29.1 Weeks Along, 10 Weeks 6 Days Left.......Can't Sleep!
I have, at this point, just before 6am, EST been awake for the better part of the entire night.
What I don't get is that I was dead tired when I went to bed, but once I got into bed and covered up, not only could I not get comfortable, I was no longer drowsy. Oh and Mommily, Gidget does NOT like Johnny Cash. So we won't be playing any more of the man in black to the baby in the womb. She ended up listening to the Eagles (Hotel California), Led Zeppelin (Stairway to Heaven), and lots of Depeche Mode. She, like her mommy, is partial to the DM remixes. We're probably going to go back to Mozart tonight. While there are studies that show correlation to brain activity with Mozart, I'm not so sure the same studies have been run on babies who have listened to Depeche Mode in-utero. We'll try a more varied approach to music appreciation when she's a tad older I think.
Regardless of what I did last night to try and make myself comfortable, nothing worked. So I resorted to calling Gareth and sharing some of my insomnia with him. Apparently he woke up for a while and ended up surfing the net. But he's always able to go back to sleep. MEN! But I've got plans for him come the 20th! We're going to try a little experiment called "pregnancy empathy".
I went out to the message board for for my January Mommies club and it appears I wasn't the only one who wasn't able to sleep. There are a few Mom's who reccommend having a glass of red wine before bed. And even my doc says that one glass of wine every now and then is ok....but I don't know. I'm not too comfortable with it. I've slipped and had the occasional cup of fully leaded coffee or a mini-can of Coke here and there, but alcohol is an entirely different ball game. Yep, I know, the French women enjoy wine throughout their entire pregnancy, with no ill-effect to thier babies, but I'm not in France, so I see no need to do as the French do. There's just too much information out there that points to even moderate alcohol consumption during pregnancy having an effect on the baby. And that's not a risk I'm willing to take.
I'm in no way condeming those who do enjoy the occasional glass of wine, or other beverage, just stating that I don't have the same comfort level with it.
Back to this sleep thing though. Or lack of sleep would probably be a better term.
This sucks.
I wish I liked milk. Well plain milk anyhow. There are a lot of suggestions to drink a mug of warm milk before bed as it's a natural relaxant as well. I can't stomach drinking milk like that though. I can occasionally drink a glass of chocolate milk, but no way could I down a plain old glass of milk...cold, warm or otherwise.
Overnight, I even tried reading a boring book. Then I got interested in it. Haven't been able to for 3 years, and last night it suddenly became interesting. It figures.
So now here it is, nearing 6AM and I can either get up, make breakfast and make like a Zombie through most of my day, or climb back in bed, and try my hardest to get some sleep. If I go back to bed, I can forget about going to church, and if I stay up, I'm not in the best frame of mind to go either. And if I stay up, at some point today, I'll crash and burn in a big way and sleep for several hours and then not be able to get to sleep tonight. I'm not at any point to push myself to stay awake the entire day. My body will push back...and it won't be pretty.
I think I will try to go back to bed and get at least a few hours of sleep. I just looked out the window and there's a creepy, thick ground fog rolling in. Kinda gives me the chills. *shiver* And I know my body, there's no way it will let me sleep past 10AM.....I'll get a wicked-miserable headache, plus Gidget will wonder where her breakfast is.
So while I hope that Angus might bring me a sweet dream, I fear something more along the line of Shakespeare (from Macbeth act II scene II) is what I'm in for.....
What I don't get is that I was dead tired when I went to bed, but once I got into bed and covered up, not only could I not get comfortable, I was no longer drowsy. Oh and Mommily, Gidget does NOT like Johnny Cash. So we won't be playing any more of the man in black to the baby in the womb. She ended up listening to the Eagles (Hotel California), Led Zeppelin (Stairway to Heaven), and lots of Depeche Mode. She, like her mommy, is partial to the DM remixes. We're probably going to go back to Mozart tonight. While there are studies that show correlation to brain activity with Mozart, I'm not so sure the same studies have been run on babies who have listened to Depeche Mode in-utero. We'll try a more varied approach to music appreciation when she's a tad older I think.
Regardless of what I did last night to try and make myself comfortable, nothing worked. So I resorted to calling Gareth and sharing some of my insomnia with him. Apparently he woke up for a while and ended up surfing the net. But he's always able to go back to sleep. MEN! But I've got plans for him come the 20th! We're going to try a little experiment called "pregnancy empathy".
I went out to the message board for for my January Mommies club and it appears I wasn't the only one who wasn't able to sleep. There are a few Mom's who reccommend having a glass of red wine before bed. And even my doc says that one glass of wine every now and then is ok....but I don't know. I'm not too comfortable with it. I've slipped and had the occasional cup of fully leaded coffee or a mini-can of Coke here and there, but alcohol is an entirely different ball game. Yep, I know, the French women enjoy wine throughout their entire pregnancy, with no ill-effect to thier babies, but I'm not in France, so I see no need to do as the French do. There's just too much information out there that points to even moderate alcohol consumption during pregnancy having an effect on the baby. And that's not a risk I'm willing to take.
