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First time pregnancy , First time moms

Sleeping Trouble

Please help! I have only had a few hours of broken sleep a night for like 5 nights now. I messaged the doctor and told her it’s because I’m always uncomfortable and fighting with restless leg syndrome. I am 27 weeks. The response was “it’s probably anxiety.” It’s definitely not.

What I have been doing to try and help this: 200mg of magnesium and a unisom at night. Calf and leg stretches and a cooling gel before bed. Compression socks when my outfits allow for it. Constantly position changes. Sometimes sitting on the tub and running warm water over my calves for 5 minutes each. And a couple times just because I’ve been so desperate a couple Tylenol.

I’ve had insomnia in the past but had to get off my medications when I got pregnant so sleep has been a challenge since the beginning but it’s gotten so much worse! Please help! I will discuss with my doctor again on Tuesday but until then please any ideas? I’m so tired all the time!