Postpartem Insomnia

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Anyone else ever had this?  If so, how do you deal?  I had it really bad with DD, lasting about a year, and it's starting to rear its ugly head again.  It totally sucks being wide awake for hours while your kids are sleeping.

With DD I was drinking several cups of chamomile tea a night (I did my research on the effects of it).  Eventually I started taking Melatonin supplements which is something I think I want to hold off on for now.

[ravinraven216]

I couldn't "sleep when baby sleeps" during the day and I was having difficulty falling asleep between night feelings until my OB recommended I take Tylenol PM. Sometimes, like today, it leaves me really groggy, but it means I'm getting more than 2 hours of sleep at night. Everything I've read indicated that melatonin isn't recommended while breastfeeding.

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Aug 1, 2015 7:48:21 GMT -5 ravinraven216 said:

I couldn't "sleep when baby sleeps" during the day and I was having difficulty falling asleep between night feelings until my OB recommended I take Tylenol PM. Sometimes, like today, it leaves me really groggy, but it means I'm getting more than 2 hours of sleep at night. Everything I've read indicated that melatonin isn't recommended while breastfeeding.

Tylenol PM huh?  I'll have to look into that.  I'm afraid of getting myself so drowsy that I wouldn't be able to handle an unexpected MOTN wake- up, which is why I went the chamomile route for so long but it's never been very effective for me. 

[ravinraven216]

I take it around 9:00 and even with earplugs I can still hear LO when he wakes for MOTN feelings, but I'm an impressively light sleeper and wake at the slightest snuffle (hence the earplugs).

[sidneyvicious]

I get up and go take a warm (not hot) bath if I can't sleep after, say, an hour or so.

[ombradellarosa]

I think I could sleep if I would stop entertaining myself with the Internet. I don't want to do anything that would make me call asleep or sleep deeper because I'm bed sharing and it wouldn't be safe. I just can't put down the tablet and go to bed. It annoys me so much. I know I should sleep but I half expect her to wake and I half just want to enjoy myself without having to worry about her being hungry. I think DH and I need to start taking shifts now that she will take a bottle.

[turtletyme]

Aug 4, 2015 10:05:57 GMT -5 budders said:

I fall asleep pretty well initially, but have been struggling a lot to go back to sleep after the first MOTN feeding recently. I end up laying in bed thinking about a ton of stuff, and by the time I fall asleep again, it's practically time for the next feeding. I think I got about four total hours of sleep last night.

Me too. I can't turn my brain off. Sometimes I get myself really worked up and anxious about the fact that I am not sleeping, or other random shit. It's awful! I am looking forward to having soph STTN to save me from myself.