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Is post natal insomnia a thing?

My baby is laying next to me snoozing away peacefully but for the life of me I can't switch off 😭
It's been like this since she was maybe 2 months or so (after the main but of recovery was over).
Anyone else?

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Yes I am in the same boat. I can’t switch off my mind. Latest I sleep is around 1am then wake up by 4am to feed again then can’t sleep it will take me another 1 or 1 and half to go back to sleep 🥲

Me too. My baby sleeps and I see every hour.

I'm the same I can't sleep earlier than 1am then baby is waking up around 1:45/2:10 and from 3:30 or 4:15 baby is awake until 5/5:30 and at 6:30 I have to be awake to send my other daughter to school I feel so tired 😩😴😩😴

I had this issue for a couple of months but now I sleep normally. What helped was listening to The Sleep Coach School on YT. I was too stressed that I have to sleep when baby sleeps so as a result I wasn't sleeping much, or at all. Focusing less on sleep paradoxically made me sleep well, but it took a while.

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