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What is the worst night sleep you have ever had?

30 replies

Comedyshortsgamer · 13/12/2017 19:36

Mine would be when I was in pain with my arms and couldn't sleep as a result so was extremely tired the next day.

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PasstheStarmix · 13/12/2017 19:39

It wasn't just one night it was multiple nights with a reflux newborn who wouldn't sleep and this went on for months (felt like a year.) I was so sleep deprived I was literally a walking zombie. I will never complain again about one bad nights sleep.

susannahmoodie · 13/12/2017 19:40

When I was about 16 weeks pregnant with ds2 and suffering from constant nausea. For some reason we went camping in North Yorkshire in April 1st. There was frost on the ground. I slept in my coat and hat and was still freezing, and I needed a wee i but was too cold to get up and out of the tent so lay awake and held it in all night. My parents were staying at a B&Q nearby and the following night I begged my mum to swap places with me but she wouldn't 😱

jollyjester · 13/12/2017 19:41

My 17 month old doesn't sleep through. I am up at least twice a night. Last night the 5 year old was ill so I was up every hour.

QuestionableMouse · 13/12/2017 19:42

Travelodge on the A1. It was way too light and way too hot. I had about an hour's sleep and spent the rest of the night staring at the ceiling. Then I had to drive for another five hours the next day.

CoolGirlsNeverGetAngry · 13/12/2017 19:42

First night in hospital with new baby. Woman across the ward decided to call everyone she knew for a chat because she couldn’t sleep. Bitch.

tiredmummy1991 · 13/12/2017 19:43

I think mine was the other week, our town had flooded in places and my partner had to get home from work so I stopped up till he got back at 1 and then my 1 year old woke at 2 and wouldn't go back to sleep until 6, he was screaming on and off the whole time, I then had to get up at 7 to sort my little girl out for school,

XmasInTintagel · 13/12/2017 19:44

My parents were staying at a B&Q nearby
I'm imagining them sneaking in around closing time, and kipping in a couple of the baths, using throw s and cushions from 'homeware' as bedding Grin

churchilllounge · 13/12/2017 19:44

When my chronic insomnia was at its worst and I had 5 nights in a row with zero sleep. It was the worst thing I've ever been thorough because it's complete mental torture,

susannahmoodie · 13/12/2017 19:45

B and B!!!! Oooops!!!

DubaiismyBlackpool · 13/12/2017 19:46

The night my appendix burst was the worst. I was expecting the pain to ease, but it stayed the same. For the next 4 nights. By then I was so tired I just wanted the pain to stop so i could sleep. Didn't let up after surgery either.
Bloody awful.

XmasInTintagel · 13/12/2017 19:48

Mine was when my DS had D&V, he was sick about every 30 mins, but got so tired he wasn't waking up, so I was sitting by his bed, catching it :-/. No sleep, and worried in case it was something worse and I should be taking him to hospital...
It stopped about 6am, and he woke about 7, right as rain and full of beans - I was like a zombie!
I fully understand I got off relatively light tho, with one night like that, must be much harder having a little one who doesn't sleep night after night.

Silverthorn · 13/12/2017 19:49

Last night I had 2 vomiting preschoolers. Ongoing, neither have slept through the night more than a handful of times since eldest was born 3.8years ago. Do I win? No because you are asking this on a parenting forum. Confused

Miltonkeynesmummy · 09/09/2018 20:05

Chronic insomniac. I once had 4 nights straight with zero sleep. You go a bit mad.

Aprilshowersnowastorm · 09/09/2018 20:08

Non dc related night was in Milan, an obvious reaction to a seafood dish left me asleep on the loo, pants down, leaning over a sink with a pillow beside my head.
Wasn't the romantic break I planned.
Dc related too many to mention tbh.

MrsCatE · 09/09/2018 20:11

None. When my dad died. Basically an insomniac if can be bothered to check when post.

FreeButtonBee · 09/09/2018 20:12

The 5 nights I spent in hospital in a single room after a c section with newborn twins who were both tongue tied and I was (trying to) breastfeed. I’ve put it in a box mentally but it was horrific. Midwives ignored me. I’m surprised one of us didn’t end up dead TBH.

A few other majorly awful nights in the first 18 months but those first few nights.

Mamabearx4 · 09/09/2018 20:14

To many to mention on a personal note.

But currently my nights are horrendous. I have my 15 month in withus and sometimes she up most of thr night, but i also have my 14 dsd in withus. She is an insomiac andat risk of selfharm and more so i just lay there watching her till she falls asleep. But as soon as she moves im awake. Lucky to get more then 3 hours right now. But coffee is my go to, and i think im semi used to it now.

AnotherOriginalUsername · 09/09/2018 20:15

After starting my day at 4am and covering 30 miles on foot, destroying my feet in the process and passing out in the medical tent, I spent the night in a one-man tent on a hill, with just a damp sleeping bag (no roll mat or anything) knowing I was still 33 miles away from the car. Didn't sleep at all.

The shower in a field at 5am however, was the best I've ever had in my life.

Can't wait to do it again next year www.racetothestones.com/enter-now/

Whatififall · 09/09/2018 20:16

When my grandmother died. Every time I closed my eyes I saw her body again, (she died at home, someone said I should go in and see her, she looked like she was sleeping. She didn’t. She looked like she died in pain and horror). Awful night.

Itsatravesty · 09/09/2018 20:23

God where to start.
Did nightshifts for 3 years straight and had a house getting built next door for a year of that actually went to the lengths of sleeping in my bath.
Reflux baby who didn't sleep through the night till aged 3 years, the worst nights were being woken 5 minutes into my sleep over and over again all night long. Also did a few years of on call work where this regularly happened.
Then there were my numerous gallstone attacks with severe vomiting lasting upto 12 hours which always hit around midnight.
Been up all night with noro (me & DS) on 4 separate occasions.
Up until about a year ago I had a few years of excellent 8 hour sleeps then new noisy neighbours moved in and menopause hit, now I barely manage 6 hours for one reason or another. I dream of moving to the middle of nowhere but no doubt something would keep me awake.

lulu12345 · 09/09/2018 20:29

First few weeks with DS1 I barely slept due to him constantly waking and then me lying - like a fool - googling panicked questions about breastfeeding etc in between. After about 2 weeks of maybe 3-4 total hours sleep a day I was an absolute zombie, and started hallucinating and stopping breathing when I did manage to fall asleep.

marcopront · 09/09/2018 20:41

Mine was an overnight train in three tier AC in India. I am large and the bed was narrow and hard, I felt trapped by the bed above, it was not very dark and it was noisy. I had to get up at 4 am to see one of the students I was traveling with off the train. I don't think I slept at all. I had to my DD to a birthday party the next afternoon, I struggled to stay awake.

ScienceNut · 09/09/2018 20:48

Dry socket tooth infection, no sleep hard, screaming level pain. Was sat at the dentist waiting for them to open at 7.30!
This was on top of hefty painkillers as well.

PaddyF0dder · 09/09/2018 20:55

Newborn twins.

Whichever parent was “on” for them got zero sleep.

JW1226 · 09/09/2018 21:23

Last night was the worse up all night with my poor ass killing me (biggest hemmoroids of my life) pregnancy is so wonderful!

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