When do you suddenly become able to sleep through the kicking?

[Jolleigh]

I'm shattered. I'm only 20 weeks. Little baby Alien is kicking much more frequently and getting stronger. She's been active pretty much right through the night for about a week now. I can't seem to sleep through it. If i get any sleep, it's very broken. She's much less active in the day but as I work then, I can't sleep. Did anyone else have this issue? And if so, when did it become easier to sleep?

Sorry to say but for me it's getting harder! 34 wks here and it's now far too strong to get to sleep to.

I've never had any trouble sleeping through it. Maybe when you get more used to it?

I've always been able to sleep through it.

The cramps, SPD, heartburn and needing to pee... not so much!

It's nt the kicks and movements that keep you up through the night as you get bigger. I am 32 weeks and going to the loo 6/7 times a night, the back pain, not been able to get comfortable and general insominia is what keeps me awake. I wouldn't mind if it was just her kicks. That would be easy to sleep throug in comparison.

same here. I can sleep through the (very strong)kicks but not the heartburn.
im 37 weeks.

39 weeks here and never got used to the kicking/hiccups during the night. So sorry OP but I never "learnt" to sleep through it.

Oh joy, my lil-un has just started pummeling me from the inside, i guess i have alot to look forward to. Same with me tho, just struggling with the loo & heartburn at the mo!

Looks like I need to settle in for the long game! Thanks ladies. Hope you get some sleep soon. x

Just a thought (can't offer actual qualified advice as am only 11 weeks): I've had trouble sleeping for any number of (mostly physical) reasons in recent years, but have found a couple things help. Breathing exercises help keep my mind off of discomfort/stress, as does counting backwards from 300 and fully thinking through each number (two hundred and ninety nine, two hundred and ninety eight etc - just thinking the digital numbers like two-nine-nine, two-nine-eight just allows your habitual brain to take over). On occasions where this doesn't help me sleep, at the very least it calms me down and I just have kind of a chilled period.

Sorry if this is hideously naive to all you veterans out there, just thought it might help.

I always thought the various things designed to keep you awake when pregnant were natures way of preparing you for the broken nights to come. I remember after dd was born being so grateful I didn't have to get up six times to go to the loo that a couple of wake up calls for a feed seemed like luxury!

Ahhh, easier to sleep.

I'm 36 weeks now and sorry to say in my experience sleep has become harder. ( Think it might be my body practicing for night feeds to come!)

Kicks are bigger now and he is very active whenever I lay on my side/ get into a sleeping position.

I've found sleeping upright on a mountain of pillows to be most effective as it helps stop heartburn, allows me to swing my body off the bed easier for each hourly nightime pee and he tends to settle down a bit more if I'm forward facing.

Hopefully yours won't go this way, but I'd try changing sleeping position and avoiding drinks before bedtime.

Elastic not sure that will take away from a little pair of feet jammed against your ribs, 6/7 pees a night or awful lower back pain etc. amongst the other really lovely and attractive pregnancy symptoms... All for you to look forward too.

Thought so.
Got to love those nighttime pees (though I'm only at 3/4 a night now). If there ever was an argument for adult nappies!