About Pregnancy & Childbirth: Combination Fatigue and Insomnia: a Cruel Joke in Pregnancy

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Combination Fatigue and Insomnia: a Cruel Joke in Pregnancy Jul 14th 2013, 13:30 Fatigue is one of the earliest symptoms of pregnancy. I remember waking up after a full nights sleep and only being able to stay awake for a few hours before requiring a nap. I'm not using the word requiring lightly here, it honestly felt like I was going to go mad if I didn't sleep. (And I am not a napper by any stretch of the imagination!) It was a really rough time in my early pregnancy. That went on for a few weeks and I thought that this was going to be as bad as it got.  But, being my first baby, I'd come home from work and go to bed without a problem.  That is until I was about eight weeks pregnant and I started to get insomnia on top of everything else. It was a cruel joke that I was so tired, had the time and yet could not sleep. Some nights I'd fall asleep but wake up to go to the bathroom and not get back to sleep.  Other nights I simply couldn't fall asleep.  This let up in the second trimester, but it did come back with a vengeance in the third trimester. Have you had any of this type of combo-pregnancy symptoms when it came to sleep? How did you cope? Related: Pregnancy Sleep Tips 6 Dreams Pregnant Women Have . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Join the conversation! NEWSLETTER | PINTEREST | TWITTER FACEBOOK | GOOGLE+ | CONNECT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Photo © iStockPhoto Combination Fatigue and Insomnia: a Cruel Joke in Pregnancy originally appeared on About.com Pregnancy & Childbirth on Sunday, July 14th, 2013 at 13:30:04. Permalink | Comment | Email this

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