Pregnant and not getting sleep

[18AndPregnant]

Hi my name is Lexi, I'm 18 and pregnant with my first child. I am currently 13 weeks pregnant, and some nights its hard for me to sleep. Like last night I laid in bed for hours and just couldnt sleep, i finally went to sleep at 5am.. And i woke up at 10am and just could not go back to sleep im not getting enough sleep some nights and others im getting perfect sleep.. Im scared its gonna affect the baby can i please get some advice?

Heya Lexi,
I don’t have any remedies I’m sorry however I’m 22 weeks pregnant with my first and haven’t been getting much sleep either for various reasons (uncomfortable, need to pee all the time, my other half snores!) so I spoke to the midwife about it and she said it won’t affect the baby at all. So while it won’t be much fun for you, I wouldn’t worry about it causing any problems for your baby.

Thank you i have been worried that me not getting enough sleep would cause problems with baby

hey!

Im 31 weeks pregnant and also not sleeping. It wont harm the baby, but you'll just be tired. Ive found that if im active in the day, like work (I have an active job), or if I go for a walk/to the gym/for a swim it helps. My sleep is really broken anyway, but that makes it a bit better.

Hope it helps!

The most ironic thing you'll hear when pregnant is "get all the sleep you can before baby comes" in actual fact, pregnant women don't sleep. It's horrific and I'm sorry but it doesn't get easier 😞
Avoid caffeine, sugar, eating late, get comfy and try some hypnosis videos on YouTube.

And good luck xxx

I hardly slept at all from week 18 onwards and can assure you my baby wasn't affected at all.