Insomnia

Im currently 26 weeks pregnant and for the past 3 days i havent been able to sleep so ive been taking unisom to help with the insomnia but its not working anymore, i had to take 2 of the pills last night just to be able to fall asleep, which apparently i wasnt supposed to do, are there any other things that might help me to sleep without taking those pills, please let me know yall 😭

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My sleep schedule completely reversed as well so I just let things happen naturallly . I changed my work schedule to work all night and sleep during the day . Works for now .

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Im 26 weeks and im currently so depressed my man is in the army I have to do everything alone I love him so much but I feel like giving up sometimes frl and I have insomnia all the time I feel horrible right now I cry everyday

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My routine is going on a walk about .5 miles, showering, warming up some water putting ginger, lemon and honey in it, drinking it with a snack and it’s been helping me go to sleep. Sometimes I even warm up milk and that’ll knock me out. If I wake up in the middle of the night and can’t go back to sleep then I’ll do some prenatal yoga then have a snack and lay back down. But then sometimes nothing works and I’m up at 2am lol it’s a process!

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I have challenges too I’m 25 weeks.. it’s getting harder to sleep through . I don’t have problem falling asleep but I wake up a lot . I’m sorry to hear that! Feel free to message if you need someone to talk to. Things will get better

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if you call 988 they have free and confidential resources to help you momma ā¤ļø

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Same! A prenatal massage helps me sleep better

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it gets easier but try to reach out to someone and see if they can help you , I’m almost 28 weeks and me and my husband are mil to mil he’s deployed at the moment tho and it’s hard to keep up with everything, I reach out to sum family to come help me out, don’t be scared to ask!

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Magnesium is good for leg cramps and helping with sleep

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Solfeggio frequencies or nature sounds like rain/thunderstorms help create a soft noise that calms me down enough to get to sleep when insomnia kicks in.

Magnesium glycinate (supplement) is another option my midwife shared with me! I’ve heard it’s better than unisom and doesn’t accrue a tolerance

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I've taken Benadryl and Tylenol pm too

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Me tooooo. As its 1am all my babies and hubs are asleep and im wide awake😭

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