Cant sleep help,,,,,,

[didsnbump]

Im 35 weeks preg with my second and finding my sleep is being really disturbed this time round. At first it was being uncomfortable now its because im suffering with carpol tunnel really badly in my right arm.
Any suggestions as to how i can stop this and get some needed sleep????

Hello! Sorry no good suggestions, i'm 36 weeks pregnant and can't sleep either. Just thought i'd say hello.

No help from me either - 38 weeks on Wednesday and been up since 4am!

At least we will be used to sleepless nights!

Hi didsnbump. I have carpal tunnel, too, and wearing wrist splints at night has really helped me.

Now it's just the SPD that keeps me awake instead!

can't help just wanted to sympathise. I'm 32 weeks and sleeping so badly too......many hours spent staring at the bedroom wall! maybe we should start a nocturnal mn group!

Im 37 weeks pg with dc2 and am also suffering with carpal tunnel although not as bad as with dd.

I find that when Im hot its worse because I swell up more. I have turned the heating in my bedroom down a bit and it seems to have helped a bit.

I have also kicked dp out of bed so that I can toss and turn as much as poss.

Just keep thinking that once baby is here it goes, thats what is making me feel better

Hi, another insomnia sufferer here at 32 weeks. Tried horlix last night, that seemed to help, warm baths are effective for me too

CPS is worse if you go to sleep with your hands curled up my midwife told me. So make sure you fall asleep with your hands straight or slightly bent back. It may go away by itself (as mine has).

If you can't hold a cup of tea in the morning because it is so bad, ask your midwife to get you some splints.

I have carpal tunnel, for bedtime I put wrist splints on both and then take a couple of paracetamol, all washed down with some gaviscon. Pregnancy is fun!

My midwife said i would have to buy splints myself??
I got up to do stuff until i felt tired enough to go back to sleep but woke ds up and then had to have him in my bed to go back to sleep for a few hours, so tonight i think i will go back to staring at the walls!!

Biggish pharmacies have them.

Sorry no tips, but you're far from alone... it seems the further on/bigger you get, the less you sleep.

I haven't slept throught the night since 6 weeks, and at 39 and a bit weeks I'm currently only managing an hour and a half max of sleep at a time cos I either wake up uncomfortable or needing yet another wee

good luck!

Adding myself to the group with a sigh and a nod of understanding. Nearly 36 weeks and can't sleep either. Have carpal tunnel syndrome and sinusitis, plus need to go to the loo about every hour. I've even got a completely blocked ear now. Arrghhhhh!!!!! I need this baby out!

yeah me too, full of cold.

My first pregnancy was never this bad. But at least im used to sleepness nights.
Im now looking forward to babies arrival knowing that at least inbetween night feeds i will get some kip!!

Oh thank god it's not just me! I mean, I'm very sorry that we're all not getting much sleep but I've felt like the only person in the world in those early hours. I'm 35 weeks btw.

I go to sleep fine, but wake up a couple of hours later and just can't get back to sleep. I don't need a wee, I'm not in pain, I'm just awake even though I'm knackered.

It's driving me mad!