I need help and support from anyone who has gone through this or is going through this. Will it stop after baby comes ? Why is this happening? Why can't I fall asleep on my on and much less stay asleep? Everyone tells me due to hormones but I'm scared. Been crying and panicking all month. I literally can not sleep on my own even when tired. What is wrong with me? Is it hormones or something I have to deal with the rest of my life? I'm so scared. Nothing can really be done until I deliver I understand which is next week. I have taken everything from promethazine to benadryl to ambien. Nothing has helped.
Yes! Then you will be trying to sleep every chance you get. That's why the old adage: sleep when baby sleeps. :)
Hormones. Bigger body, hard to get comfortable. Baby moves. Stressing out about being able to manage with this new life and new challenge. Digestive issues or heartburn from a bigger baby pressing on stomach or intestines or bladder. Could be a million reasons.
Are you crying because you are so exhausted? Take some time off work if you can. Sleep during the day if you have to. What are you panicking about? Things to do, or fear that something is wrong? If the first, please let some stuff go around the house. The place doesn't need to be spotless even though the nesting instinct kicks in really strong and you sometimes have the urge to rearrange, clean closets, and more. Remember that a baby doesn't need much of anything - a car seat, some diapers, and even in the old days they slept in a dresser drawer! Get some help from friends if you need to. If the second, remember that the body has a way of making you really look forward to the end of pregnancy - and being miserable is one way!
Get your doctor to help you find a pregnancy massage person or other practitioner to help you with relaxation and stress reduction. You have to find a way to be good to yourself, to put yourself first right now.
Lots of people will joke about how you won't sleep for 18 or 21 years. That's how we all get through it. But if that's making you feel worse, please know that you WILL sleep, your body will totally change after the baby comes. You have to really analyze what you are doing right now and assess how much of it really NEEDS to get done vs. how much you are doing because you always have or because you think you really should. It's time to get some realistic views of being a woman and being a mother. If you need help, DO reach out for a counselor who can help you assuage your fears and put things in perspective. I know you may feel like you cannot do one more thing right now, but please do find time for this. And PLEASE do not drive while you are sleep-deprived! You're exhausted and distracted, and that's a bad combination!
You come first right now - nobody else!
You have so much on your mind before baby comes. So just try to relax and roll with the lack of sleep. And remember, not getting enough sleep plays with your mind. Do you work? If not, sleep whenever the urge hits you. If you do work, nap in your car at lunch or ask your boss for a place to close your eyes.
And if this is #1, you need to take naps when the baby naps. Or have quiet time with the other kids.
You'll be fine. Try not to worry too much.
Yes, but you won't sleep because baby will keep you awake. Consider the insomnia practice for having a newborn! My baby was born almost 6 years ago - he woke me 4 times last night:)
It will get better, eventually. A friend's cousin once said that her house was never cleaner than when she was near the end of her pregnancies because she could not sleep. The weight and pressure of the baby, your mind working overtime as the birth nears, hormones going all over the place. As long as you are not having trouble breathing when you sleep, you should be fine. Panicking won't do you any good. Take a deep breath and remember to breathe every time something happens that might get you panicky after the baby comes.
try some simple relaing mind clearing exercises. talk to your dr about ways to help you sleep. i had restless legs while pregnant.. so getting up and shaking them out before trying to fall asleep helped me.
my dr also had some pregnancy safe sleep assistants that she could of given me if i wanted them. so chat with your dr about it and see what your options are
Sorry to say, you I'll sleep again when baby is 21 maybe!!!
I had it. I ended up watching a lot of TV with all my pregnancies - I figured the most I could get was just rest. I would drift here or there.
Hormones.
Being uncomfortable.
My babies were all in the 90+ percentile and I'm very small - if they moved around a lot, I would wake up.
Babies pressing on bladder.
Babies pressing on everything quite frankly
Achiness.
I felt hot.
I could go on.
For me I was better afterwards, but then I had a baby to feed so was more just exhausted than tired from insomnia. It's all worth it :) I did not take anything for it. I just did the best I could and I did take little cat naps at work. Thankfully had very understanding boss.
The insomnia is normal during the last trimester and will go away on its own. I'm concerned about your anxiety though. Please talk to your OB when you see her this week so she can help over the next few weeks.
Yes, and then you won't get proper sleep for the next 18 years anyway. Enjoy!
i'd be very very leery about taking all those drugs while pregnant. even if they say class B, they constantly 'oops' down the line after harm has been established. too bad, so sad. but sleeplessness beats the hell out of a damaged baby.
your anxiety is over the top, though. are you customarily crying, panicking and scared all the time?
no one on the internet can tell you if this is hormone-induced or something more. of course it's rare that pregnancy sleeplessness is something that persists throughout one's life.
what does your doctor say?
khairete
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