Pregnancy insomnia

I am 26+1 weeks and for the past 4-5 weeks I have been really struggling to sleep. I often sit up awake until about 4am, drift off and then only get about an hour or two in total. Has anyone else experienced this? Or have any ideas on how to fix it? I’m knackered!🫠

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I've struggled with insomnia and if I have to get up early the next morning, I have to sleep later or I'll be awake at 1:30 and then I'll be awake for the rest of the day 🙃 Its exhausting! And hard to get comfortable too x

Omg this is so me ive been struggling like a mf tossing turning tossing and bloody turning its like the bigger i get the harder it gets to go asleep its either im too hot, too cold, thirsty or the baby kicks me left right and centre

No idea how to fix it, looking for answers myself!
I wake up for a wee at 1:30 and then I'm faced with the impossible task of getting back to sleep. Sometimes it's literally hours and hours before I manage to drift off again.
I have switched to a smaller pregnancy pillow that is like sleeping between 2 semi circles, which I find much easier to get comfy with.. but I just wish I could flick a switch and fall back to sleep 😴

Same here 😖 I’m up at 4am ish and do not manage to get back to sleep until 6.30-7am. When I wfh I then manage to get another hour of sleep but when I go to an office I am struggling big time. I read online could be an indication of low iron so maybe worth getting a test done? My midwife appt is coming up soon and they already said they want to run blood tests again around 28-30weeks, do mention it maybe they can do the same for you xx

I’m in the same boat!! Never even knew insomnia could come with pregnancy guess it’s one of those surprise symptoms 😭. Haven’t found anything that helps unfortunately but glad to know I’m not the only one experiencing it. And they say sleep only gets worse when baby is here, like guys that is not helpful 🫣

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