| Whilst researching this article on Insomnia during | | | | may be too tense to sleep when it is time. |
| Pregnancy I talked to several experts on Insomnia | | | | Clear your mind of worries if you are able. Talk with |
| during pregnancy. They all said, in the round, the same | | | | your partner about your problems early in the evening. |
| thing. Insomnia during Pregnancy is NORMAL. The non- | | | | Try not to focus on your anxieties at night. Avoid |
| pregnancy specific causes like physical, mental and | | | | coffee in the late afternoon and evening. Make sure |
| behavioral patterns that cause insomnia have to be | | | | your bedroom is a comfortable temperature. Sleep |
| ruled out. Medication should be kept to a minimum and | | | | with the window open or a fan blowing on you if you |
| don't even think of trying anything without consulting a | | | | wish to. |
| professional. | | | | If your room is too cool, you may need to put on more |
| What is insomnia during pregnancy | | | | bedding. Find some comfortable positions to sleep. |
| During the day, you may find yourself so tired that you | | | | Sleep on your side with your legs up close to your |
| long to go to sleep. Then, when evening finally arrives, | | | | chest with a pillow between your legs. Support your |
| you rest for a few hours and are up and unable to fall | | | | abdomen and back with other pillows. Don't worry |
| back to sleep. Rest assured that you are not alone, | | | | about it If you wake up in the middle of the night and |
| because insomnia during pregnancy is very common | | | | can't get back to sleep, get up and do something quiet. |
| and has many causes. | | | | Watch television, read, or do crosswords until you are |
| Many women suffer from intermittent or chronic | | | | feeling drowsy again. Do your best to try to get to |
| insomnia during pregnancy. There are many reasons | | | | sleep, but don't bring more anxiety upon yourself |
| you may have trouble drifting off to sleep during | | | | because of your insomnia during pregnancy. |
| pregnancy. Some of the more common problems | | | | Resting can be almost as good for you as sleeping. |
| include hormonal imbalances, frequent urination as the | | | | Although it can be frustrating and exhausting, loss of |
| uterus presses against the bladder and reduces the | | | | sleep does not do damage to you or your baby. |
| capacity, back pain, upset, stress, leg cramps or being | | | | Herbal remedies. The ones promoted as being helpful |
| unable to get into a comfortable position due to your | | | | with Insomnia During Pregnancy usually contain |
| increased size and and movement of the baby at | | | | humulus lupulus, valerian, and passiflora, either alone or |
| night. Fortunately there are simple ways you can | | | | in combination. Try them, but as I don't have any clinical |
| overcome any of these problems apart from the latter | | | | trial evidence on their safety during pregnancy, read |
| of course. :):). | | | | the label carefully and tell the shop or pharmacy that |
| Take a warm bath or shower at bedtime to start | | | | you are pregnant. |
| relaxing. Before retiring for the night, try some | | | | Non-herbal remedies that you can get over the |
| relaxation exercises you may have learned in class. | | | | counter to help sleep contain antihistamines, which |
| Ask your partner for a massage. Limit the naps you | | | | cause drowsiness. They are not terribly effective, but, |
| take during the day. Get plenty of exercise. A body | | | | some find them helpful. It would be safe enough for |
| that works during the day will be more tired at night. | | | | you to try them in modest amounts, the commonest |
| Don't exercise too close to bedtime because your | | | | being diphenhydramine and promethazine. |