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I cannot sleep anymore, I get an hour maybe and then wake up crying from back pain or rib pain. It’s agony. It’s been like this for the past few days and I am exhausted. I can’t cope anymore. I don’t know how I’m supposed to deal with this for another 11 weeks.

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I have been struggling for the last few weeks and finally got my pregnancy pillow out last night, I’ve had the best nights sleep last night in a very long time. If you don’t already have one might be worth looking into getting one as it gives more support on your back etc

Firstly you should talk to your midwife - agony sounds awful, poor you 😞 They might be able to help you work out what’s causing it - they could help you get an NHS physio appointment if appropriate (I got one really quickly), or it might be that yoga positions specifically for pregnancy could really help you. I bought a mattress topper to help my hips which had been great. There are loads of pregnancy pillows out there which aren’t expensive and help a lot too. You need to look for help and take this seriously to look after yourself, it’s important x

I am also like this I constantly wake up in the night never get a fully rested sleep always peeing and can’t get comfortable

If you’re waking in pain definitely contact your midwife/gp to try find out why the pain is happening. The gp can also prescribe you something stronger to take. I had PGP with my daughter and it stopped me from sleeping so I got the strong cocodamol and only took them at night so I could sleep x

Thank you all! After a long night of being awake I’ve thrown up about 4 times so I’m feeling even worse 😂 had my RSV jab yesterday and I’ve got a temperature and vomiting so don’t think that’s helping either x

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