any tips to help?? i only got 4 hrs sleep last nite bc i woke up at 3am hearing my son cry out over the monitor. i went to go check on him, he was already back asleep, but then by the time i went back to bed i couldn't go back to sleep to save my life. insomnia is the most horrible feeling. now it's 8am, and my son is wide awake for the day. lack of sleep makes my "morning" sickness worse than it already is, so i'm looking forward to a fun day.
anyway, with my 1st pregnancy i was lucky and didn't have much insomnia (even in 3rd trimester) bc i was just so darn tired, and no one was there to wake me up in the middle of the night. or if i did have trouble, i just took a nap when needed the next morning. nowadays i have my ds, so totally different situation. while he is usually a great sleeper, every now and then he will cry for a few minutes in the middle of the night. before, never a big deal, i would just check on him and go back to bed, but i guess ow that i'm pg, these little wakings seem to royally screw me over. once i get up at night, there's no going back. plus, there's no taking naps the next morning to "catch up"...my son only takes 2 naps per day, first one is 30 minutes and 2nd is about 1 hr, so not enough time for me to get some rest.
i tried taking tylenol PM after an hour of not being able to sleep, but it didn't do squat except for making me more tired. i wanted to take phenergan (still have some leftover from last pg) bc i know that knocks me out, but it says not to take while bf'ing. so any tips on dealing with this? i really don't want to take meds, but i don't think i can function & take care of my son on 4hrs sleep a night. i have no probs going to sleep at nite, i just can't stay asleep.