3rd trimester Insomnia/unable to sleep through the night

I have always had sleep problems. I was on a small dose of Seroquel to help me stay asleep prior to finding out I am pregnant. Now I am on nothing. My OB told me only take melatonin(doesn’t work for me) and Benadryl 25-50 as optional meds to help me sleep… none of these things have helped me sleep through the night in the last 7 months… I am today at the point were I burst into tears because I called in for the second time this week because I haven’t slept since 1:40am after waking up bright eyed.
I do a high stress level job and it would be a disservice to my baby & my patients to go in with one hour of sleep while 33+ pregnant.

Has anyone else who has had this issue found anything that helps them sleep through the night.genuinely helpless at this point.

My main problem is sleeping through the night.
Or inability to fall back asleep once I wake up.

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I have no solutions but just sending you a big hug ❤️

Pregnancy insomnia is dam annoying had it myself but it was at that point think were it was happening more often at that 7 month mark as would wake up for toilet then not be able to get back to sleep but the mediation was a godsend but try and think about nothing or you will find it hard but added benefit is supposed to be a chilled out baby which I agree works as son like that

My doctor recommended unisom which I've been taking and that's helped a little bit. I have insomnia from before being pregnant so I get how much it sucks.

Unisom worked great for me while pregnant!

I was on a few different meds throughout the years for sleep.

No matter what you take right now, thanks to hormones and prepping for motherhood - your sleep is going to be rough /:

Magnesium with unisom was my combo while pregnant before bed. It worked wonders!

Can you try cherry tart juice?

Gabi! What sort of mag did you specifically take with your unisome.

https://megafood.com/products/relax-calm-magnesium-powder-blackberry-hibiscus-oasis-flavor

That’s the one I took ^*

It was amazing!! And helped with aches and pains too

I wanted to let you know so far I have had 2 decent night of sleep even if I woke up I fell back asleep, I cannot thank you enough.
I also checked with my Ob that it was okay, 1 unisom+ 350mg of magnesium glycinate thank you tons!

yay!! Aww! That made my day! So happy it helped!

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