Post-partum insomnia help!

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Does anyone have tips on how to deal with post-partum insomnia? My baby (3 months) is sleeping a bit better but I’m sleeping worse and can’t go back to sleep after night feeds. Some nights I can’t even fall asleep and just feel totally wired as we have been spending the evenings trying to settle DD and then heading to bed when she is finally down. The last two nights I even tried sleeping pills prescribed by the doctor (with DH responsible for night feeds but all of us sleeping in the same room as we don’t have a spare room) but still couldn’t stay asleep. I feel like I’m letting my DD down as I’ve been pretty tired during the day. Anyone had this and it got better on its own?

I had this, it started at 4 months old. I felt more relaxed cosleeping in the same bed and along with a small dose of amitriptyline it got better on its own. Its a horrible thing mine was due to being too anxious postpartum and cosleepinv made me less anxious as I wasn't listening out for them to wake up, being next to him made me more relaxed, I'd suggest going to bed at the same time as the baby and falling asleep together . I know its not supposed to be safe but you can try the c position curled around them . You ll get through it.

Yep. I used to pop some headphones in and listen to something while laying there. Not much else worked for me.

Even now I still wake for an hour or so in night. I just potter around for a while then go back to bed. My lo is 19 months old.

Could try some pink or white noise it helps me as my lo has it. Now I can't sleep without the thing.

Oh god I had this for months and it was absolutely awful. I finally overcame it with hypnotherapy and taking magnesium supplements.

Don't lie in bed awake for long. Get up and go downstairs. Laying in bed awake and stressed causes the insomnia to be so much worse and bed becomes an anxious trigger to the brain. Getting up and reading or even cleaning up a bit downstairs helps to keep the bed/bedroom as a place of chill and sleep in your mind. Laying awake stressing about how you're not asleep just ends up in horrific cyclical insomnia.