Is anyone else struggling to sleep 24 weeks

[LizzeyBenett]

So I'm sleeping in the spare bedroom as I toss and turn so much all night that neither of us sleeps however I'm having very poor sleep even on my own. I have my pregnancy pillow but find it extremely hard to get comfortable and am very anxious about rolling over onto my back. I have to keep turning because my hips start to hurt but then I start worrying if I'm laying too far forward and squishing the baby (I know I'm not but can't get rid of that particular anxiety it's constant all night) . Has anyone found a somewhat comfortable way to sleep I'm doing stupid things in work I'm so tired and I'm sure it's only going to get worse the further along I get. I had thought my anxiety had settled but it just rears its head at night now instead and I spend the night analysing how I'm lying in the bed.

I am the same stage as you and not using a pregnancy pillow, currently sleeping on whichever side is comfortable. I sometimes find the baby will wake me shifting around and kicking so I flip over then and change position. I saw a clip from a midwife recently that said sleeping on your back isn't actually a big issue because you will get uncomfortable and move before you cause any damage. I'm a massive worrier in most aspects but reassured that it's very difficult to do any damage with sleeping position especially at this stage as baby is still small enough to move about.

I always have bad hip pain in pregnancy, so I sleep sitting up on a bean bag with lots of pillows for my head and under my knees. This works like a charm for me and no hip pain at all.

However, at 26 weeks I am also struggling to sleep, and wake up at around 4/5am as well as going to the toilet twice, having a very wiggly baby (if I slide down too much she wiggles and kicks and then has hiccups that wake me up). If I lay on my side for a couple of hours my stomach touches the bed and she goes absolutely mad with kicking! Again, not easy to sleep now. So grumpy all day, and very hard to stay cheerful at work (preschool!).

I hope this phase will go away, and I can sleep.

I used to have one pillow behind me to give a bit of support, and one pillow in front to cuddle.

Don’t worry too much about rolling - at this stage it’s quite unlikely that lying on your back will be a problem. And once your bump is bigger it will be a huge effort to move… you won’t be accidentally rolling anywhere 🙈

The positive is that I was so used to having rubbish sleep that I actually felt better rested with a newborn baby than before.

Also a firm pillow between your knees takes pressure off your hips.

No sleep is ruining everything, honestly you're not alone. I just feel terrible 24/7.