Ellen
so I'm 28 weeks pregnant living in the uk and just can't get any sleep! I've tried warm milky drinks, putting pillows under my legs and back cooling the room down and relaxing and nothing works. it's 1:22am here now and for the last week I've got about an hours sleep every night and that's not until about 7am I've tried going for a walk but nothing seems to work has anyone got any tips? (sorry it's so long)
Answer
1. NEVER OVERSLEEP
Never oversleep because of a poor night's sleep. This is the most crucial rule. Get up at about the same time every day, especially on the morning after you've lost sleep. Sleeping late for just a couple of days can reset your body clock to a different cycle -- you'll be getting sleepy later and waking up later.
2. SET YOUR BODY CLOCK
Light helps restart your body clock to its active daytime phase. So when you get up, go outside and get some sunlight. Or if that's difficult, turn on all the lights in your room.
Then walk around for a few minutes. The calves of your legs act as pumps and get blood circulating, carrying more oxygen to your brain to help get you going.
3. EXERCISE
Keep physically active during the day. This is especially important the day after a bad night's sleep. When you sleep less, you should be more active during the day. Being less active is one of the worst things an insomniac can do.
Strenuous exercise (brisk walking, swimming, jogging, squash, etc.) in late afternoon seems to promote more restful sleep. Also, insomniacs tend to be too inactive a couple of hours before bed. Do some gentle exercise. A stretching routine has helped many people.
4. DON'T NAP
Do not take any naps the day after you've lost sleep. When you feel sleepy, get up and do something. Walk, make the bed, or do your errands.
While studying, get up regularly (every 30 minutes, or more often if necessary) to walk around your room. Do a gentle stretch. That will increase the flow of oxygen to your brain and help you to be more alert.
5. SET A BEDTIME SCHEDULE USING THESE TWO STEPS:
First, try to go to bed at about the same time every night. Be regular. Most people get hungry at 7 a.m., noon, and 6 p.m. because they've eaten at those times for years. Going to bed at about the same time every night can make sleep as regular as hunger.
Second, go to bed later when you are having trouble sleeping. If you're only getting five hours of sleep a night during your insomnia period, don't go to bed until just five hours before your wake-up time. For instance, if you've been waking up at 7 a.m., don't go to bed until 2 a.m. No naps! Make the time you spend in bed sleep time. Still some insomnia? Go to bed proportionately later. Then, as your time in bed becomes good sleep time, move your going-to-bed time back 15 to 30 minutes a night and do that for a week or so.
This is the opposite of what we want to do: we want to go to bed earlier to make up the lost sleep. Learn to do what many sleep laboratories teach -- go to bed later the night after losing sleep.
1. NEVER OVERSLEEP
Never oversleep because of a poor night's sleep. This is the most crucial rule. Get up at about the same time every day, especially on the morning after you've lost sleep. Sleeping late for just a couple of days can reset your body clock to a different cycle -- you'll be getting sleepy later and waking up later.
2. SET YOUR BODY CLOCK
Light helps restart your body clock to its active daytime phase. So when you get up, go outside and get some sunlight. Or if that's difficult, turn on all the lights in your room.
Then walk around for a few minutes. The calves of your legs act as pumps and get blood circulating, carrying more oxygen to your brain to help get you going.
3. EXERCISE
Keep physically active during the day. This is especially important the day after a bad night's sleep. When you sleep less, you should be more active during the day. Being less active is one of the worst things an insomniac can do.
Strenuous exercise (brisk walking, swimming, jogging, squash, etc.) in late afternoon seems to promote more restful sleep. Also, insomniacs tend to be too inactive a couple of hours before bed. Do some gentle exercise. A stretching routine has helped many people.
4. DON'T NAP
Do not take any naps the day after you've lost sleep. When you feel sleepy, get up and do something. Walk, make the bed, or do your errands.
While studying, get up regularly (every 30 minutes, or more often if necessary) to walk around your room. Do a gentle stretch. That will increase the flow of oxygen to your brain and help you to be more alert.
