As if the thought of having little to no sleep in 4 months time isn’t enough… I’m already loosing sleep!
Months 1 through 5 have been sprinkled with the odd bathroom visit, oh, say on average 3 times a night, and approximately every hour during the day! And now months 3 through 5 have been fraught with the aggravatingly urgent need to move my legs when I’m tired, or as is the latest case, when I’m trying to sleep! You can imagine this somewhat hinders the ability to obtain a good solid night’s sleep!
If I was alone in bed it wouldn’t be so bad, I could handle the irritation, but my poor sleep deprived husband, after countless bathroom escapades of mine now has to put up with incessant leg twitching. Now I know what you’re thinking, in the greater scheme of things this isn’t very tough going for a pregnant lady, other people have it a lot worse, and I agree with you, but it’s still disconcerting that in the last few months of peace and quiet, I am sabotaging our last nights of rest with stupid leg antics! …(Restless leg syndrome for those who are actually interested).
Apparently this is one of those things which just seems to occur in pregnant women, so at least now I can say I haven’t had it completely easy (so we can slightly adjust the previous post)! I do think however, that this is the body’s way of getting us pregnant women ready for sleepless nights in our near future. The 2 to 3 hourly wake up calls for the first few months are similarly spaced to my bathroom visits. I somehow don’t think this is a coincidence. Someone planned this out very well indeed!
