Anyone else suffering from pregnancy insomnia?

akcher · Sep 28th, 2009, 12:03 PM

For the past month I have awaken at about 3-4AM and have a lot of difficulty going back to sleep. This mainly happens during the week days when I have to get up for work in a couple hours. I fall asleep fine and can take loads of naps during the day on the weekends. Its just when I get up for my hourly wee during that time, I find myself staying awake.

BumpyButtons · Sep 28th, 2009, 12:19 PM

yerp i had this a few weeks back and was walking around like a zombie for days. its eased off slightly atm and although i wake up quite regular at night from rolling over or weeing, i am able to get back to sleep. its one of those lovely pregnancy symtoms. people kept saying huh if you think your not getting any sleep now, wait til the baby's born! which i thought was a stupid thing to tell me as i pointed out to them. nooooo i'm more likely to get more sleep when baby is born as i will be sleeping when she is sleeping where as atm i'm not sleeping becoz i simply cant

having#4 · Sep 28th, 2009, 12:22 PM

That happened to me for about two weeks straight. Couldn't get back to bed between 3 and 4 so would end up reading until I fell back to sleep. Things do get better. I am actually sleeping through the night (without bathroom breaks even!) ( unless I sleep walk there??)
So don't worry too much!

geekone · Sep 28th, 2009, 12:59 PM

Yip been the same for about 3-4 weeks now, 3am on the dot, mind you I didnt sleep at all on thursday night (maybe about 2 hours) then had to work and so was that knackered that I went to bed fully clothed at 5.45pm wokr up at 8.45pm changed into pj's got back into bed read for a half an hour then went back to sleep, still woke at 3is but managed to get over again as I was not up at 5.45 like a weekday. I must have been knackered!

I feel your pain

Margie · Sep 28th, 2009, 13:17 PM

Yup - I was experiencing this too. On holiday now and going to bed really early (9pm) so that waking up early is okay and I don't feel exhausted. Is there any way you could get to bed earlier?

Luna · Sep 28th, 2009, 13:42 PM

I'm the same. Sometimes woken by my bladder (!) but often just awake and can't sleep. Think i might be feeling baby move now which is maybe not helping...

amazed · Sep 28th, 2009, 14:26 PM

yes i do terribly when i told the midwife today she said pregnant women should be tierd lmao... i go to sleep ok its the staying asleep thats the trouble.

hivechild · Sep 28th, 2009, 14:26 PM

Yep, although I suffer from periodic insomnia anyway.

Some nights I can sleep right through, other nights I can't get to sleep at all and then there are the nights when I stir and find I can't get back to sleep and I'm up for 4-5+ hours at a stretch before I am tired enough to try sleeping again.

spritey · Sep 28th, 2009, 14:41 PM

Just the opposite here. I do get up a few times a night to go to the bathroom and drink water (I always feel thirsty), but I fall back asleep instantly. Over the weekend, I sleep something like 11-12 hours a night and then take a 2-3 hr nap during a day. Which means I get nothing done over the weekend. During the workweek, I go to bed early. I don't know how you girls can handle it with insomina, with a full night's sleep I always feel I haven't had enough.

akcher · Sep 28th, 2009, 15:11 PM

I do try to get to sleep at around 10:30PM and after work I usually take an hour nap. I think it's the anxiety of me knowing I have to get up in a couple hours keeps me awake. I don't seem to have this problem much on the weekends.

Sep 28th, 2009, 12:03 PM	#1
akcher Pregnant (Expecting) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 1,116	Anyone else suffering from pregnancy insomnia? For the past month I have awaken at about 3-4AM and have a lot of difficulty going back to sleep. This mainly happens during the week days when I have to get up for work in a couple hours. I fall asleep fine and can take loads of naps during the day on the weekends. Its just when I get up for my hourly wee during that time, I find myself staying awake.

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Sep 28th, 2009, 12:19 PM	#2
BumpyButtons Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: uk Posts: 1,006	yerp i had this a few weeks back and was walking around like a zombie for days. its eased off slightly atm and although i wake up quite regular at night from rolling over or weeing, i am able to get back to sleep. its one of those lovely pregnancy symtoms. people kept saying huh if you think your not getting any sleep now, wait til the baby's born! which i thought was a stupid thing to tell me as i pointed out to them. nooooo i'm more likely to get more sleep when baby is born as i will be sleeping when she is sleeping where as atm i'm not sleeping becoz i simply cant

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Sep 28th, 2009, 12:22 PM	#3
having#4 Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Yellowknife, NT, Canada Posts: 173	That happened to me for about two weeks straight. Couldn't get back to bed between 3 and 4 so would end up reading until I fell back to sleep. Things do get better. I am actually sleeping through the night (without bathroom breaks even!) ( unless I sleep walk there??) So don't worry too much!

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Sep 28th, 2009, 13:17 PM	#5
Margie Pregnant (Expecting) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: London Posts: 1,438	Yup - I was experiencing this too. On holiday now and going to bed really early (9pm) so that waking up early is okay and I don't feel exhausted. Is there any way you could get to bed earlier?

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Sep 28th, 2009, 13:42 PM	#6
Luna Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Scotland Posts: 463	I'm the same. Sometimes woken by my bladder (!) but often just awake and can't sleep. Think i might be feeling baby move now which is maybe not helping...

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Sep 28th, 2009, 12:59 PM	#4
geekone Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,043	Yip been the same for about 3-4 weeks now, 3am on the dot, mind you I didnt sleep at all on thursday night (maybe about 2 hours) then had to work and so was that knackered that I went to bed fully clothed at 5.45pm wokr up at 8.45pm changed into pj's got back into bed read for a half an hour then went back to sleep, still woke at 3is but managed to get over again as I was not up at 5.45 like a weekday. I must have been knackered! I feel your pain

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Sep 28th, 2009, 14:26 PM	#7
amazed Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Warwickshire,uk Posts: 5,382	yes i do terribly when i told the midwife today she said pregnant women should be tierd lmao... i go to sleep ok its the staying asleep thats the trouble.

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Sep 28th, 2009, 14:26 PM	#8
hivechild Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 5,518	Yep, although I suffer from periodic insomnia anyway. Some nights I can sleep right through, other nights I can't get to sleep at all and then there are the nights when I stir and find I can't get back to sleep and I'm up for 4-5+ hours at a stretch before I am tired enough to try sleeping again.

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Sep 28th, 2009, 14:41 PM	#9
spritey Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 141	Just the opposite here. I do get up a few times a night to go to the bathroom and drink water (I always feel thirsty), but I fall back asleep instantly. Over the weekend, I sleep something like 11-12 hours a night and then take a 2-3 hr nap during a day. Which means I get nothing done over the weekend. During the workweek, I go to bed early. I don't know how you girls can handle it with insomina, with a full night's sleep I always feel I haven't had enough.

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Sep 28th, 2009, 15:11 PM	#10
akcher Pregnant (Expecting) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 1,116	I do try to get to sleep at around 10:30PM and after work I usually take an hour nap. I think it's the anxiety of me knowing I have to get up in a couple hours keeps me awake. I don't seem to have this problem much on the weekends.

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