I miss sharing a bed with my DH!

[Glowbuggy]

I'm not sure if this is the best place to bring this up as it may seem like quite an insignificant problem........but the thing is my DH snores. Ear drum bursting, helicopter landing, bed vibrating snores. I'm pregnant with our first and still working full time and I just can't have him in the bedroom anymore. Even if I can roll him over, the best I can get is some serious Darth Vadar breathing.
It seems to be worse since giving up smoking over a year ago, he has a health diet, healthy weight and doesn't drink. Does anyone have any advice for me as to what we can do? We've tried nasal sprays, nose strips, even getting rid of nose hair. Should we go to the doctor?
I miss him in bed with me and I feel awful kicking him out to the other room, he is so apologetic and takes all the blame which makes me feel worse. I don't want to face a future of not sleeping in the same bed together :(

Get him to go to the doctors,I had exactly the same and H was issued a cpap machine to open airways while they investigate. It WORKS!

Thanks so much, I'll be suggesting that to him.

My dad got a gumshield to adjust his jaw at night which apparently stops the snoring. Can't remember if he got it from the dentist or was refered by the doctor to somebody. He was house shaking too!

My DP only snores when drunk, but does breath like darth vader every night. I use earplugs, they're cheap and relatively comfy most of the time, can't hear a thing.

The best bit is when DS wakes up during the night and I can't hear him so DP is forced to get up instead mwah ha ha.

Tee hee, I use ear plugs for the breathing too, however when I finally drift off he rolls back over, starts the engines again and I get the fright of my life!
I have heard of the mouth guard thing, will look that up too. I do think there is something blocked because even when he is awake he is a heavy breather, I just put it down to him being 6'6 and needed a lot more air.

Best thing was it only took 6 weeks from the initial doc visit. We had tried EVERYTHING and he was permanently on the sofa as he woke the new baby. He will end up having an op I think.

My DH uses the gum shield thing as well - it works! There are two types of snoring, one is where the soft palate vibrates and this is the one that sometimes responds to sprays etc which mildly paralyse it. The other form of snoring is where the snorer's jaw falls backwards and no sprays or strips will help with this. If your DH is this type of snorer then he will need to have a special gum shield made that stops his jaw falling back.

My DH was referred by his doctor to the sleep clinic at the local hospital. They interviewed us both (apparently some women imply their DH's snore just so they don't have to sleep in the same room!) and then he had to have a general anaesthetic to see whether he did actually snore and, if he did, the type of snorer he was. When it was found that he was the jaw-falling-back kind of snorer he was sent to his dentist who had the special gum shield made. The only thing is that it is quite expensive - it cost us about £350 - but it meant that we could sleep in the same room again so it was worth every penny.