Trouble sleeping at nights

[aross01]

Hello everyone,

I am 35 weeks pregnant and I been having trouble sleeping at nights. I have a pregnancy pillow that wraps around me, but get gets too uncomfortable to sleep on one side all of the time. I can't sleep on my right side because that is super uncomfortable and my doctor told me not to sleep on my back to much. So I was wondering if anyone have any advice for me to help me sleep at nights.

[eesscott]

I wonder if exercise has something to do with it sometimes.  I don't exercise a huge amount but am quite active and do just about everything I did before getting pregnant.  I'm 36w and sleep pretty darn well, waking up maybe once because of a foot cramp or not at all.  Just this last Friday night, I got 10-11hrs. It was lovely, and I'll be a bit sad when baby comes and takes it away forever... ;-)

Mattress quality has a lot to do with too, I think.  I agree with the above comment.  You could see about getting a topper of some kind to help make sleeping on your side more comfortable.

[megantea123]

I have trouble sleeping too. Though getting a foam topper to make my bed softer definitely helped with being able to sleep on my side.

[KikiFTM]

Mags242001, the reason you are so well rested is coz you do lots of exercise. So of us like me quit the gym with our first attempt. I regret that decision. I can't exercise now as everything hurts like crazy. I push myself to do walks but I get back home feeling like I was ran over by a bus. I tried the pillows everywhere it works for a while for me then I'm back to the starting point no sleep...

[mags242001]

Idk what it is maybe all the pillows I use or maybe all the exercise I do while pregnant but I have never slept better. So comfortable that I have problems getting out of bed. I wake up so rested n sometime I just stay in bed cuz it's so comfy. I have never slept so many hours. Then I wake up n head to the gym.

[Haidybug]

It only gets worse im 37 weeks,and i can never get to sleep at night til like 4am and then once ive been woke up i cant fall back to sleep:'( good luck

[Autumnbeez]

I don't think there is any comfortable position to sleep for a long period of time. I'm 35 weeks and haven't slept good for the past month. Just one of the lovely symptoms of pregnancy that we must go through lol

[mags242001]

Put 3 pillows behind ur head n pillows all around u. On ur sides n one under ur feet like a square made of pillows. N u r in the middle. Then put one leg on top of the side pillows so if u turn u have one on each side n it holds u up. I sleep awesome with that. The most I've slept ever.

[Corralynn]

When I feel like I just need to sleep on my back, I will use a pillow to lift up my side so I'm not completely flat. But I do try to spend most of the night on my left side.