[threetimescharm]

Anyone else have insomnia? Mine isn't the typical kind where I can't fall asleep but where I can't STAY asleep. I wake each night between 2 and 3 AM and am awake till 5:30 I then fall back to sleep but an woken by my kids at 7 it is really getting hard to get through the day and I follow all the insomnia "dos and donts" like no caffeine after supper, go to bed the same time each night, etc etc etc. I am on day three of broken hours of sleep and am feeling the effects....any tips for me? I had this with my first pregnancy and it was hell

[threetimescharm]

Anyone else have insomnia? Mine isn't the typical kind where I can't fall asleep but where I can't STAY asleep. I wake each night between 2 and 3 AM and am awake till 5:30 I then fall back to sleep but an woken by my kids at 7 it is really getting hard to get through the day and I follow all the insomnia "dos and donts" like no caffeine after supper, go to bed the same time each night, etc etc etc. I am on day three of broken hours of sleep and am feeling the effects....any tips for me? I had this with my first pregnancy and it was hell

[generosityt]

Oh no, that sounds really bad! I wake up many times during the night too but don't have a problem falling asleep again. 

Did you try a hot drink before you go to bed? Fennel seeds tea work wonders for me when I have gas and when I am so tired and want to fall asleep as soon as I can. A spoon of the seeds in a cup of hot water is all you need. I also know that when people can't fall asleep and start thinking of things that are bothering them or that they're anxious about, it doesn't help at all and it keeps them awake longer. So try to think of something pleasant while you're waiting to fall asleep again. 

I wish you good luck, sleep deprivation is the worst especially when you need to keep up with your kids during the day. I hope it will be over soon.

[momma_leslie]

I do this very thing all the time. Either i cant fall asleep or i cant stay asleep.. And by the time Im finaly able to dose off.. its school time for ds.. LOL.. seems like a cruel twist of fate.. Dr. Said on one of my Potty breaks around 11pm. Take benedryl.. i take children liquid.. i take a adult dose 4 teaspoons on the labor.. And it helps me stay asleep, but also i can still get up to go pee, And go right back to sleep.. it really does help.. it doesnt knock out so u.can still hear kids And go Potty, but u can fall right back to sleep..

[momma_leslie]

Oh, the liquid childrens benedryl last 6 hours.. so time it accordingly.. : )

[threetimescharm]

I didn't know you could take Benadryl when you are pregnant, definitely something I will consider...it was so bad with my first pregnancy, it started in my third trimester and even after he was born and sleeping through the night I was waking for night feedings. My dr finally put me on sleeping pills to train my system to stay asleep because I was so frazzled from the withdrawal of hormones and dealing with being a new mom that sleep deprivation was just too much.