Anybody else pregnant and just so sleep deprived you feel like you're going insane?
I've got majorly bad sleep anxiety as it is and im getting about 3/4 hours every night. im exhausted! I work full time and have a nearly 6 year old as well. I'm bursting out into tears a lot, cant think rationally, forgetting everything, snapping at everyone, my energy levels are shocking can hardly help with the housework and cooking so naturally, we're all eating shit and the house is disgusting. My partner helps best he can but he works full time also and its a physical job š¤·āāļø
What can I do to help my sleep? I've got a pregnancy pillow which doesn't seem to help and the weather probably isn't helping either. Desperate at this point š
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Oh bless you I really feel for you! Are you able to speak to your dr? I'm currently getting no sleep either but mainly due to not keeping anything down and also getting severe bone aches in my legs.
Really hope things improve for youš«

I found newborn sleep refreshing compared to third trimester so I hear ya. I struggled with sleep before being pregnant and the best thing I found was not to overthink it as the stress about sleeping / getting back to sleep was often what kept me awake longer. Or getting frustrated by how awake I was!
I needed distraction so elected to use a short sleep meditation, as it made me focus on deeper breathing and relaxing my body rather than being awake. If I went back to sleep, great. If not, I was at least relaxed and resting.
A couple of times when nothing worked after 15 minutes Iād get up. Purely so that I didnāt want to negatively associate my bedroom with being awake / bad sleep so Iād change my setting. Go have a camomile tea or read a few pages of my book in another room to relax myself.
Defo donāt pick up your phone as the blue light will keep you awake even longer.
Appreciate thatās not a simple ātake thisā but thought Iād share my experiences / things that worked for me x

I am in the same boat!
Have found magnesium glycinate in the evening, a bath or shower, sleep pod cast and sleeping slightly more upright all help. Also apparently is common for low level reflux to keep us up at night, so taking omeprazole can help. If all else fails gp or midwife can advise in a antihistamine to take which can make you drowsy xx

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