Hi for you all of you in your third trimester how are you surviving at night? I cant get comfortable no matter what. I cant remember if it was this bad last time. My hips hurt from sleeping on my side and I cant tell if its better or worse with the pillows. How are you guys coping?
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I'm at the point where I have trouble falling asleep so I've been taking one Unisom before bed. It's really helped!
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@MrsKoala: yes me too! Falling asleep is hard I end up binge watching things on netflix which isnt good. I end up not falling asleep til really late
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Going to the chiro every week helped the most. With my first baby I took a warm Epsom salt bath every night. With my second I had a few sips of my husband's wine or beer a few times a week. Memory foam helped my hips a bit.
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@MrsSRS: did you put the foam in between your knees?
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I can generally fall asleep but wake up in the middle of the night with terrible insomnia and can't get back to sleep for hours. The only thing that helps is a combo of not going to sleep until 11pm, my snoogle, and taking 1/2 a Unisom and a Pepcid AC when I turn the lights out. Otherwise I wake up totally wired and with heartburn at 3am. Our mattress is super-soft, and I think that helps, too. Maybe you could try one of those foam egg carton toppers if yours is firm?
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No, like a mattress pad or mattress. It was hard to roll over because you sink in and I felt like a floundering whale, but a bit better than a regular mattress once I was settled.
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I agree with my hips hurting on our firm mattress. I just flip 100 times per night. What has helped is a pillow on my back and a pillow on my front so I'm not perpendicular to the bed exactly but more like a 45 degree. My OB said as long as your butt cheek is off the mattress that counts as "on your side". Basically anything but flat.
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@MrsSRS: haha ah I see, lol I thought it was like a wedge. I get it now.
@LCTBQE: @T.H.O.U.: Yes our mattress is firm. I didnt realized a firm mattress hurt your hips during pregnancy! I'll look into a topper
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