A Right of Passage

How is it that a pregnant woman can be so exhausted and want to go to sleep so badly and then when she finally falls asleep she has to wake up to pee or “just because” and then lies there unable to go back to sleep?

My first pregnancy with Gavin I had to pee on average 2 times a night for my whole pregnancy and I usually was wide awake from about 2-4:30 AM. I chose to read at that time instead of laying there frustrated.

This time around I’ve been peeing on average about 3 times a night and I wake up at 4 AM as though someone hooked me up to an IV of espresso. I’m trying to find the beauty in it and just get up and start my day. It has been said that between 3-6 AM we are most connected to Spirit or God. And it has also been said that this is the time when you are most connected with your baby. So, I get up, do a spinal warm-up for about 15 minutes, do a meditation and then right in my journal. It’s been lovely because no one else is awake in the house and I start my day off grounded, centered and connected.

Yes, I end up tired and ready for a nap by like 9 AM, but I push through knowing that I can nap a little later with Gavin. Lately, I haven’t even been able to sleep well at nap time.

I think the difficulty of sleeping when pregnant can be caused by hormones, but it is also a right of passage for a pregnant woman; to prepare her for the first few months with her baby and not sleeping very much.