Snoring husband and newborn - earplugs?

[Bojangles33]

I'm 28 weeks pregnant and my husband snores like a train. I can only sleep in the same room as him if I'm wearing wax earplugs. He snores all night, regardless of sleeping position. What am I going to do when the baby arrives? I don't want him to have to sleep in another room every night, but I don't know if I will hear the baby? I still hear DH through the earplugs if I wake up, but they stop the noise waking me usually, if that makes sense. So I think I would still hear a baby cry and everyone has said I will be tuned into it? What are other people's experiences?

I was in the same situation - first night home with baby, DH ended up rather quickly relocating to the spare room after my 3rd comment on his snoring! I was too nervous to wear earplugs at that point. He's still there most nights just so he can get a better night's sleep, but when we have all shared a room on holidays etc I do find that I still hear the baby with earplugs in, though occasionally (but not normally) DH will hear her first!

Tbh he should see a doctor if he’s snoring all night and really loudly

Is he unfit or over weight ?
Has he tried any remedies or sought medical advice ?

You need sleep when you have a tiny baby and he needs to seek help to help you also he needs to do night feeds too :)

Most earplugs only reduce the noise level by infer 35 decibels and your baby will definitely cry louder than that!

I’ve worn ear plugs for years and with my last two newborns, I definitely heard them!

My youngest is 14 months and sleeps in the next room, even with my ear plugs in I can still hear her if she wakes. The earplugs just take the edge off my husband’s Snoring

Where will baby be sleeping? If co-sleeping or in a next-to-me crib, I found I used to wake up as soon as DS stirred. He rarely got to the point of crying before I was awake!

Oh and meme, my husband has sleep apnoea and has had the OP for r and has a sleep machine to control his breathing but he STILL snores while wearing it. There’s not much more he can do to reduce his snoring. It’s a pain

I recommend one earplug - sleep on your side with the non earplug ear squashed into the pillow. Means noise is reduced but if you think you hear a squeak or if the baby is unsettled you can roll over to listen.

Worked for me. Tbh you won't be sleeping much with a newborn anyway. You're more likely to have an issue a few months down the line.

Not unfit or overweight, he lost about 4 stone and made NO difference. Have tried all manner of treatments to no avail.

Thank you for reassurance that others have experienced this! Baby will be in next to me crib so I'm assuming I will wake as soon as it stirs anyway, but just a bit worried incase I'm so tired I just pass out! But agree that DH needs to be helping with night feeds etc so don't want to be banishing him to the spare room completely (obviously that will happen a bit when he is back in work and needs a sleep catch up).

Good point that he may also wake up first if I don't. We have cats and I never hear them whinging but he always hears when they're at the door!

I did the 1 earplug thing like Happyvalley mentions. Worked well😀

I had the same problem, accidentally I started using white noise for the baby which helped her sleep (played it all night) and realised it actually drowned out the snoring - or at least was a different more peaceful noise! She’s 14 months now and we all still sleep with rain playing all night it’s bliss.

Please help!! I am 28 weeks pregnant and my partner snores so unbelievably loudly. I struggle to sleep as it is and this stop me from getting to sleep. I’ve tried earplugs and drowning the noise out but I can still hear it. I try wake him up every time he snores but he just goes back to sleep and start snoring again 2 minutes later. It’s getting to the point that we start arguing in the middle of the night and getting so angry with each other. I am also worried that I will get no sleep when baby arrives as I’ll be waking up to feed him and then I won’t be able to get back to sleep because of the snoring. I live in a studio flat and my sofa is literally 3 metres from the bed so it’s not like I can go sleep in a different room, all tho one night I was so tired and got so aggravated that I slept on the bathroom floor and could still hear the snoring through the fire doors and noises from my phone to drown it out. It’s getting to a point where I’m getting so upset and angry and don’t want him here anymore even tho we love each other so much. He doesn’t want to go to the doctor for help. I just don’t know what to do, sometimes I feel like we should live separately. Please help!!!

Sounds like ultimatum time to me. He sees the doctor or he moves out.