Need to Get This Vent Out So I Can Go on with My Day....

Updated on May 12, 2012
J.U. asks from Indian Head, MD
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I am 32 weeks pregnant with my 2nd child. I wake up at 3:45am to get myself together so I can wake my 6yo up by 5:20 so that he can catch a bus about 50 min. away. He attends a special needs school. I work 45 hours a week and don't get home until about 6pm. Once home it is homework time, cook dinner, bath, book, bed. This is tough as it is to carry on this schedule when your energy level is at a very pregnant level. My husband has been working on trying to complete our house reno after flood and hurricane damage from July & August. We are both working hard to get things as ready as we can for Baby girl.

The problem...DH has started to snore like a bear in a cave!! What the heck do I do? He has gained some sympathy/ stress weight along with me and I am sure that has contributed. I got maybe 2.5hrs sleep last night. I feel ok now but give me another hour or 2 and I am going to be struggling!! My only saving grace is that it's Friday.

My question is does anyone have any suggestions for a quick remedy to the new snoring delema? I tried sleeping on the couch and that isn't an option for me. I have asked my DH to clear off the spare bed (that's the over stuffed with furniture and wall hangings room) so I can sleep in there and it has gone in one ear and out the other. I would do it myself but, there is a very large, heavy mirror laying on the bed.

When he snores I try to nudge my hubby but, no matter how he sleeps, side, back, stomach he snores like a freight train. I am barely functioning with the schedule as it is and with the lack of sleep I feel like I want to bite my hubby's head off for any reason at all and I don't like when I am "that" person. Any advice? How do the nasal strips work? I really want MY bed and a good nights sleep!!

Thanks in advance, Happy Friday to all and I wish all the Momma's a Happy Mother's Day :)

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A.G.

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Go into the spare bedroom this evening and move what you can without telling him, "I am going into the spare room to move some stuff." While in there, holler, "Honey, can you come here for a second?" He will get up from wherever he is and come see what you need. Then, he will be trapped and you can ask him to move the mirror and whatever else is in the way.

Then you can tell him that HE can sleep there!! Good luck to you. Mama needs her sleep!!!

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S.M.

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I had my husband sleep on the couch for the last month or two of my pregnancy. We both actually slept better this way. I had the whole bed to myself and didn't have to listen to his snoring, and he didn't have to listen to my snoring or worry about me trying to take up the whole bed.

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E.A.

answers from Erie on

The nasal strips work great for my husband, and he doesn't even have to use them all the time. Also, why do you have to move out of your bed? I'd make HIM sleep in the spare room. That's reason enough for him to move the mirror. I like how Allison G. told you to handle that, that approach works for me very well. I hope the rest of your pregnancy is less stressful, take care of yourself, mama :)

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D.S.

answers from Norfolk on

Hi, J.:
Don't get in the habit of sleeping apart, if you
can.

Get him an appointment with an ENT and find out
what the problem is.
Good luck.
All the Best.
D.

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S.C.

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i feel for you. be careful though. I had my husband move down to the couch every other night just so i could get some rest.

he now sleeps on the couch every night. he will not come back to our bed.. his reasons are different each time.

just dont do it. everyone i know who has ever started sleeping separate, even for valid reasons, relationship intact..have all ended up divorced.

i think my relationship is heading there..

good luck, we all need our rest!

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L.A.

answers from Austin on

If he will not help you move stuff , hire someone or ask a friend to come and help.

There are lots of reasons for the snoring. He needs to go to the doc and get it checked out. This s not going to Magically stop once you have the baby.

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L.C.

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I have not read the other posts but when i was losing sleep over snoring hubby i bought him this spay that you spray in your throat to prevent snoring and kindly asked him to use it and it worked! He eventually stopped using it cause he did not like it but since I've somewhat gotten use to it, when we tried the sleeping strips they did not work...good luck cause you have a lot on your plate!

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☆.A.

answers from Pittsburgh on

Get O. of those anti-snoring mouth guards--they do work! (If he'll wear it & keep it in his mouth!)
Good luck!

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D.B.

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My husband has always been a snorer and nothing we've tried has helped. Personally, I would ask him to sleep elsewhere. You've tried the couch, and he won't help clear the other bed (I love Allison's suggestion), so it's now his turn to help contribute to a solution. If he won't vacate the bed, I'd wake him up (not just nudge) every time he woke me up. Good luck!

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