Insomnia

For the last few weeks my sleep has been completely messed up, I had a week of night shifts (I rotate days and nights absolutely fine normally) and since then I'm just not sleeping at night! I'll go to bed exhausted, sleep for maybe an hour then wake up wide awake. Doesn't matter if I don't touch my phone, I'll be laying there until 6 or 7am then I'll eventually sleep for a few more hours. I'm on AL from work for a couple weeks so was hoping to fix my sleep pattern but so far I've had no luck whatsoever! I've already cut out caffeine and sweets etc, just have a hot malt drink before bed, and my usual sleep podcasts have stopped working too. Any ideas would be great

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I feel like I've fallen into a TV trap with my toddler

We did no screens up until I fell pregnant with baby number 2 and my only way to survive the sickness and fatigue was to allow 1 show per day. It started at 30 minutes now it's an hour and twice a day.

We get up at 7am have breakfast, get outside, attend a toddler class or playgroup then when we get home I let her watch nursery rhymes for 45 minutes whilst I make lunch. Then she eats, naps for 1 hour, wakes, we then play together, head outside again then she gets 1 hour around 4pm of tv whilst I cook dinner. Then she eats at 5pm and we go to the park after dinner before coming home for bath and bedtime routine, bed at 8pm.

I feel like it went from nothing to almost 2 hours per day quite quickly. Is this really bad?

She's almost 2.

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Vbac

I need all the moms to comment about their VBAC! I need to know how long you waited and your experience during the labor good or bad!! Is it worth the risks ?
For example I only did a c section because I didn’t progress with my induction (I had pupps) but I also didn’t really feel like I got a chance too I never actually ever went into labor. My first C-section and I’m 12 months postpartum and would like to wait 18m to start trying

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Hospital room set up

For those of you giving birth on the labour ward, do you have plans to bring your own things from home like battery candles, fairy lights, a diffuser?

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How do everyone feel in between scans and checks?

I’m 18+6 weeks atm, and have the 20 weeks scan coming up in couple of weeks but I have anterior placenta and can’t feel anything at the moment! How do I know if the baby is okay? And what do everyone do to reassure themselves everything is okay? I’m also worried about the upcoming scan, as it’s a big scan and have worries like what if the baby has this or that. What should I do?

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Insomnia

For the last few weeks my sleep has been completely messed up, I had a week of night shifts (I rotate days and nights absolutely fine normally) and since then I'm just not sleeping at night! I'll go to bed exhausted, sleep for maybe an hour then wake up wide awake. Doesn't matter if I don't touch my phone, I'll be laying there until 6 or 7am then I'll eventually sleep for a few more hours. I'm on AL from work for a couple weeks so was hoping to fix my sleep pattern but so far I've had no luck whatsoever! I've already cut out caffeine and sweets etc, just have a hot malt drink before bed, and my usual sleep podcasts have stopped working too. Any ideas would be great

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Rolling over

My daughter is almost 5 months in Sunday. She now is rolling over all the time. Even in her crib. How long will it last before she rolls back over on her other side. My husband is afraid of her suffocating when she rolls over on her stomach. When we’re asleep. Thank you for the help.

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