Insomnia

Any one else have trouble sleeping? I don't mean once in a while, I mean on a regular basis. I've been thinking about this a lot lately, mostly because I cannot usually sleep without the help of some sort of sleep aid (Simply Sleep, Melatonin, etc.). I worry that when I finally get pregnant ( ) that I'm not going to be able to sleep for 9 months and not going to be able to take anything because it will harm the baby.

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I do. It is so frustrating because I will get tired throughout the day but when I try to go to bed I just end up tossing and turning. Sleep aids had been helping me but then I read "what to expect before you're expecting" and it said how none of that stuff was good and that it could affect ttc-ing. That made me nervous, so I stopped taking them and now I am back to getting no sleep most of the time

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yes, i have wicked insomnia. i am currently not TTC and I take lunesta when I have a desperate night. But lately I have been drinking a cup of hot milk, sometimes two cups, and it kind of helps.

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i def have it..as u can see from me posting at 215 am

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I do.. I can go to bed at 10 and wake up at 7 and still feel like I haven't slept one bit.. I thought it was a phase because I used to be able to sleep until lunch time when I was in college and in school.. I don't.. maybe I should be concerned..

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Posted by RubyWoo

Any one else have trouble sleeping? I don't mean once in a while, I mean on a regular basis. I've been thinking about this a lot lately, mostly because I cannot usually sleep without the help of some sort of sleep aid (Simply Sleep, Melatonin, etc.). I worry that when I finally get pregnant ( ) that I'm not going to be able to sleep for 9 months and not going to be able to take anything because it will harm the baby.

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Thank you so much for your replies, girls. It's so frustrating and sometimes I feel like nobody else really understands how awful it is (unless you've been there). I also didn't know/realize that the OTC sleep aids could interfere w/ttc, but it makes sense since Tylenol PM/Simply Sleep is mostly an anti-histamine. to you all.

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I find when TTC, I have a lot of trouble sleeping, especially in the 2WW. I remember this happened to me last time as well.

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Hardcore. Insomniac here. I have weened myself down to 1 melatonin a night and once I get that bfp I will go cold turkey and probably not sleep for 9 months. If I don't take at least 1 pill I will usually just cry by the 2nd or 3rd night of not sleeping. Its the worst feeling ever. Used to take lunesta but DH didn't think it was good for me bc I used to trip out and see whole fragglerock villages on our bedroom door and sleepwalk and make myself peanut butter sandwiches.

Hoping insomnia will go away once I am preggo.

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I have insomnia on Sunday nights. It's a recent development (less than a year) but nearly every Sunday night I cannot sleep no matter how tired I am. I sometimes fall asleep after 3am. It screws me for the whole week and then come Friday, I'm falling asleep at like 8pm!

The worst was when I finally fell asleep at 6:15am just to have to wake up 2 hours later. I cried all night because I was so tired. Not quite sure how I made it through that day.

I think I'm so unhappy at my job that it gives me anxiety. If I'm off on a Monday, I have no problems sleeping Sunday night.