For sone reasoning I've had several bouts of insomnia this month and normally I'm a great sleeper.
It is 2 am here and I feel tired but cannot sleep!! I want to try to sleep but I'm debating going on my computer or finishing my book (the hunger games!).
Whatdo you do?? Lay in bed til you can sleep or get up and do something??
bananas / 9628 posts
I lay in bed thinking terrible thoughts about the person asleep next to me! It's not productive, nor is it his fault that I can't sleep, but I get irrational. I browse on my phone, which is not good for sleep! Basically, I do everything that isn't helpful & you shouldn't do 
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
@mrs. bird: hahaha!!! I do all that too!!! I am hoping dh will get up with lo in the morning so I can sleep in... He prob will, he's so great about that.
I had a revelation; dh made me coffee at like 7pm... That's gotta be why I cannot sleep!! Ugh.
@lydg: Aww sorry!!! You're pregnant right now, right?? At least you can make up sleep!! It all changes once you have the baby lol
pear / 1787 posts
I always putz around on the internet or watch some Netflix when I can't sleep, though I've read in a million different places that screen time just makes it harder to sleep. I can't help it!
cantaloupe / 6923 posts
I have a sleep meditation app on my phone. I have to use it or I am up for hours. Or I watch sleep meditation videos on YouTube. It works for me, and I put it on for DH and surprise, surprise that man fell asleep in like 2 minutes!
pomegranate / 3452 posts
I have to switch positions to sleep at the foot of the bed, or give up after tossing and turning and sleep on the couch. The change of scenery usually works. If not, I just read.
papaya / 10560 posts
@cocobee yes 38 weeks and so uncomfortable!!!! For some weird reason I can't nap anymore either even though I'm exhausted!
GOLD / pomelo / 5167 posts
I browse my phone until I get tired. I stay in bed though, if i get up i'm never going back to bed.
pomelo / 5178 posts
I go downstairs and watch the discovery channel; they have the most boring shows on late at night!
squash / 13764 posts
Usually my problem is that I wake up in the middle of the night and can't go back to sleep! Sometimes it's because I'm hungry so I go eat. But otherwise I just lie there with my eyes closed. It's the worst!
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
@lydg: @hilsy85: I was exactly the same way at the end of my third trimester! I could usually fall asleep but never stay asleep for more than a couple hours. It was awful. And I was way too big to do anything productive during that time. Thankfully I could nap tho. I would end up taking two naps a day.
cantaloupe / 6610 posts
@hilsy85: That's my problem too lately! I wake up to pee, realize I'm starving, and also she's usually kicking at the same time! I hate eating in the middle of the night but I have literally been too hungry to sleep a few times lately!
persimmon / 1135 posts
I do some breathing exercises I learned in prenatal yoga. They always do the trick. You breathe sort of like you have gills and the air is moving through them. The best way to describe it is to breathe the way that you do when you are falling asleep. Does that make sense? It tricks your body and works like a charm.
cherry / 128 posts
I have had insomnia badly throughout my pregnancy, and it's only getting worse as I get closer to my due date. I usually put on a TV show in bed until I fall back asleep. It doesn't bother my hubby or else I'd probably get up and go to the living room.
pear / 1946 posts
I've always suffered from insomnia. A lot of times I try getting out of bed and doing something (washing dishes, etc). Or I try writing in a journal. Or watching something really boring on TV - but I can usually get sucked into just about anything so I try to avoid that.
What helped the most was Ambien....oh how I miss those drug induced sleeps!
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