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Can't cope with so little sleep

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Rosebel · 09/05/2020 12:25

I'm so exhausted. I never seen to get more than 3 hours sleep. Currently 32 weeks pregnant, and in a lot of pain. Even when I'm not my husband snores and keeps me awake. He was taking part in sleep trials but that has stopped at the moment. We have tried snoring remedies and I tried eat plugs but work with chronic ear pain.
I have no patience with my children as I'm constantly shattered and have no energy to clean the house and help with school work. I don't know if our poor baby will be able to sleep through the noises either.
I want someone to tell me there is an easy simple solution just so I can sleep.

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Sexnotgender · 09/05/2020 12:28

Your husband needs to sleep elsewhere at least 1/2 the time to give you the chance to sleep.

Do you have a spare room?

1Wildheartsease · 09/05/2020 12:41

Ear pain sounds bad - being 32 weeks is uncomfortable enough.Flowers

The usual remedies:

  • sleep elsewhere (or he should)
  • use an ear-plug (even one can help)
I expect you have tried this though.

You could be more drastic and try sleeping with some other noise in place- white-noise - music - voices on the radio... ) It will lessen the contrast (the breath gaps in the snoring process) that usually keep one awake, and make the noise more steady.

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Rosebel · 09/05/2020 13:25

We have a spare room but it's going to be for our baby so is full baby equipment and no bed.
I usually sleep on the sofa but it's not at comfortable. My husband refuses to sleep on it (even though he manages,to in the evening). I might try some extra noise although he's so loud I'm not sure it'll help. Before now I've been downstairs and I can still hear him.

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Noworrieshere · 09/05/2020 13:42

I think it's really unfair of your husband to refuse to sleep on the sofa at least half the time when his snoring is keeping you awake and you're 32 weeks pregnant. If he won't do it then he won't do it and that's that, but it's the obvious solution and it's not unreasonable of you to ask him to.

Apart from that there aren't really any other solutions until he gets back to the sleep clinic or whoever he's seeing. My brother got a sleep apnoea machine which has stopped his snoring. But that's not going to happen for your dh any time soon.

I think your baby will probably sleep through it though, babies sleep through pretty much anything when they want to.

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