Sooo uncomfortable, everything hurts 😭

I’m 31 weeks pregnant and I’m so over this already. I’ve been getting restless sleep and waking up at the butt crack of dawn because I get this burning pain sensation on my hips and sides from sleeping on my sides for too long. Switching sides doesn’t help 😭😭 I’m just over it. With my first it wasn’t this bad till I hit 34w+ but this go around it seems like everything is just rougher on my body 🥲 I’m tempted to finally try the unisom to see if it will help my sleep, anyone who takes it that can tell me if it truly works?

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I could have wrote this post myself. I've never slept to horrible in my life 😭
I tried the Unisom once and it made me sleep through the whole night but I felt like I got hit by a car when I woke up. Didn't make me feel like I slept at all and I was so tired the whole day

Same! Unisom takes about an hour to kick in for me, but definitely works

i haven’t tried unisom but i have been using magnesium glycinate. its worked really well at keeping me asleep because it works to relax your muscles. the only issue i had with it is that the serving size says 2 pills which made me sleep deeply through the night but i woke up in the morning feeling like i got absolutely no sleep, it was so exhausting. i went down to just one pill a night and it definitely works better for me, i dont have any side stomach or muscle pains and i only wake up once to pee at night

I’m glad to know I’m not the only one struggling! I keep telling myself I must be dramatic because it’s too early to be this miserable. I finally gave in to unisom this week but only if I can take it early enough in the evening because it does seem to make me a little groggy for 12-15 hours after taking it😩 I do magnesium glycinate as well as mentioned above but it wasn’t being as effective lately for me as it has in the past

Take half a unison to try it out. You should be able to sleep through the night no problem

yea my OB recommended it for both of my pregnancies and i didn’t take it with my first but i am now. i got the good and gather brand from target for like $6 and i’ve definitely noticed a difference since i’ve started taking it. i would check how many mg the one you got has, the one i take is 200 mg per serving but its too much for me so i take 100 mg instead

I get it! This is my second as well and I feel like my pregnancy pillow isn't supportive enough at all I wake up every day in tons of pain. Didn't have this issue with my first.
We're almost there! 💪🏻

I was confused… looks like something I needed to post. I definitely stand by everything you said. The sleep is so horrible. When I wake up In the middle of the night I pray it’s time to get up for work.

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When does it get better?

I was crying on the phone with the perinatal mental health team today and the lovely lady, bless her, kept assuring me that it gets better. I kept telling her I hope so because people have been saying that since having my LO and it just feels like it keeps getting worse. She assured me it gets better....

Rant/WWYD

My sister (youngest, 24) has two kids, 4 & 1, and i (oldest, 30) just have my one who’s 6mo old right now, so i ask her for advice or call her to vent about things sometimes. Well im tired of her turning around and telling my other family members that I’m “losing my sh*t.” Literally have not lost my sh*t nor have i ever freaked out to her about my baby, i just call her to talk and tell her what stage my baby is in or talk through how im feeling, but she chooses to tell people that im like a complete nutcase or something which worries me that my family is going to start being judgmental about me as a mother or looking at me funny like I’m some fragile ticking time bomb.

What would you do in this situation? I’m already pretty much decided that I’ll stop telling her anything about my struggles, but I’m almost at the point where i feel like it should be confronted because she, of all people, should understand what I’m going through.

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