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Yes. I am a long, sound sleeper anytime, anywhere. Pregnancy and having a newborn has been the first time I've ever had trouble sleeping. Even according to my baby book, I slept through the night at 5 days old...

Not at all. When I wasn't pregnant, I would average about 4-5 hours of sleep a night and that wasn't even consistent sleep. I've tried all the sleep meds, but nothing really works. Now I get about 2 hours of sleep a night between dealing with reflux, pelvic pains, and having to pee every 5 minutes. Hopefully that will get better!!! DH is like MrBee, he can sleep anywhere at anytime. Makes me so mad sometimes!

No.....I go through periods where I have terrible insomnia. It got better right after baby because I was sooooo tired but then around 4.5/5 months post partum I started up with it again. I started taking unisom again but then decided that I shouldn't be relying on an over the counter sleep aid so regularly. So I stopped using it a few weeks ago. I love to sleep, but am not very goo at it.

I sleep great 99% of the time, but I can't nap for crap unless I am exhausted

I can sleep at any time, but it's not restful sleep. I toss and turn a lot and wake up more grouchy and unrested than before. The past two nights have been nightmares for me. Sigh.

I used to be like Mr Bee, but since having DD, I have such a hard time sleeping. I find myself taking OTC sleep aids some nights just to get a couple hours of uninterrupted sleep.

Not really. I'm a super light sleeper so pretty much any noise wakes me up, it took forever to fall asleep (since learned some breathing & relaxation methods that help) and I really only slept well under ideal conditions-as dark as possible + preferably a fan to circulate air, or at least a sound machine (we actually bought a small fan for traveling).

Now that I have DS I can usually fall asleep pretty much immediately no matter where I am just because I'm so tired. Still not sleeping in long stretches, but I have an infant...

DH has always fallen asleep in an instant and slept hard. DS sleeps in our room and I don't think him crying at night has ever woken up DH. Even the screaming crying. I hate him for it a little bit

@Mrs. Bee: What a coincidence. I woke up at 12am last night and wasn't able to sleep because I was worried sick about my baby's vomiting / not eating. Since i can't sleep anyway I got up at 2am and worked until 3-ish am, and went back to sleep. Then LO cried at 4am and I gave him a bottle (he's been sick so he didn't eat much during the day), cried again at 5-6am and gave him another bottle. So ended up I think I slept for 3 hours (I went to bed at 8:30pm (!) and fell asleep at 9-ish) last night and I am not even tired.

I used to be a pretty good sleeper.... not anymore since the birth of my son. Nowadays I am afraid of bedtime because I don't know if I would just lay there wide awake for hours listening to my husband's snore. The reason why I can't fall asleep is because I am always afraid I won't be able to hear LO if he cries, but the truth is usually I'd snap right back to consciousness even if he makes a slight sound (via the baby monitor).

Nope. I usually would get up at least 2 times to use the bathroom. Then I toss and turn a lot. It has gotten worse since pregnant.