Pregnancy insomnia - end of my tether

[Skiingwithgin]

Hi all,

I’ve had pregnancy insomnia in this pregnancy since about 25 weeks. I’m now 37. It’s now making me miserable and nervous.

im up from 3am ish until 6am when I promptly fall asleep only to be woken by my darling toddler within the next 45 mins.

i can’t lie in as she needs to go to nursery/I need to work/hubby can’t do everything whilst I snooze.

I’ve tried everything, reading, not reading, messing on my phone (aka reading Mumsnet), not touching my phone, changing positions, lying still, having a warm drink, not having anything to drink, doing a small activity!

im going to bed about 10 but not falling asleep until about 11! I can’t stand this much longer as I’m chronically tired before the baby even arrives!!!

any pearls of wisdom or advise anyone can offer I might not have thought of?

thanks
xxx

Ugh I have no advice as I am in the exact same boat as you at 36 weeks :(

I go to bed at 9 but don’t actually fall asleep until atleast 12, then it’s broken and I’m waking up every 30 mins until 4am! Then from 4-6 I get 2 hours but wake up at 6 and then my DD wakes up at 7 so that’s that. Currently functioning on about 3 hours sleep a night. It’s killing me.

I do try to have an hour nap in the afternoon which I can fall asleep no problem! Bloody pregnancy insomnia!

No advice, but in the same position. Been awake since 4am today 😭 been blaming stress but maybe it's just pregnancy

same boat here ! reading everyone's comments sounds very similar to me. I used to try not to nap during the day to make sure I got a sleep at night but it still happens regardless so if I'm ever not working and have the chance to nap I just do it now ! however it's not very useful advice for night time sleep 😫

33 weeks and have one bad night, awake at 2-6am, then I’m up and working on my laptop, then the following night sleep quite well through sheer exhaustion. Lack of sleep brings on anxiety which I never get if I’m well rested 😖