put the laundry on the airer aimlessly flick through a book). It just seems to be what I do with this one. I know the long sleep isn't natural to humans (two cycles broken up is), perhaps pregnancy with all the higher levels of hormones breaks a bit of that conditioning.

[RattyCatty]

Thanks all - reassuring to know it's not just me. Bodies are strange things xx

[CarShare]

Yep, I was awake from 1am last night and eventually emailed my boss at 4.30am to say I wouldn't make it into work. I had backache so I think the growth spurt theory might apply to me. I'm 22 weeks. In the earlier stages (weeks 6-14) I slept awfully and ended up on reduced hours at work as I was struggling functioning. Does anyone think it's reasonable to take time off for insomnia? It makes me feel so ill but I feel really guilty not going in. Sorry for hijacking the thread!