https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 16 Aug 2026 06:17:14 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-helps-you-fall-asleep#post-1038782 Fri, 23 Aug 2013 07:24:36 +0000 Tundra Daisy 1038782@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: I highly highly highly recommend listening to a hypnosis recording! They really are amazing - My mum is a psychologist and she got me onto them when I was having trouble sleeping. </p> <p>You can just download them onto your iphone or whatever you have and listen to it while you are going to sleep! It costs about $15 bucks.</p> <p>You can get hypnosis tapes for all kind of things, anxiety, eating crap etc! This is the sleeping one I use: <a href="http://www.hypnosisdownloads.com/sleep-problems/falling-asleep" rel="nofollow">http://www.hypnosisdownloads.com/sleep-problems/falling-asleep</a></p> <p>I hope it works for you! :happy:</p> <p>@IRunForFun: This might interest you too :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-helps-you-fall-asleep#post-1038729 Fri, 23 Aug 2013 07:01:38 +0000 IRunForFun 1038729@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've struggled with insomnia all my life, and when I was little and couldn't sleep, my mom would tell me to lay in bed and either repeat the ABCs over and over in my head, or count backwards from 1,000 in my head, the theory being it would force me to stop.thinking about other things/I'd get bored and fall asleep. Thinking back, she probably just wanted me to go lay down and quit waking her up, but I still use those techniques sometimes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-helps-you-fall-asleep#post-1038694 Fri, 23 Aug 2013 06:30:12 +0000 edelweiss 1038694@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>when i was pregnant and falling asleep was hard for me, i would listen to these youtube videos about masssage--the massage therapist had an extremely soothing voice. these days i can fall asleep pretty well on my own without much help, although i do like my dogs to be with me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-helps-you-fall-asleep#post-1038678 Fri, 23 Aug 2013 06:09:31 +0000 anonysquire 1038678@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If I'm tired I can usually just pass myself out laying down and watching a YouTube video. But if I have to set my alarm the next day, there is no sleeping at all. It doesn't matter if I've been awake 24 hours and feeling so beat, I'll be up for days. Sleep is overrated. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-helps-you-fall-asleep#post-1038622 Fri, 23 Aug 2013 02:47:10 +0000 Andrea 1038622@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I roll over onto my belly and usually pass right out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-helps-you-fall-asleep#post-1038583 Fri, 23 Aug 2013 02:07:46 +0000 autumnlove 1038583@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I start reading articles on my newspaper app... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-helps-you-fall-asleep#post-1038579 Fri, 23 Aug 2013 02:02:30 +0000 TheSwissWifeStyle 1038579@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Having an air conditioner on! I love the noise (grew up with it) and sleeping in the cold air. </p> <p>Since that's pretty much non existent here, we installed a ceiling fan in our bedroom, and during the Summer have also brought in another tall standing fan. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-helps-you-fall-asleep#post-1038573 Fri, 23 Aug 2013 01:55:34 +0000 gracecat 1038573@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Omg I used to have such bad insomnia. It was ok when I worked full time but pregnancy and new motherhood brought it all back. What was a miracle cure for me --- the "rainbow relaxation" audio track from the Hypnobirthing class! I know it's for pregnant women to prepare for birth but I continued to listen and in those early days especially when my mind would be racing, it worked so well, it saved me. I needed to sleep so bad and most of the time I would fall asleep partway through it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-helps-you-fall-asleep#post-1038523 Fri, 23 Aug 2013 00:43:55 +0000 lovehoneybee 1038523@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>These days just closing my eyes.</p> <p>Before LO I would close my eyes and count back from 100, taking a deep breath between each number and focusing entirely on breathing. And stretched. Stretching, even in bed, helps a ton. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-helps-you-fall-asleep#post-1038521 Fri, 23 Aug 2013 00:38:34 +0000 PointeShoesTutus 1038521@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I put my sleep mask on and push it up onto my forehead while I read for a while. DH falls asleep as soon as he gets into bed and I'm left sulking, listening to him snore loudly. He gets elbowed almost every night, poor guy. </p> <p>I take OTC sleeping pills most nights though. On super bad sleep nights, I take an ambien. Insomnia is terrible. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-helps-you-fall-asleep#post-1038520 Fri, 23 Aug 2013 00:38:24 +0000 lemondrop 1038520@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Reading, I make it about 3 pages before I'm snoring with my glasses on. </p> <p>Oh yeah, and sex helps too ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-helps-you-fall-asleep#post-1038515 Fri, 23 Aug 2013 00:32:07 +0000 ALV91711 1038515@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I read and this helps me fall asleep. I think it is be ause it takes my mind off everything. </p> <p>I really hate how DH can just lay down, close his eyes and go to sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-helps-you-fall-asleep#post-1038388 Thu, 22 Aug 2013 22:24:58 +0000 mrs. wagon 1038388@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I often have trouble falling asleep, even when I'm super tired. I usually ask Wagon Sr. to rub or scratch my back, and a few times I asked him to look for gray hairs and I passed right out. Of course it doesn't help when he falls asleep while trying to help me fall asleep.. it just gets me more frustrated when I can tell he's fading on me. Of course I feel bad interfering with his sleep, but it's always a race to fall asleep before he starts snoring or grinding his teeth or I'm up for hours!! </p>