I'm in no way condeming those who do enjoy the occasional glass of wine, or other beverage, just stating that I don't have the same comfort level with it.
Back to this sleep thing though. Or lack of sleep would probably be a better term.
This sucks.
I wish I liked milk. Well plain milk anyhow. There are a lot of suggestions to drink a mug of warm milk before bed as it's a natural relaxant as well. I can't stomach drinking milk like that though. I can occasionally drink a glass of chocolate milk, but no way could I down a plain old glass of milk...cold, warm or otherwise.
Overnight, I even tried reading a boring book. Then I got interested in it. Haven't been able to for 3 years, and last night it suddenly became interesting. It figures.
So now here it is, nearing 6AM and I can either get up, make breakfast and make like a Zombie through most of my day, or climb back in bed, and try my hardest to get some sleep. If I go back to bed, I can forget about going to church, and if I stay up, I'm not in the best frame of mind to go either. And if I stay up, at some point today, I'll crash and burn in a big way and sleep for several hours and then not be able to get to sleep tonight. I'm not at any point to push myself to stay awake the entire day. My body will push back...and it won't be pretty.
I think I will try to go back to bed and get at least a few hours of sleep. I just looked out the window and there's a creepy, thick ground fog rolling in. Kinda gives me the chills. *shiver* And I know my body, there's no way it will let me sleep past 10AM.....I'll get a wicked-miserable headache, plus Gidget will wonder where her breakfast is.
Dreams to sell, fine dreams to sell,
Angus is coming with dreams to sell.
Hush now wee bairnie and sleep without fear,
For Angus will bring you a dream, my dear.
~George Churchill
Angus is coming with dreams to sell.
Hush now wee bairnie and sleep without fear,
For Angus will bring you a dream, my dear.
~George Churchill
So while I hope that Angus might bring me a sweet dream, I fear something more along the line of Shakespeare (from Macbeth act II scene II) is what I'm in for.....
Methought I heard a voice cry ‘Sleep no more!
Macbeth doth murder sleep,’ – the innocent sleep,
Sleep that knits up the ravell’d sleave of care,
The death of each day’s life, sore labour’s bath,
Balm of hurt minds, great nature’s second course,
Macbeth doth murder sleep,’ – the innocent sleep,
Sleep that knits up the ravell’d sleave of care,
The death of each day’s life, sore labour’s bath,
Balm of hurt minds, great nature’s second course,
posted by G & Auds @ 5:47 AM
8 comments
8 Comments:
try warm milk with a little cinnamon and sugar. I've done that before, and its not bad tasting. I hate milk too. I only like it in icecream, and an occasional bowl of cereal. Also, some homemade hot cocoa works well too. Not that powdered stuff. :)
Lace yer cocoa with a drop of rum or you could just go with Christina's suggestion! *L*
A nice warm bath would help relax you for bed as well, (sure wish I had time for one of those in the evenings though I have no trouble sleeping)!
Hope you get to catch up on your sleep.
Meeeee - it's not that I'm technically losing sleep, it's that I'm so huge already that I'm horribly uncomfortable. And believe me, I have tried everything!
I have about 10 pillows, plus a body pillow, plus this long pillow that looks like a snake....and none of them help. I am thinking of bringing in a structural design engineer to help me configure something. My poor bed is more pillows than anything else lately.
And oh how I miss sleeping on my stomach.
But yeah, last night was bad because not only was I uncomfortable, I just couldn't fall asleep. Finally went back to bed and to sleep around 6:30AM this morning and got up wayyyy too late, close to 11AM with a pounding headache and growly tummy.
And as far as sleeplessness once Gidget gets here, I can't wait!
Oh and I'll try the warm milk with a little sugar, vanilla, and cinnamon.
I'll try just about anything at this point.
Does the fat content of the milk matter, as I drink skim milk?
I don't know about that.. I used to be a 2% girl, but John is a whole milk guy... There might be more of the sleepy stuff the more fat you have in it.. try 1% or 2%. Might not even matter. Try skim, if it doesn't work, or taste as yummy as it could, try a higher %.
Awww I hope you are able to sleep better tonight!
I have tried the warm milk thing before too, with sugar in it. I couldn't drink the warm milk plain, it tasted weird. With sugar was good though! I don't know about the fat content and warming it to get sleepy, we are a fatty whole milk household, and well all I know is that whole milk tastes good! LOL I don't drink milk all the time so I don't feel tooooo guilty about it. :P
A little advice. Sleep when ever the hell you want to. YOur preganant for goodness sakes. You are supposed to be pampered and adored and do things like eat all you want and sleep all you want. Its your time, besides, after you have the baby, it won't matter, you will be on their schedule. When I cant sleep, I find it best to turn the air on or heat down so its just a little chilly in the room, bundle up under covers, get a thousand pillows around me and under the belly and just lay there and either listen to fake rain music or think about good, fun things, like choclate eclairs, great sex and shopping spree's where someone else pays.
Yes Min Pin...I agree about the great sex. Totally exhausting.
13 more sleeps until I can enjoy THAT again!
Gareth, I do hope my dear, that you've been taking your vitamins! *wink*
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