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Sleeping during pregnancy
I am looking for some advice as a first timer. I have not had a particularly great pregnancy to date and only just hitting the half way mark. I am really battling with sleeping - I pass out when getting into bed but then am awake between 3 & 4am every morning and this is affecting work. Also have been sleeping on my side with several pillow but am getting severe pains in my hips from this. Any advice???
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Im also having trouble sleepin like you im out like a light as soon as get to bed but once i wake thats it i cant get back to sleep. Ive been getting up at 3-4am for a couple of hours then getting a nap in afternoon as im off work at the mo!
I cant sleep on my back as it makes me feel sick and dizzy now but if i sleep on side after an hour my hips and legs hurt!!!:x
I was told by my mw and physio (along with a preg book) that as you get larger (after 16wks) you shouldn't sleep on your back unless you are well propped up because as you lie on your back it places your uterus on top of important blood vessels - this can decrease the blood flow to your baby and parts of your body.
Sorry this isn't a great deal of help but I just thought I should let you know that you're not alone!
Good luck x
debz x
with my first I accidently got very drunk when I was five and half months... was only going to have two pints.. but was absolutly gone with it dont know how many I had.. dont kow if it was just the 2 but has hadnt had a drink for a while it just made me drunk and with my second I celebrated my 21st b I found ou and got absolutly slaughtered, but apparently i told my dads wife i was pregnant...i didnt even no then... this time I have been different and have had the occasional drink but not very often...
but hey as I was saying I sleept from 9pm to 5am when oh got up for work then went back to sleep when he had gone....
I personally also cant sleep on my back although I find it comy... everytime i roll onto my back baby kicks so I roll from one side to the other...
x x
I found one of those long maternity pillows an absolute godsend - got one at 22 weeks I think and it so helped me sleep better...much better than the odd pillow. Lately though I started getting bad hip pains, and sleeping worse but I've found that putting a cushion under whichever foot is on top (does that make sense? if i lie on my left side, the cushion goes under my right foot) - that seems to help a lot with the hip pains - I think its cause its keeping my hip in a natural position - plus having your foot on cushions is good for sore ankles - which is why I started doing that in the first place.
I live in hope that one day I'll sleep for more than 2 hours at a time again!!
I have also found that I am much better if I have had some exercise during the day and had a walk or something. Not sure if it maybe helps with the circulation?
Seven weeks left and counting!!!!!!!! =p xx