Is anyone else awake? 11 weeks in and already suffering sleep deprivation!

[Sarah1322]

Fall asleep almost as soon as head hits pillow somewhere between 9 and 10pm most nights now but wake up again at abt 2 am for loo. Go back to bed, toss and turn for an hour or so wishing I could sleep. Get up in huff about 3am - usually go back to bed abt 5am and sleep like the damned for an hour b4 I have to get up for work. Particularly knarked tonight/this morning as travelling to US with work for just 3 nights which will mean jet lag on top of insomnia. Really worried how will cope with baby as am hating it and feeling resentful of DH who is upstairs sleeping like a proverbial baby!

Fed up and need a friend

Been up for the last 2 hours with wide awake, giggling 10m DD.

You're not alone

At 24 weeks I find my sleep pattern is still hit and miss although regardless of how much sleep I have I am still shattered!

Not really got any advice other than try to rest as soon as you can and don't stress over not sleeping as that will make you feel worse! I always get up, make a warm drink and read for a bit before going back to bed.

Wish I could say things get better but I don't know.

I was the same at about 11 weeks too Sarah. I'm 17 weeks now and for last few weeks its generally been better - not been up feeling shite watching house doctor at 4.30 for about a month phew. Hopefully it's just a stage and soon you'll be sleeping better. I know it's not much help at the time but just wanted to reassure you that it will hopefully ease up a bit

Sounds like this is your first. I'm 13 weeks with my first. I haven't slept right since finding out just because of all the hormones and have also been poorly because if the pregnancy. It helped me when I had my 12 weeks scan.

You may feel differently after you see a little person wriggling around inside you!

I was insomniac for weeks, but bizarrely, I didn't get jetlagged when I went to DC at 24 weeks... I think by then, I was so permanently confused that it didn't matter. I did have about four weeks where I slept really well though (I know, a WHOLE month). They seem quite far away now.

I read a lot, and I did find that doing some deep breathing exercises was actually helpful. You do have my every sympathy though.

Hey everyone,

Thanks for the replies - nice to know I am not the only sufferer - I am now in California, it is 5pm here (c. 1am Uk) so almost 24 hours of zero sleep now. Not sure if it is the pregnancy or the tiredness or both, but watched a film on the plane which had me crying in fact sobbing, properly sobbing - not in that attractive way, but in the full on snot and red eyes kind of way - note to self only watch action films on planes - crying in public like I'm having a mental breakdown is very uncool! Anyway has left me completely emotionally exhausted - have arrived here feeling unprepared/unable to cope with the meetings and the barrage of email that came my way the instant we touched down....feeling v. Fragile and pathetic...very weird feeling for a usually very together person.

Hope you are all doing well

P.s. my 3 month scan is next Friday so hopefully everything will feel different then :-)