Sleep

If its any help, I have been sleeping in the recovery position, with a pillow under my bent knee. I then put a wheat bag between my shoulder blades to help with the pain (I have an old injury & the muscles tense up quite badly, giving me a headache in the middle of the night).

I have also been taking Panadol Back & Neck (not sure why, cos im sure its the same as bog-standard paracetamol, but it does seem to work). Other things I have done are to burn lavender oil & take Rescue Remedy - just to help me relax so my back un-tenses. Also, I have been making my husband give me back massages before bed, and using a TENS machine on it to help loosen it all up (fantastic things! They cost about $200 but I figured its only the cost of several professional massages, or you can hire them).

Hope something works for you soon - sore backs & lack of sleep SUCK!

I found it very hard to sleep in later stages of pregnancy as my babies were always awake and thumping around from 9pm-6am ish, drove me mental, as soon as I lay down they would go for gold!

I found the best way for me was to sleep on my right side with a tri pillow between my knees and the other part of the pillow under my bump. Other than that, slightly sitting up with cushions everywhere

Edited by Sheza