...tells me to "Get all the sleep you can before the baby comes!" I may go absolutely psycho on them. I'm almost 34 weeks, and terribly uncomfortable. If I could sleep for more than 2 hours at a time, I would love to! I've heard from a lot of moms that they slept better after the baby was out than they did during their third trimester. Is that true??
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I wish it was, but you will feel like a million bucks compared to your discomfort now
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SO true for me. I had the worst sleep the last month of pregnancy - everything was sore, SO much peeing, my brain going a million miles an hour... After the baby was born I was SO tired that I could actually sleep when I needed
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I felt way better after delivery & slept much better. I would take newborn twins any day over late pregnancy with twins. I think the difference is that I wa still waking all night with the babies, but at least I could go back to sleep right away when they were down; whereas durin pregnancy, I might not be able to get back to sleep for hours and when I did sleep it was fitfully. I can't sleep well and am miserable now (39 weeks with one) and I'm hoping the same will be true this time.
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Omg I freaking haaaated when people told me to sleep as much as I could before the baby came. Like, as though there was some sort of bank of sleep you could draw on later. F off.
To answer your question-- I slept fine (when I could) after the baby came. But I slept less. BUT I was fine with it. I was honestly more tired before the baby came than after, even though I had less sleep, because I had all that great new mom adrenaline.
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@BcBgStar03: OMG me too!! Don't they know all the hormones make us ragey?! I'm 37 weeks and literally pee 4 times during the night.
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I felt much better with baby out. I had heartburn, woke up starving and having to pee all the time, pains and just no place to get comfy during pregnancy.
For me it gets traded for anxiety ( I'm a hoverer at looking at my newborns) and babies with night and day mixed up. But my body felt a lot better and more capable of dealing with less sleep. Plus I relaxed and peacefully rocked my newborn when I was tired during the day while during pregnancy I just walked and grumped when I was tired.
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I slept better but less. I felt better but was more tired.
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I literally don't feel like doing anything during the day, because I sleep so miserably at night. I can't breathe properly, I get leg cramps from sitting in one spot for more than 10 minutes, and I'm pretty sure baby boy is trying to break my ribs. I don't know why. All I've ever done is love him! lol
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Waking up to pee 8 times a night paled in comparison to having a baby up and crying to be fed 8 times a night.... And LO didn't STTN even once till she was a year old and even now it's hit or miss.
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@BcBgStar03: pregnancy is tough!
Have you tried Benadryl or unisom? I know some people don't like taking anything but unisom has been actually studied in pregnancy. I felt if I was able to get some sleep I probably would be a better baby house!
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Oh ywah Cuz a sleep bank is a Real thing
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I hated this expression/"advice" too... right with you on the imaginary sleep bank.
I would wake up every 2 hours or so to pee, but then I could waddle to the toilet, do my thing, and waddle back pretty much half asleep. Once the baby is out, you still have to get up every couple of hours for feedings/diaper changes, but it lasts longer than 30 seconds, and you're not quite half asleep. Soooo it sucks more after the baby is out.
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@BcBgStar03: Yes I did! I may have had to sleep in 2-3 hour shifts but at least I slept the whole time! In the third tri I was up all night sleeping 30 mins at a time.
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Agreed! I think anyone who says this has either never been pregnant or has forgotten! Either way "just you wait" comments (which is basically what this is) piss me off so much!
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I was definitely uncomfortable at the end. I slept on the couch a lot and peed all. the. time. But it was nothing compared to the feeling of sleep deprivation with a newborn.
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I felt better with baby out, but slept a lot less. Unfortunately, while taking care of a newborn I was up a ton and had to deal with nursing, crying, etc.
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I feel the same way! I keep trying to "enjoy my last days of freedom" but it's hard to enjoy anything when you are so uncomfortable and everything hurts! I haven't slept more than two hours in months!
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I agree the only stupider advice is "sleep when the baby sleeps". Uh ok how am I supposed to function and get anything else done???
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@Mae: me too!! Like I could stores extra sleep for later?!
I get the sentiment, but I was super annoyed hearing it.
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Unfortunately, no. Watch out because once you have your baby, people will start telling you to "sleep when the baby sleeps", which is impossible!
Wishing you an easy L&D and a healthy and beautiful baby!
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No, but it was less frustrating. During pregnancy, I was exhausted but couldn't fall/stay asleep easily. With a newborn, I could fall asleep at the drop of a hat.
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@MrsBucky: Oooh I hate those comments, too. I want to tell them, I got pregnant on purpose, ok? I know what to expect, I've been around babies and children all of my life. I was a nanny for almost 10 years. My sis in law told me she didn't want the baby to come out, because she knew life would change forever. Um...duh?
I know people are just trying to help, and it's probably my hormones, but I am just sick of unsolicited comments/advice.
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I definitely slept less well after baby was here lol, but I wasn't that uncomfortable at the end of pregnancy. Still I felt pretty revitalized once I was not carrying 25lbs of extra weight on my midsection!
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@BcBgStar03: Holy crap I could have written your last comment. I told my SIL I was ready for this kid to come out and she says, "Careful what you wish for!" Um WTF. You know this wasn't an accident right? I will damn well wish for whatever I want.
But since I know it's just crazy psycho hormones (or is it?) I keep my yapper shut to be safe.
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@Mrs. Coral: LoL exactly! It's like, "this is what I wished for..." We've waited for months and months already. I'm done.
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I feel like I could have written this post! I HATE when people tell me to "sleep as much as you can now"... I sleep like total crap, every single night. I am tired all of the time, but when you wake up every 2 hours to pee and then spend 45 minutes trying to get comfortable and fall back asleep, it's impossible to get a good night's sleep! I'm 30 weeks and terrified about how much worse it might get
I am not stupid, and I understand that when my little guy gets here it's going to be very hard and my life is going to be turned upside down and I'm going to be exhausted, but I have to believe that at least I can be comfortable again in my body! Right now I feel like a hostage!
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I personally slept a lot less once the baby came, but the sleep itself was better since I was more confortable.
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I downloaded the hypnobabies tracks 3rd trimester. I used it solely to fall asleep (not as birth prep). Just thinking about it makes me want to pop my ear buds in and sleep.
You're right, there is no sleep bank. Pregnancy sleep sucks just like newborn sleep.
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Yep, I'm hearing this already. I'd love to, but I also have to work! At least PP I'll be on mat leave for a few weeks and I'll have my mom there to give me breaks.
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Well in my case I gotta say my sleep has never been the same as it was before baby. It was way better but I also felt great to have my body back after being so huge and feeling so frail. To me that advice is pointless because you can only enjoy what you truly enjoy. Without the perspective all you will do is feel your current discomfort. It will pass And there will be new discomforts but that won't make the current ones any better. I hope you have an easier time soon and a prompt baby!
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