A few years ago, I was trying to tackle a sleep problem with my doctor. She asked if I could possibly have restless legs syndrome. "Not a chance," I said. "My cat sleeps on my feet - there's no way she'd stay there if I kept disrupting her." The doctor frowned. "Hmm," she said, "I can't write 'patient has no symptoms of RLS per patient's cat' in your chart."
I should have known something was up when the cat started sleeping on my husband's side of the bed. Almost like clockwork, I hit third trimester and started unraveling a bit. I have a rib being pulled out of place which makes it hurt to take a deep breath after about 2 in the afternoon. My solution, until a few days ago, was to lie down more, but now I have restless legs syndrome, which could be caused by lack of circulation. (It means that my feet get a prickly numb feeling a minute or two after I get settled in one position in bed, so I end up rolling around every minute or two and not getting any sleep.)
So far, I've been getting about five hours of sleep a night instead of eight, and I've gotten downright surly at times. Midwife recommended Tylenol for the rib pain, and I'm going to try the treadmill in the evening to see if that helps me settle down for the night.
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