I used to look forward to sleep. I loved my bed and comfy pillows. I equally enjoyed my soft couch on a Sunday afternoon for a nice nap. But now being horizontal is not comfortable for me and hasn't been for quite some time. During the 1st trimester it was, at first, only a problem at night. When you first get pregnant you pee a lot because of the hormones and the increased blood flow to your organs. It doesn't last too long and you go back to normal until much later on when you start to pee a lot again as a result of the baby pressing on your bladder. But my early pregnancy pee-fest was causing me to get up in the middle of the night, every night, for weeks to use the bathroom and I haven't had a decent nights sleep since.
Eventually this stopped and another nighttime inconvenience took over. Before I even hit 4 months I was starting to have back pain when I would lay down. If I would lay on my side the bottom leg would go numb and wake me up so I would toss and turn all night. I bought one of those pregnancy body pillows, used regular body pillows, got fancy with my regular pillows - but nothing really made it better.
As the second trimester came on and my stomach got bigger new sleepy time challenges arised. Laying on my back wasn't really wise anymore so I was forced to sleep on my side (enter the numbing leg and back pain problem again). This also took away couch napping options. And my growing tummy was now starting to get in the way of how comfortably I could actually position myself. Now at 24 weeks the weight of my belly actually pulls on the rest of my torso and so it's just kind of awkward and it takes me a while to settle in.
Oh yeah, forgot the mention the dreams. So the hour of uninterrupted sleep I do get between turning from left to right/right to left are filled with the craziest most bizarre dreams I have ever had in my entire life. I've never had dreams like this even when I've been "intoxicated". Some are scary some are disgusting some are just really weird and they wake me up out of my sleep.
I keep hearing from people to enjoy it now because once the baby comes I'll never sleep well again. Well frankly, I haven't slept well since November. I actually look forward to what sleep will be like when the baby comes because even if I will only be sleeping a few hours at a time, I will actually be sleeping and not tossing, aching, peeing or having effed up crazy nightmares of god knows what. I honestly can't wait.
Once the baby comes you'll sleep great, even if only for a few hours at a time. And you'll sleep like you've never slept before during those times. :) The only way I could sleep during the second half of my pregnancy was in a recliner. So we moved it into the bedroom next to the bed. Sweet dreams...and before you know it you're little precious baby will be in your arms and those sleepless nights will all be a distant memory.
ReplyDeleteHmm...it sounds like you've been pretty thorough with the various pillows. Here's hoping you get some sleep soon. In the meantime, write down some of those dreams - they sound interesting!
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