Bloody sodding insomnia!

[TobyLerone]

Sooooo bored of this now.

I have a busy day today and I've been wide awake for an hour already.

RAGE!

I'm not pregnant but I do have insomnia. Been awake and watching crap TV since 1.45. Got a 250 mile drive ahead of me today too. Sucks doesn't it.

Ugh. It's especially bad if you know you have to do something like driving. Driving makes me tired at the best of times, so I'd be so worried/frustrated if I had to do that.

Take it easy. Red Bull is your friend!

I totally, 100% feel your pain. It's a nightmare. And it's even worse with the bloody heat because all the time I'm awake I'm rolling around trying to get comfortable instead of resting!

I'm with you, so pleased I have less than two weeks left at work, it won't matter if my brain is mush after that :)

Try taking magnesium supplements, they are recommended mainly for cramps and restless legs, but also can have an impact on insomnia.

You have my sympathy, I am a light sleeper anyway but since getting bfp it's been completely shit, had a brief respite in tri 2 but apart from that am just wide awake even though am soo sooo soooooooooooooo tired, just cannot drop off and get a max of around 5hrs a night which really isn't enough.

Magnesium, huh? I'll give it a go. Thanks :)

Sadly I think mine is hayfever-related, so I'm probably stuck with it.

I'm 20 weeks and also suffering with insomnia :( so tired now. (And hot and by backs in agony!) I've not heard of magnesium. Is it safe to take during pregnancy?

I posted about this same subject yesterday (well, at about 4.30 yesterday morning during yet another sleepless night).

I had insomnia for several years, which finally improved about a year ago. Its return is most unwelcome! I have just over four weeks left at work, which can't go quickly enough. It's pretty tough trying to put in a decent day's work on less than 4 hours' sleep

Foof do you know what sort of dose of magnesium is supposed to help? (the Pregnacare tablets I'm taking apparently have 40% of the RDA in them).

Eurgh me too! 1 am and wide awake. Usually fall asleep about 3 then wake up an hour later to wee. Then up at 7 for a full day at work. Kill me now!

Just can't get comfy and my brain also seems to sift through any and all of my worries about pregnancy, being a parent etc etc. so tired!

Aaaaand again

Morning, all!

Not pg but wide awake here. Lying in bed trying to turn my brain off but it's not working. Have a very full day at work tomorrow and it's just embarrassing getting caught out yawning all the time!

And now the poxy birds have started What have they got to be so cheerful about, anyway?

Hah! 4:30 seems to be the official time for "I'm seriously fed up of this quite rightly put bloody sodding insomnia now, lets check mumsnet!"

I'm 25+5 now and this is getting beyond a joke. I've been up all night unable to sleep. Finally feel a bit sleepy and the sun is up and the birds are out. aaargh!!!

Lol

And I've got a headache.

37+3 here. Can't sodding sleep again. Just as I'm about to nod off, DD wakes up / shouts as she's too hot and can't sleep either!

Yes with the birds! The tweety ones have just started.

I hope a cat gets them.

:o

i just take ones that are 100% rda, mine also have calcium and vit d (boots). started on ones from Holland abd barratt, but they wrrent 100% rda so swapped

I struggle with insomnia too! This is second pregnancy and at least I know when the baby is born I will sleep like the dead (inbetween night feeds).