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I completely understand what you are going through. I’m sorry that you are too going through it. I am sending you all the positive vibes so you get better.
This post started it all for me (there’s a video on it too) https://insomniacoach.com/forums/topic/100-cured-from-postpartum-insomnia/
I watched other Martins YouTube videos. I also read comments but I only skimmed for the good ones. I didn’t want to see any negative ones to trigger me.
I also found this lady’s video helpful: https://youtu.be/9fc03ACxDyM?si=45ZUhZpNoeMGRVLH
I was like that too!! Just obsessing about how many hours I slept and how will I function the next day. It was horrible. My anxiety was so bad which made the sleep worse. I dreaded every day. I had it in my head that I had to sleep 8 hours because before the baby I used to sleep SO good.
It wasn’t easy functioning during the day at first. The dread ughh was horrible. But then the day would end and I’d sleep a bit and another day would end. I started to think wow I slept poorly but made it through another day with my baby. I think I went 6 days averaging 4 hours of broken sleep a day without any sleep aids. But I kept telling myself that when my body gets too tired, it’ll just fall asleep.
Each day I decided to eat well, do my exercises, do the tasks from this program, take my vitamins and I started to do things that I enjoyed even though I was exhausted. It was a routine I created for myself. And I started having friends visit me and I went to see family and friends. I started making plans and did them, even though my mind and body were like noooo. I also had a great support network of family and friends that were with me. I hope you have that too.
After having little sleep after the 6 days, my doctor suggested taking a melatonin which earlier didn’t work for me. But this time it did. So I took a melatonin daily for weeks and I think it worked because my system started to calm down.
I don’t know what caused it or what happened but with time my anxiety eased up, I stopped worrying about sleeping, I did things even with little sleep and it eventually got better. I also found some Instagram posts from other moms and I saw that they weren’t sleeping but they were getting through the day. That helped me.
Seeing them with dark circles and waking up multiple times a night.
It helped me know that I wasn’t alone.It was a crazy experience and no one around me experienced it, so they didn’t understand what was happening. I’m glad I found this forum, Cindy’s story gave me so much hope. This is why I came back on here. It will get better!! Keep going 💪 watch a few of the other videos if you haven’t yet. I limited it to a few in the early days because I didn’t want to get sucked into a rabbit hole and obsessing over videos.
Hi Sonya, I had a very similar situation. I even put earplugs to drown any noise. I did sleeping pills and nothing worked for long. I feel like this program helped me immensely. Just understanding sleep shifted my mindset. I replied to another mom with more detail on what I did to help myself if you want to read. I hope you get sleep soon!!
Hello, I made an account just to reply to fellow struggling moms out there. I had almost the exact same situation. I am 4.5 months PP now and it gets better. At 6 weeks PP, I suddenly couldn’t sleep at night or nap. I did the natural sleep aids and sleeping pills but everything stopped working. I almost started taking antidepressants but decided not to once I found this free program. The 2 week program helped me immensely. I read the emails and did the tasks. It helped me to understand that sleep will happen, at some point I’m going to sleep. That was a game changer for me, after battling sleeping for about 6 weeks at that point.
I also focused on researching positive success insomnia stories and found some content online and YouTube videos. The shift in mindset helped me. I used to be scared of not sleeping and I kind of just embraced it and the sleep returned.
I also saw a naturopath and started taking magnesium and ashwaghanda vitamins. I also did daily light exercises, like 10-15 minute YouTube videos and lots of walks in the sun.
I think a combination of everything helped me sleep better at 3.5 months PP. The hormones have also calmed down. I still sometimes drink sleepy time tea and take some melatonin when I want to get to sleep quicker but I have no issues waking up at night to take care of my child and fall back asleep. Sleep won’t be the same again and I’ve accepted that and feel fine. I still can’t nap but I’ve accepted that maybe I’m no longer a napper. 🙂
My advice is keep doing things to help yourself day to day. Above I mentioned what I did daily. One day at a time, you will get better.