5. SET A BEDTIME SCHEDULE USING THESE TWO STEPS:
First, try to go to bed at about the same time every night. Be regular. Most people get hungry at 7 a.m., noon, and 6 p.m. because they've eaten at those times for years. Going to bed at about the same time every night can make sleep as regular as hunger.
Second, go to bed later when you are having trouble sleeping. If you're only getting five hours of sleep a night during your insomnia period, don't go to bed until just five hours before your wake-up time. For instance, if you've been waking up at 7 a.m., don't go to bed until 2 a.m. No naps! Make the time you spend in bed sleep time. Still some insomnia? Go to bed proportionately later. Then, as your time in bed becomes good sleep time, move your going-to-bed time back 15 to 30 minutes a night and do that for a week or so.
This is the opposite of what we want to do: we want to go to bed earlier to make up the lost sleep. Learn to do what many sleep laboratories teach -- go to bed later the night after losing sleep.
I need getting pregnant again after having a baby tips!?
Girl0nFire
I had a little girl about 9 months ago and I want another. My husband and I (he will be next month anyway) Have a very stable life and want another baby. I have been trying for 7 months and still no luck. I am a full time stay at home mom. Do any mom or dads out there have any tips? (oh and we had to try for like a year and a half to get pregnant the first time) Thank you! =]
Answer
hiya,
if you chart your cycle it will help as you will know when you ovulate.
each cycle you only have a 6day time scale to have sex in order to get pregnant,
4days before ovulation the day of ovulation and very unlikely but possibly day after ovulation. ( this is because sperm live up to 5days in a woman and an egg only 1day)
http://www.early-pregnancy-tests.com/inovtesstrip.html
^^ link about ovulation sticks. you can buy them cheap off amazon. they detect a surge in LH which happens just before you ovulate so you know when to have sex.
http://www.fertilityplus.org/faq/bbt/bbtfaq.html
^^^ link about charting temperature.
if you take your temperature each morning you will see a rise in temp after you ovulate.
you can also chart cervical mucus. when you are fertile you will have watery or "egg white" cervical mucus that sperm can swim through easily.
cervical position is also handy.
when fertile your cervix will tuck up high and it will go soft. then tip will also seem more open than usual... all to allow sperm access.
if you google any of these you will get loads of info.
you can also try a type of root concentrate called soya isoflavone - it tricks your body into producing more hormones so you will ovulate earlier/stronger/later/multiple eggs depending on when you take it.
http://community.babycentre.co.uk/groups/a3872965/soya_isoflavones
^^^ all about soya isoflavones.
breast feeding can sometimes stop women from getting preg but i know women that have gotten preg.
hiya,
if you chart your cycle it will help as you will know when you ovulate.
each cycle you only have a 6day time scale to have sex in order to get pregnant,
4days before ovulation the day of ovulation and very unlikely but possibly day after ovulation. ( this is because sperm live up to 5days in a woman and an egg only 1day)
http://www.early-pregnancy-tests.com/inovtesstrip.html
^^ link about ovulation sticks. you can buy them cheap off amazon. they detect a surge in LH which happens just before you ovulate so you know when to have sex.
http://www.fertilityplus.org/faq/bbt/bbtfaq.html
^^^ link about charting temperature.
if you take your temperature each morning you will see a rise in temp after you ovulate.
you can also chart cervical mucus. when you are fertile you will have watery or "egg white" cervical mucus that sperm can swim through easily.
cervical position is also handy.
when fertile your cervix will tuck up high and it will go soft. then tip will also seem more open than usual... all to allow sperm access.
if you google any of these you will get loads of info.
you can also try a type of root concentrate called soya isoflavone - it tricks your body into producing more hormones so you will ovulate earlier/stronger/later/multiple eggs depending on when you take it.
http://community.babycentre.co.uk/groups/a3872965/soya_isoflavones
^^^ all about soya isoflavones.
breast feeding can sometimes stop women from getting preg but i know women that have gotten preg.
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