I can’t sleep. I toss and turn, moving from one side to the next. I want to lay flat on my back. Or on my belly. I want to not sweat while I try to sleep. I want to be able to sleep.
Instead, thoughts roll around my mind, keeping me awake. Keeping my body on edge. Keeping sleep at an arms distance into the very early hours of the morning. Thoughts like.
- Is that a contraction?
- How hard is it going from a family of three to a family of four?
- Will we ever complete my Must-Complete-Before-The-Baby-Arrives-Crazy-Nesting List?
- Is that a contraction?
- How on earth am I going to entertain a 3 year old while breastfeeding a newborn?
- Will I ever sleep through the night again?
- Is that a contraction?!?
- How long will it take before my body goes back to normal? Or at least some version of normal?
- Is that a…no, no never mind.
- Did I do enough kegels? *achoo* Guess not.
What’s on your mind this week?
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I, too, am having trouble sleeping due to my mind not letting me relax. Except I’m not having a baby, just a birthday party for my husband with 30 people where I’m doing mostly everything because I’m a control freak.
Yikes! That’s a lot to plan for too. I hope the party goes well.
Well, right now I’m thinking “Glad it isn’t me.”
I think that may be the GREATEST PHOTO EVER!!! You need to submit it to Pioneer Woman’s current photography assignment. Oh my goodness, I am not envying you right now but soon you’ll be cuddling a sweet new baby and enjoying your new bigger family. Hope you get some rest!
I didn’t even know about her photo assignment. I just added mine to the group. Thanks for telling me. I wonder if I’ll be featured.
Don’t tell anyone, but my doctor prescribed me this magical sort of sleeping pill in my third trimester and I still take it on evenings I know I can’t turn the to-do list in my head off. It’s called Vistaril and it’s meant for allergy relief safe for pregnancy, but also makes you drowsy. The best part? It doesn’t MAKE you fall asleep or make you groggy, so I was able to take it after I had Wee ‘Burb and still be alert and aware enough to take care of her.
What it did do was relax the mind a ton so I could actually fall asleep and go back to sleep every time I woke up to pee every 4 minutes.
Because that last trimester was HELL for me mentally. I was nodding the entire time reading this.
That sounds like a miracle drug. Seriously.
Ugh. You poor thing. You know that when it’s all over it was all worth it. So hang in there girl!
Aimee
Cracking up!
You’ll manage great as a family of four and you will get used to being sleep deprived….eventually…LOL You look great by the way. Best wishes with the pending delivery.
P.S. While nothing to *sneeze* at, and speaking from only my experience, the effectiveness of Kegel Exercises are somewhat over-rated and appear to decrease with each pregnancy
Yea, I’ve noticed that too. With my first pregnancy I did them all the time, and had no, uh, leakage problems. This time around no matter how often I do them, I’m still a little nervous when I sneeze.
I’m not having sleep problems yet, but many of your concerns are mine, too! I like to tell myself that when the time comes, I’ll arise to the occasion, and I’m sure you will, too! It’s tough not to get overwhelmed about what will one day be, so instead, I try to make sure I’m staying in the moment and living and dealing with today’s stresses rather than just thinking about the possibility of tomorrow’s.
Haha – good one. I was just where you were not too long ago. The discomfort goes away but a whole new set of worries and wonders replace the ones you have here. That’s parenthood for ya huh?
Right now I’d take the new worries over the discomfort. This kid is killing my hips.
Love the picture! I’ve found that once I put a real dent in the crazy nesting list the baby would come, so get cracking! Also, I’d try to make my peace with the not sleeping thing for at least a couple of months… plenty of time to sleep when they’re grown, right? (or so I’ve been telling myself for a few years now) And, hey, you’re getting a BABY soon, YAY!
Thankfully I have most of my stuff done. Hubs is still slowly working on his part of it. I do need to get my hospital bag packed still. Maybe that’s what’s holding things up?
I hate Kegals! I try to do them at night before I go to bed but I always forget and I never know how many to do.
I used to fall asleep while I’m doing them! Now I try to do them when I’m driving. If I can remember.