Pregnancy insomnia! What are your remedies?

[ericsavedtheday]

Hi all! Currently 10 weeks with our first. Over the moon as we were TTC and it happened quite quick but I’m suffering terribly with insomnia.

I’m not the best sleeper anyway but it’s just ridiculous at the moment. Currently 05:15 and I haven’t slept a wink. This has been a nightly thing since about 6 weeks. I try desperately not to nap during the day incase it makes my sleep worse at night but even then it’s not making a difference.

Any help would be really appreciated!! Thanks xx

I'd like to say I found something that helps but I never did. I'm 36 weeks and I've had it from around 8 weeks and it's not eased off once! I have the odd night where I get a good sleep but most nights I either don't sleep or I'm up at 4am. The only thing that's helped me is getting up, eating and going back to bed but even that doesn't work 🤣

@gonewithtthewind oh no I’m sorry to hear you’ve suffered so badly with your sleep for so long! Do you usually sleep bad?

It’s only been around 4-5 weeks for me at the moment but it just got to me today and I sat and cried in bed. It’s the frustration more than anything!

This happened to me in
my second pregnancy and I never did find a solution. Nap in the day op if you get the chance. On the plus side it was only one out of three pregnancies for me. The other two I had no issues sleeping at night 😂

@ericsavedtheday I’d love to say that I found a magic remedy but like @gonewithtthewind, I just didn’t 🙈 Had it from about 7/8 weeks and the sleepless nights are still going strong...and he’s now 2 😴😅🤣 Hopefully it’s not the same for you!

I've always been a bad sleeper but never as bad as it has been in pregnancy.

Oh I feel you on that, I've cried so many times because I'm so exhausted yet I can't sleep! Definitely nap in the day if you can or just when you feel tired, I did the same thing I'm not wanting to nap during the day in the hope I'd sleep at night but gave up on that one as I wouldn't sleep either way! Even if you only get an hour in the day it's way better than nothing.

I hate to say it but it's got harder for me as my pregnancy has gone on. I'm huge and exhausted now which is even worse! X

20 weeks here with 2nd DC. I started taking a magnesium supplement as soon as I could stomach it without vomiting. Could be coincidence but I've slept amazingly these past few weeks.

Hi OP, I’m also struggling with sleeping. Falling asleep isn’t so bad as long as I don’t have restless legs but I’m always awake at 4am without fail after getting up for the bathroom. I’m just napping in the day where I can.

I listened to hypnosis sleeping apps on my phone through headphones during the night so at least my mind was calm, and would often drop off while listening.

Birth.

Sorry to say mine never went away until I gave birth at 41 weeks!

My advice is take the naps during the day! And keep your iron levels up!

Snacking during the night helped a bit. Get out of bed to eat. Then go back to bed and try to fall back asleep.

And enjoy laying on your front / back while you still can!

Thank you all for the comments and sorry to hear that insomnia has effected so many of you! It seems there’s a good chance it’s here for the duration of my pregnancy!

I do try all the usual stuff: no screens in bed, no caffeine etc but it doesn’t seem to make a difference. I’ll have a look for some safe remedies and let you all know if any make a difference!

I had dreadful insomnia first time round, I'm not sure if its helped this time but I've been taken a magnesium supplement and generally slept pretty well. I'm now not sleeping so well but only a few weeks left so just going with it, I find not stressing about sleep and just accepting it is currently helping (easier said than done i know). I keep waking about 2am and just read or try to relax and often do manage to get a bit more sleep.
Hope you find something which helps OP.

Listen to something through headphones - I find podcasts send me back to sleep pretty quickly! Also someone else mentioned iron levels, I have slept better since I started taking iron tablets but obviously still need to get up a million times a night for a wee 😂

I have no advice, just here for the suggestions as 25 weeks and in the thick of it. I cried at 3am at the thought of how tired I was going to be again because of lack of sleep. I can get to sleep no problem, just can’t stay asleep. Definitely looking into magnesium.

Hi all,

Thanks for the messages and again sorry to hear so many of you are also experiencing this too :(

I've been suffering with RLS when I go to bed (I always have but usually only for a short while, whereas during pregnancy it can take hours to disappear!!) and I think this is what's making it difficult for me to initially settle down. By the time it's disappeared I'm already over tired. Although I'm often exhausted in the afternoons I've given up with not napping as it doesn't make a difference! At this point I just need SOME sort of rest, regardless of the time of day😂

Not sure if anybody else can relate but I also think not having yet had my first scan and so we're yet to tell anybody has made it worse. I've felt this need to maintain a complete "everything's normal!" face so that nobody suspects anything and we can tell people in our own special way once we've had our scan, but actually it's probably but a lot of pressure on me without me even realising. My fiance has been fantastic but it's hard to keep going at the same pace at work and with friends etc whilst they're unaware!