Probably my least favorite late-pregnancy symptom is this wicked insomnia. It’s 2:26 a.m. and I’m WIDE awake. And it’s far from the first time I’ve been online, reading, or watching TV at some ungodly hour. It’s miserable.<\/p>\n
I talked to my doctor about it earlier this week and she thinks it’s totally normal, but she did offer a prescription of Ambien. I want to avoid that if possible, even though it’s been proven mostly safe for pregnant women. So I took her recommendation of a nightly Benadryl or Unisom. Though she told me to call her if I changed my mind about the Ambien.<\/p>\n
I have taken Unisom a few times and have found that it makes me really groggy the next day, so tonight (or last night, I should say) I opted for a Benadryl. Several hours later, here I sit, still awake.<\/p>\n
Suddenly, Ambien is starting to look pretty good.<\/p>\n
Just a few minutes ago, as I was watching the Olympics, as NBC came back from commercial a screen flashed up that said “This encore presentation of prime time Olympics is brought to you by Ambien.” Followed immediately by an Ambien commercial.<\/p>\n
That is some fucking brilliant marketing right there. I kinda want to get a prescription just to reward them for that stroke of genius.<\/p>\n
Then again, that might be the sleep deprivation talking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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