I am just over 38 weeks pregnant and i am having trouble getting to sleep, i just read on a pregnancy website that lavender oil in a bath can help...i thought lavender starts labour. Can anyone answer this for me?
2006-12-25 23:31:34 · 5 answers · asked by bluetac_munky 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
I am in a similar position to you. You are probably doing most of this but I find the following helpful:
- Don't eat a big meal or drink anything with caffeine ( like tea, coffee, fizzy drinks) a good three hours before you go to bed. Have a glass of milk - warm or cold - I flavour it with milk shake mix or bananas.
- Don't watch TV right before you go to bed as I think this keeps me awake. I read for at least 30 minutes or have a bath.
- I use two pillows in bed to make a 'nest' and support my bump - one under my ' bump' to support it, one near my knees to rest them on.
- Try relaxation techniques like clenching then relaxing each bit of your body in turn or just taking slow and deep breaths and counting to ten. Also trying to remember what you did on your last holiday or weekend off. I try not to think or worry about anything to do with the baby or pregnancy as this keeps me awake.
If I'm not asleep in an hour I don't just lie there as you end up just worrying about it getting later and later. I get up and have a milky drink or read for an hour until I am zonked out.
I'm told sleeplessness is just part of the third trimester though so we shouldn't worry too much! Good luck.
2006-12-26 04:43:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
smelling lavendar is ok like in an oil burner but it shouldnt be applied to the skin.
im only 12wks and struggling to sleep.
found a bath and chammomile tea before bed helps and so does the oil burner with lavendar.
thankfully if im really restless my bf massages my feet and it sends me out like a light!
2006-12-26 13:43:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put your mind on the edge of your nose and be know that air flow-in and out through your nose as you are breathing when you are laying in bed to sleep. Another way is counting number 1,2,3,4,....... etc..when you are in bed. Do not think about anything else. Soon, you will be in sleep deeply and wake-up freshly in the morning.
2006-12-26 02:06:04 · answer #3 · answered by capricon 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lavender oil should not be used in pregnancy try camomile tea hot bath or readin in bed
2006-12-26 01:45:32 · answer #4 · answered by theoriginalbitch 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Warm bath right before bed. But that's just me. :)
2006-12-26 08:10:48 · answer #5 · answered by barbiefreak518 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