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can you go on maternity leave before the babies come?

@Mrs. Blue: honestly, i'd get your doc to write you a note.

Aw you poor thing! I couldn't sleep throughout my pregnancy for one reason or another and the way I coped was to really try and let my mind rest, rather than laying there stressing, by thinking I might not be sleeping but at least I'm resting and that's something. It is so hard though. Hope you get a more restful weekend.

That's awful about your work schedule cutting in! White noise and ice packs helped me. I rolled my eyes when people said it was still better thAn sleep once baby arrivd but unfortunately as I sit here , it is true lol! Hope you get a good night soon!

@Mrs. Blue: I can't even imagine how much more difficult it is with two in there. I definitely feel for you

I'd been doing pretty well with sleep until this past week. Now, no matter what I do or how I use my Snoogle (and the other million pillows with which I surround myself) I can't get comfortable. As of last night/this morning, I seem to have sciatica that radiates all the way into my ankle.

Ugh....being a good sleeper was always my thing!

My sleep took a tank somewhere around the beginning of the 3rd trimester. Too much flipping from side to side in the middle of the night and having to get up to pee, and I stopped getting quality deep sleep. I think I noticed it around 31-32 weeks when I started nodding off at my desk.

Now I'm having awesome insomnia. I can't concentrate, partly because my mind is spinning, and partly because it's just so uncomfortable no matter how I sleep.

I hate when I complain about my lack of sleep and people's responses are, "Enjoy it while you can!" Like I'm somehow purposely not sleeping. And like I don't know I'll be getting no sleep once the baby's here. It's such an idiotic need to contribute something to a conversation without listening to a word I'm actually communicating.

I always say that the third trimester prepares you for sleep deprivation when the baby comes...!! Oh my goodness. When I was pregnant with Wagon Jr. I wasn't working (just walking dogs starting noon every day) so I would just lie in bed until 3, 4, even 5am staring at the snoring Wagon Sr. Finally I'd drift off and wake up at 8am when he got ready for work, then fall back asleep until 11. It was awful. Obviously the second time I couldn't sleep in like that so I was a total zombie.

Lots of people used a snoogle or other pregnancy pillow. We sleep with lots of pillows so I would just surround myself with those. Three under my head (I was basically sitting up, but on my side), one behind my back, one between my legs, and one in front of my chest and I'd hug it. I'd have to get up to pee several times a night, and then I'd have to re-arrange all the pillows again. Not fun.