How to cope with snoring on holiday!

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DH has always been a loud snorer. Pre children I drowned it out with white noise & earplugs, since DC came along we’ve taken to sleeping in separate rooms because I don’t want to wear earplugs if I’ve got small children (newborn & 3y/old) to listen out for, plus I can’t cope with any other disturbances at night after 3 years of DS waking me. My issue is this - we’re due to travel for a friends wedding soon and will all be sharing a family room in the hotel. I’m on mat leave so budget doesn’t stretch to two rooms, and DHs snoring is considerably worse than it used to be as he’s put on a bit of weight over the last couple of years. Do any of you have any strategies to help me cope with three nights sharing with a very loud snorer?! Will have white noise on for DC and I’ll take ear plugs but I can’t wear really heavy duty ones because of the baby and I don’t know what else to try; I find the sound of snoring makes me irrationally angry and I’m really worried already that I’ll spend the whole weekend away tired & grumpy. Not sure what response I’m after really short of a miracle cure, maybe I’ll just have to LTB in pursuit of a peaceful nights sleep.

Try the doctor again and if you can afford to go private I'd recommend doing so. I hated going away with my husband for the same reason, at home we have a room each but couldn't afford two rooms when away, on one particularly bad trip to London I slept on the floor of the bathroom with towels under me and a spare blanket covering me but I could still hear him. Gp referred him re sleep apnea but during covid all appointments were cancelled so instead he had a phone interview with a sleep/respiratory nurse who immediately said he has sleep apnea and arranged to see him and set him up with a cpap machine, its changed both our lives, he's amazed at how much better he feels and I can sleep beside him, the machine is almost silent and his usage is automatically transmitted back to the respiratory nurse so for the first month or so she made little adjustments to it (she can do this from her office) and now it's exactly how he needs it. I cannot express how important it is to get sleep apnea sorted, one of the first thing I noticed was that my husbands colour changed after a few days, he lost a grey tinge to his face that had crept in over years, he's got more energy and is so much happier.

Yes it was an ENT consultant.

Most snorers snore when they sleep on their back.

www.ladbible.com/news/news-sleep-expert-shares-tennis-ball-trick-to-stop-snoring-20210125.amp.html

Short term solution - you have to get separate rooms.

Long term - Sleep study, CPAP machine and weight loss program.

I feel your pain. I'm divorced now. Snoring wasn't a main factor in the divorce but it contributed. It was yet one more damn thing that he did and didn't care how it affected me.

You need to force your H to get this fixed. He needs to pay whatever it costs and he needs to do it for you if he won't do it for himself.

Snoring is having an effect on your health. Loss of sleep and chronic exhaustion raises cortisol levels. That makes you vulnerable to all sorts of health issues, including depression, weight gain in the abdomen, and also T2 diabetes.

Go to the wedding. Use earplugs. You will hear the baby.

But when you come home you need to get very serious about the snoring problem. It's not just your husband's.

His health is compromised and he could become a burden if he suffers a heart attack or stroke or even worse if he dies and has no life insurance.

Thank you @Kindlethefourth