It is important to get enough quality sleep and enjoy it now while the body still feels good! You’re growing a whole new person in there, so your sleep requirements will increase for now. Promise, it’ll level back out (just don’t hold me to saying WHEN it will level back out).

During your first trimester, you can’t get enough sleep. If you sit down, you fall asleep.

Just go with it.

Your body and your BABY need it. It is during this trimester, the sleep-inducing hormone progesterone starts surging through your body, and pressure on your bladder from your growing uterus sends you to the bathroom countless times every night.

Three issues you encounter during this time:

• The need to nap – caused by elevated levels of progesterone.
• The inability to get comfortable – sensitive chest, sensitive stomach.
• The need to pee

I remember well, I’d get home from work – which had become utterly exhausting, sit down on the couch and fall asleep. My husband would nudge me about an hour later to see if I wanted dinner. I’d rouse myself even though I wanted to sleep more. Then, the bed started to bother me. We still have all the pillows from my pregnancy. Somehow, we got used to them and kept them.

Some things that cause havoc on your sleep cycles during this trimester include nausea, hunger and vivid dreams. For more information on Sleep and Pregnancy, download our ebook or pre-order 9 Months In & 9 Months Out.