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Is snoring grounds for divorce??

13 replies

HarperLight · 05/08/2020 10:41

My husband has suddenly developed the loudest. Most irritating snore and it's driving me insane. I actually can't take it anymore. Maybe he's always done it but I've not noticed? I'm heavily pregnant, due in a few weeks and I honestly lay wide awake next to him wondering whether I should smother him or divorce him.
He's incredibly difficult to wake when he's asleep so if I nudge, kick or shout it doesn't really make a difference. He will respond to me and argue that he isn't snoring I ask him to roll/move and he says he has.. but he's still asleep so he has no clue. When he wakes in the morning to find I'm not there he's very apologetic and asks why I didn't kick him out to the sofa! We don't have a spare room so that isn't an option. I sometimes get into my sons bed with him but that isn't ideal as I struggle to fit comfortably in a toddler bed!

Any tips that can help save him?? I fear once babies here and they're both keeping me awake he may meet his end??

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TwentyViginti · 05/08/2020 10:51

Is he overweight?

Seriously79 · 05/08/2020 10:51

I often find that a toenail gouged into the ankle helps 😂 other than that hold his nose!

HarperLight · 05/08/2020 10:55

No, he isn't overweight, doesn't smoke or drink etc.

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Monday55 · 05/08/2020 11:10

If your sofas are due changing soon you could upgrade to a sofa bed so he can sleep in the living room or get one of those foldable guest beds for him to sleep in the living room.

I'd recommend earplugs but that'll be short term until the baby comes, as you'll need to hear the baby crying.

IlanaWexler · 05/08/2020 11:30

I'd recommend earplugs but that'll be short term until the baby comes, as you'll need to hear the baby crying.

You can definitely hear a baby crying through earplugs, trust me, I always wear them.

DH snores badly too, but I find he rarely wakes me up when I have earplugs in. It's impossible to fall asleep while he's snoring though so sometimes I go to bed earlier than him so I can drift off in peace.

HarperLight · 05/08/2020 12:55

Mmmmm id hear the baby laid next to me, but I probably wouldn't hear my toddler in another room with ear plugs would I??

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Sunshineandflipflops · 05/08/2020 13:05

My husband was a terrible snorer, which was worse after he'd had a drink. He's now my ex husband...not because of the snoring, although I'm glad that's someone else's problem now!

Crumpets4butter · 05/08/2020 13:28

Earfit earplugs are wonderful, tight fitting. You can definitely hear your child crying though them trust me! I used to sleep on a sleeping bag on the sofa when I was heavily pregnant and couldn't sleep and it helped. I got snore spray and that helped a little.

Bunnymumy · 05/08/2020 15:11

I'd just sleep in separate rooms. If you can still hear him, maybe look at getting big, heavy doors. I find they block sound out quite well. But I suppose it depends on the walls too.

BackwardsGoing · 05/08/2020 15:17

If it's a recent thing he should see a GP to find out the cause and cure.

IlanaWexler · 06/08/2020 09:02

Mmmmm id hear the baby laid next to me, but I probably wouldn't hear my toddler in another room with ear plugs would I??

I don't wake up when my toddler is babbling to himself, but I do if he starts crying or shouting. Perfect really.

Wagsandclaws · 06/08/2020 09:08

This was me a few years ago. It was worse when I was pg because I'd be up and down all night to the loo and couldn't get back to sleep. I'd have to wake him and make him stay awake whilst I went back to sleep several times a night. Not ideal!

I made him go to the gp as I thought his level of snoring meant probable sleep apnea and sure enough after a test at the hospital that's what it was. He now sleeps with a c-pap machine and everybody is very happy.

Sleep apnea can be quite dangerous so get him to see your gp with a recording off your phone of the snoring. Incidentally dh never used to dream ( presumably because he never got deep enough into sleep ) and now he does. It's transformed both of our lives.

Toddlerteaplease · 06/08/2020 09:57

Get him regrets for a sleep study.

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