Are you pregnant, exhausted and lying in bed?but wide awake" Eileen Sloan, a psychiatrist at the Toronto Sleep Institute at Mount Sinai Hospital, says up to 80 percent of pregnant women experience pregnancy insomnia?difficulty falling or staying asleep?at some point during the nine months they’re growing a baby, and it?s a significant issue for about 20 percent of moms-to-be.
While fatigue is virtually universal in pregnancy and often starts in the first three months, insomnia is more common towards the end. It could be because you?re constantly getting up to pee, struggling to manoeuvre your expanding belly into a comfortable position, or simply because you?re lying awake worrying about all the things you have to do before your baby arrives. But no matter the cause, here are some expert tips to help you get the rest you need.  .related-article-block{display:inline-block;width:300px;padding:.5rem;margin-left:.5rem;float:right;border:1px solid #ccc}@media (max-width: 525px){.related-article-block{float:none;display:block;width:280px;margin:0 auto 2rem}}

   
   

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1. Stay up late

While it may seem counter-intuitive, Sloan says that rather than going to bed early, if you?re having trouble sleeping, you should actually turn in later than you normally would. ?The physiological pressure to fall asleep is stronger,? she says, adding that, over time, your brain will connect being in bed at that time of night wi...