Is it normal to have insomnia during early pregnancy?

In life, many women often suffer from insomnia and nightmares due to the great mental stress after they just get pregnant. If they do not sleep well after pregnancy, it will have a serious impact on the development of the fetus. Therefore, good sleep is not only beneficial to pregnant women, but also very beneficial to the development of the fetus. Here are some tips to help you relieve insomnia during early pregnancy.

In the early stages of pregnancy, many women experience general fatigue, tiredness, or loss of interest in doing things, feeling drowsy and lacking energy all day long. This is an important symptom of early pregnancy and one of the normal reactions in early pregnancy, so generally you don’t need to worry too much because it will naturally improve after about 3 months of pregnancy.

1. Hormonal changes affect the mood of pregnant women

Under the influence of pregnancy hormones, your mood swings will be very large, making you feel crazy, sad, happy and irritable, sometimes these changes in 10 seconds. You are extremely sensitive and often lose your temper over trivial matters.

The mood changes of pregnant women are caused by hormonal changes. Pregnant women are more sensitive psychologically and mentally, and their ability to withstand stress is reduced. Coupled with the worry about the fetus in the womb, it is easy to cause emotional instability, so depression and insomnia often occur.

Also due to the effect of hormones, many pregnant women in the early stages of pregnancy are in a state of extreme excitement. They are full of longing for the baby before going to bed, and even keep guessing whether it is a boy or a girl. Their minds are too active and it is not easy for them to fall asleep.

2. Changes in eating habits

Due to pregnancy reactions and requirements for dietary nutrition, the eating habits of pregnant women will change to a certain extent, and they are prone to morning sickness in the early stages of pregnancy. Although most pregnant women vomit in the morning, some pregnant women also feel nauseous and want to vomit at night. This makes it difficult for pregnant women to adapt and affects their sleep quality.

Some pregnant women have a particularly good appetite during pregnancy. Eat a lot. This is also a cause of insomnia. Eating too much will affect gastrointestinal function. If you are not feeling well, you will naturally not sleep well.

If you accidentally eat some stress-inducing foods, such as coffee, tea, fried foods, etc., especially the saturated fat in the food, it will change the hormone secretion in women's bodies and cause many symptoms of physical discomfort.

3. Frequent urination

Frequent urination is the most common symptom for expectant mothers. This is mainly because the gradually enlarging uterus and fetal head squeeze the bladder, making them feel the urge to urinate, which then develops into frequent urination.

It is understood that 80% of pregnant women have to go to the toilet all night, and many people have become accustomed to it. Frequent urination is one of the more obvious early pregnancy symptoms. After two months of pregnancy, the enlarged uterus will press on the bladder, which will reflexively cause increased urination, sometimes even up to several or even dozens of times an hour. The frequency of urination increases, but the amount of urine does not increase, and is accompanied by symptoms such as mild dizziness and nausea.

Obviously, this frequent urination phenomenon will seriously affect the sleep quality of pregnant women and cause them to lack of sleep.

4. Pain, cramps, etc.

Since pregnant women are prone to calcium deficiency, they are also more likely to suffer from cramps. Cramps are very painful. Sometimes I wake up from my sleep due to cramps, which seriously affects my subsequent sleep.

On the other hand, due to the hormones secreted during pregnancy, especially relaxin, which causes the fascia, tendons, ligaments and connective tissues to soften, relax or swell, and at the same time compress the nerves, the pregnant mother's body is prone to various pains. For example, headaches, pelvic pains, wrist and rib pains, in short, pains here and there, and pains can really affect sleep.

5. Sleeping posture

Pregnant women in the early stages of pregnancy can easily feel tired because they have to nurture the fetus. However, due to changes in your body, your abdomen becomes a key part that you subconsciously want to protect, making it difficult to find a suitable posture when sleeping, and it is easy to have a bad sleep.