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Speaker 1: Oh baby, a baby, I need you, Oh how I

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Speaker 1: need you? What to expect? As a production of I

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Speaker 1: Heart Radio, I'm your host, Heidi Murkhoff, and I'm a

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Speaker 1: mom on a mission, a mission to help you know

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Speaker 1: what to expect every step of the way. Sure, sleep

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Speaker 1: deprivation comes with a new mom territory, but you might

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Speaker 1: not have expected the sleepless nights to start while you're

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Speaker 1: still pregnant. From heartburn to leg cramps, assorted aches to

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Speaker 1: multiplying pains, midnight bathroom runs, a hopped up metabolism, and

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Speaker 1: a watermelon of a belly, it's not surprising you're having

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Speaker 1: trouble settling down for a good night's sleep, or any

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Speaker 1: night's sleep. It might be good preparation for the sleepless

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Speaker 1: nights to will encounter as a new parent. But I'm

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Speaker 1: here to say you don't have to take pregnancy insomnia

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Speaker 1: lying down or even propped up. Today, we're breaking down

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Speaker 1: the most common barriers that stand between you and the

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Speaker 1: problems to bed once and for all. I'm here with Emma,

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Speaker 1: and Emma, I remember that you had quite a few

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Speaker 1: sleep problems when you were pregnant with both boys, I

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Speaker 1: didn't have any that I can remember, but you you

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Speaker 1: had plenty. Yeah. I had these weird issues where I

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Speaker 1: couldn't sleep in a bed. I could only sleep in

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Speaker 1: then with my first one, I slept on the couch

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Speaker 1: or in a pregnancy recliner chair, the glider, the glider. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I had a lot of issues. So how did you

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Speaker 1: I'm tim Benadryl. My doctor said it was okay, So

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Speaker 1: I took Bena drill. That was really helpful, and also

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Speaker 1: just giving into the fact that, look, I'm not going

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Speaker 1: When if I can get some shut I on the couch,

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Speaker 1: just do it. And it kind of sucks though, because

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Speaker 1: so it would have been nice in retrospect to have

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Speaker 1: the other thing, when you're pregnant, he's always going to

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Speaker 1: one for the team. I'm always a little hot, though

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Speaker 1: I'm running hot all the time, so we argue about

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Speaker 1: that anyway, Actually I do too. Okay, mom, let's get

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Speaker 1: real about pregnancy sleep. He feels so exhausted when you're pregnant,

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Speaker 1: yet you can't sleep. How ironic. What is going on

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Speaker 1: inside our bodies that make sleeping sometimes seem impossible. Well,

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Speaker 1: there are really too many things to count, but they're

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Speaker 1: all related to baking your baby bun. And since we're there,

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Speaker 1: let's start with the oven temperature, right. Your internal thermost

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Speaker 1: is always set to overheated when you're pregnant, so even

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Speaker 1: when the heat's off, you're still heating for two And

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Speaker 1: then there's the pregnancy hormones that increase the amount of RAM,

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Speaker 1: which is rapid eye movement sleep that you have. And

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Speaker 1: that's the dream sleep, and that's the sleep that's most

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Speaker 1: easily interrupted by those endless runs to the bathroom. Another

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Speaker 1: mind that you have trouble switching off. And wait, did

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Speaker 1: I mention trying to get comfortable? Yes, I had that

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Speaker 1: that's very, very common when you're pregnant as a postnais

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Speaker 1: little drip cough. So you say bedtime routine is not

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Speaker 1: that bedtime routines are for everybody. The relaxing repetition of

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Speaker 1: the screen does mess with your sleep by suppressing your

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Speaker 1: levels of melotonin, which is the hormone that regulates your

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Speaker 1: And it's really a double whammy because screen time at

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Speaker 1: that time not only keeps you from falling asleep, but

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Speaker 1: it can keep you from staying asleep. During the night.

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Speaker 1: Same thing with toddlers, just in case you're wondering. And

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Speaker 1: my mom buddies. But then again, I'm not pregnant, and

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Speaker 1: when I was pregnant, there were no electronic devices. I'm

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Speaker 1: pretty sure there was electricity even back then, but there

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Speaker 1: so well. Of course there was electricity, but there are

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Speaker 1: apps that you can get and you can go app happy.

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Speaker 1: When it comes to meditation, white noise apps, a calm app,

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Speaker 1: I don't know how you sleep with headphones on, though

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Speaker 1: I can't sleep without them. It's like dogs in the thunder,

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Speaker 1: It's like my thunder Buddy blanket basics. All those for

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Speaker 1: pregnant women. Okay, speaking of melotonin, are there other natural

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Speaker 1: remedies that can help with pregnancy insomnia. It's better to

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Speaker 1: during pregnancy because most natural remedies haven't been studied for

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Speaker 1: safety during pregnancy, and that includes melotone, and so don't

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Speaker 1: try that at home or other home remedies at home,

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Speaker 1: you can also ask your doctor midwife about taking a

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Speaker 1: magnesium supplement or using a magnesium spray before bed. Magnesium

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Speaker 1: been around for generations warm milk, and your mom doesn't

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Speaker 1: warm milk can actually induce sleepiness. And a light snack

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Speaker 1: Cheese and crackers are another great option that's going to

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Speaker 1: anything that's going to help with constipation on the constipation queen.

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Speaker 1: So I've heard, yeah, what about lavender? Although lavender makes

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Speaker 1: stick a little sachet into your pillowcase. But don't use

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Speaker 1: straight up essential oils when you're pregnant. Any of them

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Speaker 1: can make you queasy. Yeah, depending on your queasy level. Okay,

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Speaker 1: so what should we take and not take to help

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Speaker 1: pregnant moms sleep better? Okay, so you saw this coming,

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Speaker 1: can't count how many sheep you've counted and you still

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Speaker 1: can't catch your disease. There are some sleep aids that

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Speaker 1: are considered safe over the counter. Unisalm is what's often

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Speaker 1: it's considered safe, so it's a safe go to for sleep,

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Speaker 1: though you might be drowsy in the morning. Just make

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Speaker 1: always make sure it's safe to take first. Yeah, I

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Speaker 1: gonna say it again. Catheine stays in your system for

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Speaker 1: not a bad idea to limit your fluids before you

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Speaker 1: And coffee is a diuretic, so that's another good reason

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Speaker 1: to skip coffee before bed. I had to pee obviously

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Speaker 1: blood flow in my vagina it made it hard to sleep.

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Speaker 1: In the first trimester, I felt like I was like

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Speaker 1: I had to pee, but it was like blood flow,

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Speaker 1: so I didn't have to pee, but my vagina made

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Speaker 1: me feel like I had to pee. Is that normal?

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Speaker 1: First of all, you could have just had some sex

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Speaker 1: It's like a freaking vicious cycle. No, that's true. Sometimes

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Speaker 1: What about positions in bed, No, mom relacks, not that kind,

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Speaker 1: but the kind that can help us sleep better with

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Speaker 1: talking about sleep. It's after four months when back sleeping

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