Does this sound pregnancy related??
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Topic: Does this sound pregnancy related??
Posted By: rachaels
Subject: Does this sound pregnancy related??
Date Posted: 05 August 2010 at 11:39am
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I have had a really awful night, just what I need when I'm this busy at work!
4 times last night when I fell asleep after eventually getting comfortable (SPD doesn't make for good sleeping) I stopped breathing. It felt as though my throat closed up and as I had a stuffy nose I couldn't breathe through there either. I would try to draw in breath to cough to clear my throat but couldn't - my airway was just completely closed. As soon as I kinda woke up enough to register it and sat up, the airway re-opened and I would start gasping for air and my heart was pounding really hard and fast like I'd had a big fright. By the third time it happened I was getting scared to go back to sleep! Theoretically I know if I stop breathing I should just automatically wake up again but I'm a bit worried that I just won't wake and suffocate in my sleep! I haven't been sick lately and have never experienced anything like this. Does it sound pregnancy related? I've been getting very breathless lately but this isn't breathlessness! |
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Posted By: Mrs_B
Date Posted: 05 August 2010 at 11:52am
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I'm no expert so will just throw a couple of ideas out there....
http://www.babycenter.com/0_sleep-problem-sleep-apnea_7547.bc - Sleep apnoea or maybe anxiety?? but perhaps not if you were asleep when it happened. -------------  
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Posted By: rachaels
Date Posted: 05 August 2010 at 11:59am
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Wow it does sound like sleep apnoea! Thanks for that link! As far as I know I don't snore, never have - but DP is no help because he snores like a hibernating bear and never wakes during the night so can't tell me if I've started.
I doubt it would be anxiety, I've been very calm of late (if you discount the hormonal mood swings) 
I had better mention it to the MW! |
Posted By: mothermercury
Date Posted: 05 August 2010 at 2:09pm
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You might not normally snore, but I think pregnancy does a lot of weird things to you like that. A lot of people have told me they snored like tractors when they were pregnant! Not sure if I do - my husband wouldn't woke up if a train came barrelling through the house.
It sounds a lot like sleep apnoea - definitely mention it to your midwife, you don't want to be oxygen-deprived! |
Posted By: newme
Date Posted: 05 August 2010 at 3:00pm
| Are you sleeping on your back? If so the weight of the baby can squash your lungs and make it hard to breathe. I would def talk it over with your midwife though. |
Posted By: Bobchannz
Date Posted: 05 August 2010 at 3:04pm
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Rachaels: my GP gave me a saline nasal spray with budesonide in it. It completely unblocked my nose. ------------- www.makedomum.blogspot.co.nz |