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Sleep Apnea during pregnancy?
I've pretty much kissed sleeping goodbye over the past 3 weeks, and I am just about 37 weeks pregnant so have a few more weeks to go. Between not being able to sleep on my belly, nor my back because I can't breathe, and recently I am limited on my sides. I will sleep about twenty minutes on one side, and will wake up feeling like someone whacked my thigh with a sledgehammer, so I'll roll over to the other side, and twenty minutes later the same thing will happen. then I get up every two hours to pee, and every hour I wake up from a super dry mouth so have to chug some water. Last week I had an episode of Sleep Paralysis (where your mind wakes up but your body is still asleep, and it takes several minutes to wake your body up). Last night I had 3 contractions that woke me up (Braxton I'm sure).
My husband told me this morning that he noticed I stopped breathing at least twice during the night. I'd take a deep breath, and stop breathing for 10 seconds, then start breathing rapidly for a minute, then settle back into sleep. I know that's obviously a symptom of sleep apnea, so that worries me. It's also a sign of pre-eclampsia, and I've been showing a few other signs of that as well (some dizziness, and swelling). I have a doctor's appointment on Wednesday, so my husband is going to check on me during the night again until then. I wanted to get some opinions on what you guys think. Could this be apnea? Or pre-eclampsia?
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Permalink Reply by Jen, Mom365 Host on -
I know that I developed some sleep apnea when I was pregnant with my daughter. My husband didn't alert me, I would wake myself up gasping for air. It only happened when I would roll onto my back when I was sleeping. I never developed pre-e. Either way, it's something your OB should be alerted of! At least you're in the home stretch :)
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Permalink Reply by Bethany Ann, Star Mom on -
I can't breathe at all when on my back, but yesterday and today I am short of breath all the time and get winded fast when I talk. I know some of my anxiety is probably because my pregnancy with my daughter was a piece of cake, and this pregnancy has been a piece of cake up until a couple weeks ago. I'm not used to feeling crappy or like something is wrong. We'll see tomorrow!
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Permalink Reply by Jen, Mom365 Host on
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I'm always short of breath when I'm pregnant, especially at the end. For me, it was normal because I had really big babies - my uterus took up a lot of lung space. Hopefully it's nothing!
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Permalink Reply by Bethany Ann, Star Mom on
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My first daughter was 9lbs 7oz! I went two weeks over due and never had a single problem, other than a little back pain. I got way way way lucky. This one is measuring about 7lbs right now but I just can't catch my breath. I suppose it's probably normal, but it sucks!
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