Sleep

I’m already not sleeping! (Been up since 1:30🤣) they say waking up etc is training you for when baby arrives… you’d be surprised how much your body will adapt to changes

Take rests when you can, before baby and when baby is here! It’s important to rest as much d you can x

I’ve never been a good sleeper. Always suffered On and off with insomnia. Especially when there is a lot going on. But what I will say is when the baby is here you do just get on with it and sometimes find it’s easier once you’re used to less sleep. Then having more sleep. Try and spin your thinking process, I have a 2 year old and it really does FLY by. So instead of feeling a tad worried etc try and think of all the night time snuggles and extra time you can spend with your baby I know it sounds mad now but I promise you will be fine and get through it. Plus all babies are different you could get a baby that sleeps through from early on. 🤍x

Hi love! TBF I have always been a good sleeper ☺️ but since I am pregnant...m all changed, 1 trimestre I had Inmsonia and late from 1 trimestre to now I will be 20 w tomorrow I do awake up every 2 horas for pee so I feel like is a training for when baby born haha. I just adapted and I go with the flow so give you time to try to rest when you can love 😘

Let me tell you, pregnancy tired is 10000x worse than new baby tired. I know it’s easier said than done and everyone says the same, sleep when baby sleeps is exactly what I did. When my son went to sleep in the day, I would have a nap too. The washing up and cleaning can wait. You will be okay and you will do great, the sleep comes and goes. Just try and enjoy every second x

First 6 weeks I found really tough and napped daily but after that it did get better.

I worried about this with my first too.. honestly the first few weeks particularly are exhausting but you really do adjust to it 😊

This has been genuinely so so helpful 🥹 thank you so much everyone! Love all of the tips, ideas and reassurance 🩷

If you have someone to watch baby in the day, take the opportunity to sleep.

I am worried because this is my second baby so I know what it’s like 🫣 my son is easier now he’s nearly 4 so I’m trying to just enjoy the time I have even just chilling in the garden it’s great now the suns out . When the baby does arrive things pass everything is a phase xx one thing I’m going to listen too when this baby is born is Don’t do things you can do when the baby is awake so when they are sleeping you can rest . I was like a headless chicken with my first

It is exhausting theres no point in lying. But i just tried to nap when bubba napped. It does get easier! I find the pregnancy tired is worse to be honest but im so exhausted and cant sleep but when baby is here you will be able too sleep. If you have a good support system around you then take any help just to get a nap! Xx

First month is exhausting! Ended up pumping and following the advice in 12 hours sleep by 12 weeks book... lots of it makes sense but is not obvious when you are feeling sleep deprived! Started following the advice at 8 weeks and we were getting 10 hours straight sleep each night by 12 weeks 🫠 Until she hit each sleep regression... anticipating and recognising these in advance helped us a lot with our mental resilience!

Think most people have covered it already, we got a particularly bad sleeper with our first (no more then a 1hr stretch at a time until he was 20ish months). Was brutal at the beginning BUT your body just learns to adjust to it and your a mum, we can just function on little/ no sleep. Also recommend looking into safe co-sleeping, changed my entire motherhood journey when I started as I just got so much more sleep (easy boob access). Practical advice, take a nap in the day if you can, don't do anything you could do when baby is awake when they sleep, I.e housework, save that energy! Don't change their nappy unless they have done a poo in the night. Get into a bedtime routine from early on so they start to learn it's night sleep.

Me - I have epilepsy and they think my seizures are caused by lack of sleep , heat and stress . Oh great . Fingers crossed i have a very kind baby who wants to help me out x