Currently almost 29 weeks pregnant.
We are lucky to have a spare bedroom with a double bed and for the last two nights I've slept in there on my own. Needless to say, I've slept wonderfully.
I do enjoy sleeping with my husband as he often likes to cuddle which is nice. But he's also very restless, fidgets a lot, takes up so much room and he also sleep talks (mainly about work). He more often than not, disrupts my sleep.
When I sleep alone, I sleep solidly. I wake up feeling rested and in such a better mood mentally and emotionally. I also feel that he sleeps better when he's alone too! I mean who doesn't when they've got the bed to themselves?
DH has told me he understands why I've gone into the spare room but I can't help but feel a tad guilty as I don't want him thinking I want to be away from him and every night and it's a personal thing. I just find that sleeping together and having a cuddle is quite an affectionate time together and given we're not enjoying much sexual activity together right now plus not sleeping together at night, I just wonder if I'm putting a barrier between us (unintentionally) and I should just sleep apart from him a few nights a week rather than every night now.
When baby comes in a few months time, I'll be permanently set up in that spare room with the baby for when DH goes to work and I'll be the one doing all of the night wakes too. So we're going to be sleeping apart for the best part of next year as well.
What does everyone think?
YABU - you should make the effort to sleep together now before baby arrives
YANBU - sleeping apart is the way forward, carry on!