I know everyone says, "just wait" when the baby comes you won't have any sleep at all, you'll be up all night long, you'll walk around like a zombie just wishing you could get an hour or two of sleep. I've heard that a lot, and I'm expecting it. But I guess I just wasn't prepared for the lack of sleep before he even gets here.
I'm a little over 8 months along, I have about 6 weeks left and I feel huge. Sleeping has become very very difficult.
First of all, it's hot. It's summer. No matter what I do, I'm hot at night. I finally convinced Wes to let us turn the air on at night (usually we would just open a window and call it good) and we have a fan that blows right on us all night long. Usually that works enough for me to fall asleep.
Now, I like to sleep on my back a lot. Every book and anything I've read on being pregnant says not to do that. Sometimes I end up on my back anyway but I soon wake up because I can't breathe very well. So I flip to one side or the other. That usually works for a little while. At some point in the night I will wake up with heartburn. No matter what I eat for dinner, or what time I eat it, or what position I am laying in, I get heartburn in the middle of the night. I have a stash of Tums next to my bed for just that. If I can stay asleep through the heartburn and the heat and not being able to breathe laying on my back, I will wake up because my back hurts. It is sore all the time! I read somewhere and people keep telling me to sleep with a pillow in between your legs so I've been trying that lately. Now we have a queen size bed, which has always worked fine for us. Wes is 6' 7" so he takes up a good portion of the bed. Now add me, with my giant tummy and things have gotten tight. So when I try to throw another pillow in there to put in between my legs, things are even tighter. Not to mention when I try to change positions and flip over, that's hard enough with a big tummy but then add a pillow in there, and Wes with his long legs that take up most of the bed anyway, well, let's just say that I'm awake most of the night. That is why it's 5:30 am on a saturday and I am up writing a blog post about how I can't sleep anymore.
5 comments:
Amanda,
Michael and I just read this together and we are stunned! How in the world do you get any sleep? How exactly are you supposed to sleep if you can't sleep on your back or stomach? Crazy! Good luck!!!! Sounds like there isn't too much more of this fun time left. Then it's a whole new ball game!
I am laughing so hard! I think you forgot the peeing 5 times in the middle of the night. Do you have a belly brace? Maybe one of these days you will be so sleep deprived that you will just sleep for hours. also send the baby to the nursery (in the hospital) at night and get some sleep!!!
Congratulations, I am so excited for you. I didn't even know you were pregnant. I am so glad you have a blog, now we can keep in touch.
Yay for pregnancy! You'll make it, but I totally understand how you feel. It's not easy being pregnant, especially during the summer. Your little baby is loving you and thanking you for your sacrifice!
Oh how I feel your pain! I remember those nights. Some nights I slept in the rocker in Londyn's room because it hurt so bad to sleep. Between the hearburn, the peeing every hour, the aching of the hips and back, it's a wonder I slept at all! Don't worry, you'll love having a child and you'll soon forget all the troubles you're having now. I'm to the point now where I think to myself, ok...I think I want another one!!!
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