(Thing is, when the baby nurses, it makes ME sleepy, and if I have to get up and walk around, I become wide alert again.) And exercise during the day helps, too, as does keeping a nightly journal and talking to DH or my sister about things that I lay awake worrying about. This can range from consulting a lactation specialist or prescribing CBT. Once a doctor confirms the most likely cause of insomnia in a particular case, they can recommend an effective treatment. It’s typically caused by stress and anxiety. Personally it helped me to co-sleep although I can imagine it having the opposite effect, too. We’ve seen that breastfeeding isn’t usually the cause of postpartum insomnia. It helped me to take the clock out of the room. Still, Lactmed concludes that while the short-term use of melatonin during breastfeeding isn’t likely to be harmful to babies, there is not enough data to prove this definitively. I really felt for me like my body was just on high alert, all wound up, waiting for the baby's next waking. According to Lactmed, limited studies found no safety issues in babies when breastfeeding moms took melatonin supplements. I've had the same issue with insomnia, off and on.
Hmm, this sounds like a plus for my little one. Quite humorous to witness, but not really good for the poor kitty.) (By the way, cats may be attracted to it - keep your cat away. I believe "traditional medicinals" makes one - available at whole foods. I believe it is considered ok for nursing moms, but if you take it too close to a feeding, it can make your child slightly drowsy. If you google it you'll be able to find a 7th path class in your area.Īnonymous wrote:Valerian Tea - tastes bad, but works. One 70 yr old lady was so happy to report that she slept from 9 to 7. And they came back to the second class amazed at how well they slept. There were people in my class who suffered for years with insomnia. I took a 7th path self-hypnosis class in rockville. This helped me to manage the day to day stress much easier. And the most important thing it helped was it helped me to let go of all kinds of internal stress accumulated throughout the years, so that I felt so much lighter, happier, and I could breathe so much deeper. When fast, sound sleep is associated with going to bed, guess what, we do go to a sound sleep fast. Hypnosis helps to change that perception. Like one PP said, it was the stress of "knowing" that I won't get a good sleep. There is a saying 15 mins of hypnosis relaxation equals 3 hrs of sleep. First it helped me to relax, i mean relax like never before. Anonymous wrote:thanks for your reply.how did the hypnosis work? where might i find such a class?