I shouldn't complain. I really shouldn't. I have had an amazing, easy pregnancy so far. No major complications or annoying symptoms. No morning sickness. No weird cravings. No swelling, or insane weight gain. Not even any stretch marks (knock on wood...). I feel like I really have no right to complain, but I'm going to anyway.
I can't sleep! I haven't slept a good, proper sleep for more than three days in a row since beginning my second trimester. In my first trimester, I slept ALL the time. I guess now my body is making up for all that sleep time with awake time. I usually spend between the hours of 12:30 and 4:00 in the morning wide awake. Not to mention bored out of my mind, as there is usually not too much going on between midnight and six in the morning.
Should I not be sleeping more now? I mean, my body is working twice as hard as normal. Making a baby is no easy feat. You would think that it would take every opportunity of sleep it could grab. But no, instead I get an average of just six hours a night. This number being approximately three hours less than what I got before pregnancy.
I get the whole "you're body is preparing for the sleepless nights ahead" thing. I really get that. I was completely prepared to deal with the sleepless nights after baby arrives. But before the baby? This I was not prepared for. At least there is a reason for waking up in the middle of the night after the baby arrives. Baby's got to eat. Or Baby needs to be changed. At least there will be something to do to keep me occupied while I am up. But when you are waking up in the middle of the night for hours on end with no apparent reason and nothing to do to pass that time... it's just really annoying.
Honestly, after this, waking up for feedings and changings a million times a night with seem like a dream. (That is my opinion now... we'll see how it changes once the little guy actually gets here).
Anyway, since I am up, I will say Happy Groundhog Day, everybody. Enjoy your sleep.
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