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Yes, I usually beat my alarm. I have low sleep needs.

I go to sleep really early, like before 8 most nights. I have high sleep needs and I get up at 5:30 am, so I've pretty much had to go this route.

Only on the rare occasion that I STTN

I have the worlds tiniest bladder though so I usually wake up at least 2 times to pee

No matter how early I go to bed, I never feel refreshed until I am up and moving. I have really high sleep needs too...if I have had 8-9 hours I feel the best, but never until I am actually out of bed.

I'm with @Mamaof2 in that I wake up to pee a lot (it's driving me nuts now that I'm pregnant again), but I don't work so I usually don't set an alarm. That way I sleep till I'm ready to wake up, and I'm refreshed. Unfortunately I have very high sleep needs, made worse by first tri exhaustion, so I'm sleeping around 12 hours when I do that. If I set an alarm, I'm never good on waking up. But I think that has to do with the abruptness of the alarm. If DH wakes me up a couple hours earlier than usual, I'm usually okay since he's gentle and gradual about it.

It takes me a bit to "wake up" but usually by the time I'm out of the shower I'm feeling refreshed. It's weird I wake up to the alarm and groan, but on the weekends I wake up at the same time on my own and feel fine/refreshed.

I wake up refreshed most days. I'm a morning person though, and tend to crash around 9/10pm.

Not at all.

I always thought that I wasn't bad but after having almost 2 weeks off for the holidays and waking up when I felt like it, I really noticed a huge difference in how I felt. I wasn't tired throughout the day and had no desire to nap. Now I realize what getting enough sleep feels like and I'm desperate to figure out a solution to feel like this all the time.

I'm laughing at the title of this post. I never feel refreshed. I am almost always woken up by a crying child.

Nope. But I have insomnia so I'm basically never rested. I'm hoping it will at least make it less of a shock when I have kids to keep me awake...

Never. I'm also not a morning person, and unfortunately adult life means I have to be. It would feel amazing I bet!

Not anymore! Haha. Someday I'll get enough sleep again...But for now I usually wake up thinking about whether I'll be able to take a nap later or not

No. No matter what time I get up, I need my 45 minutes to feel human and ease into my day. Once I get to the 45 minutes, my body feels ready to bounce.

Never! I hit snooze 3 times before getting out of bed. I've gotten better about getting up (on weekends) since kids but I really miss lounging in bed!

I used to....8 months ago! I don't know how I could feel refreshed after waking 2-4 times a night, and then being woken up wayyyy to early by my baby alarm clock! Maybe one day? Ha.

No! I haven't gotten enough sleep in 3 years. I can't wait to sleep longer than 3 hours at a time someday, and remember what "well-rested" feels like!

I don't even remember what refreshed feels like. My one year old still doesn't sleep through the night. I literally have to drag myself out of bed every day.