u/HopefulNobody697

Je suis à 40 semaines + 3 et cela fait 2 mois que je fais de l’insomnie. Mais pas juste un peu…. Je suis incapable de m’endormir avant 5h am. Pourtant je suis épuisé, fatigué, les yeux lourds. Je me couche dans mon lit , la tête sur l’oreiller et je m’endors …. J’y suis presque…… puis je ne m’endors JAMAIS. Ça commence à me faire peur . Mon médecin n’as pas l’air d’en faire un cas , me dis que c’est normal …. Mais ce n’est pas de l’insomnie du genre je me réveilles aux heures pour faire pipi ou parce que je suis inconfortable…. Je ne suis juste plus capable de dormir. J’aimerais avoir vos avis / expériences et être rassuré si quelqun ici a vécu ça et que ça s’est placé après la naissance. J’ai 30 ans et je n’ai jamais souffert d’insomnie de toute ma vie

I’m 40 weeks + 3 days pregnant, and I’ve been dealing with insomnia for the past 2 months. But not just a little… I literally cannot fall asleep before 5 a.m. Even though I’m exhausted, extremely tired, and my eyes feel heavy. I lie down in bed with my head on the pillow, and I feel myself drifting off… I’m almost asleep… but then I NEVER actually fall asleep. It’s starting to scare me.

My doctor doesn’t seem too concerned and keeps telling me it’s normal… but this isn’t the kind of insomnia where you wake up every hour to pee or because you’re uncomfortable. I just can’t sleep anymore.

I would really love to hear your opinions or experiences and be reassured if anyone here went through this and if it got better after giving birth. I’m 30 years old, and I have never suffered from insomnia in my entire life.

I don’t even know how to properly explain this, but I’m honestly starting to get worried.

Is it normal to feel this exhausted at the end of pregnancy? Not just “tired” — I mean completely drained to the point where I don’t feel present in my own body anymore. Almost like I’m in a fog or slightly disconnected from reality.

I’m 37+6 and for the past 2 weeks, I’ve been basically non-functional. I can’t fall asleep at night — I’m up until the early morning, then I sleep until 11–12, eat something, and go right back to bed. I have zero energy to do anything. My partner is taking care of our 4-year-old, because I genuinely couldn’t handle it alone right now.

I feel lightheaded (but not spinning), mentally foggy, my eyes are heavy, my body feels so heavy… even just existing feels exhausting.

This didn’t happen in my first pregnancy, so it’s really freaking me out.

I do have mild anemia and I’ve been taking iron for about a month, but I honestly don’t feel any improvement at all.

Has anyone else felt like this near the end? Like this level of exhaustion and weird “out of it” feeling?

I think I just need some reassurance or to know I’m not alone, because this is making me really anxious.