I became far more anxious about my loved ones dying after my miscarriage. It was the first time I'd lost anyone and sort of made it more realistic to me that my husband could die. I didn't suffer insomnia or bad dreams though that I recall.
When I was stressing before sleep I tried breathing exercises - like I've done in yoga. It helped a bit I think.
I'm sorry for your loss and hope that you can find some peace.

I had trouble sleeping and the sleeping meds didn't work. I still had nightmares. I hope you find something that works. *HUGS*

Oh yes, I experienced this for a long time after my miscarriages. I basically stopped sleepy because the anxiety of having terrible dreams would just keep me up all night. And when the sun came up was the only time I was able to close my eyes for a few hours.

I didnt want to go on sleeping pills because I tend to have bad side effects with prescriptions so I went to a health food store and found many different natural products to help sleep. They actually worked.

I had a great nights sleep and I stayed on the natural pills until I felt ready to try without them.

Hope this helps.

I have never been a person who slept well, and any amount of stress seems to cause insomnia in me. Since my miscarriage I have gone many night only sleeping a few hours a night. Falling asleep very late and waking up in the middle of the night and continuing to think about the things that are bothering me. My mind is basically racing thinking about all the aspects of my life that I can no longer control. I have also had nightmare about having another D&C, about family members getting cancer, dieing. Unfortunately, I have not had much luck getting rid of these feelings. The only thing that seems to help is talking to people about how I feel throughout the day so that I am not just thinking in my head when I am trying to fall asleep. Talking to friends who have miscarried (real life friends) as well as posting on message boards like this one, has helped relieve some of the anxiety. Sometimes just writing what I am feeling is enough to get it off my chest so I can relax long enough to fall asleep. Sometimes being really busy during the day and exercising a lot helps as well!

This is something I have struggled with for a long time and my current situation is just making things a lot worse.

I am sorry for your loss, and i hope you can find a way to help yourself feel better.
-Devorah

I have never been a great sleeper so take this with a grain of salt. After my m/c, i didn't have nightmares, but i definately had some upsetting dreams. They were dreams that caused me to wake up feeling stressed out or sad. I also had dreams about my teeth falling out ( crazy, i know, but my sister said this is a sign of stress). The only thing that made it better was time. I know that is not a good answer, but I am starting to feel better, both emotionally and physically. GOod luck.

Also, if this continues, please consider going to the doctor. It is possible that some hormones can get out of balance after a m/c. These hormones can affect your circadian rhythm, which is your natural rhythm within your body. Good luck and again, I am sorry for your loss.

Nighttime was always the hardest for me. I am not sure if I was "saving up" my grief for the end of the day or if it was because i was getting tired and thus turned into an emotional trainwreck nightly. I was given pain pills after my D&C, but only used them for pain a couple of days. Every night as I lay in bed waiting to fall asleep, thoughts of Harper filled my head - ultimately leading me to a meltdown. I ended up taking them about 3 or 4 times a week to help me fall asleep, sometimes though, when I was really beside myself freaking out, nothing helped. I stayed on here and typed my rear off and poured over other's stories to try to connect with someone who would understand since no one else does.

If you can, stop all caffeine and try to exercise if you can bring yourself to it. I was still laying in bed or on the sofa most of the time around 4 weeks.

I am sorry for your loss and it's still early - so this sounds normal to me. Hang in there.

I am in the same spot. It will be two weeks on Thursday since we lost Emma and I don't sleep either. The sleeping pills the dr gave we suppose to "knock me out" is what she told my bf, and I slept for 1 1/2 on them. Mine didn't help with the nightmares though. I can't help you because I myself am stuck where you are, but I understand because its happening to me. If you want to talk, let me know. I could use the company late at night.

I have also been having trouble sleeping. This started aboutna month and a half ago but i lost my baby in April so I don't know if that really has anything to do with me not sleeping....I am not crying as much as I used to so maybe I am holding it in too much and it just gets to me at night time.

I am so sorry that you have to go through this. As if losing our little one wasn't enough, we then have to have problems falling to sleep.

:(

Yes, I too had problems sleeping. As soon as I found out about the miscarriage, I immediately asked to be put back on Welbutrin (which I was on a few years prior to getting pregnant) because I knew that losing our baby was something I could not deal with on my own. So, for about a month, I couldn't fall asleep until 3 or 4 am and have to get up at 7 to take our daughter to school. I didn't know if it was a side effect of the welbutrin (because for many antidepressants, insomnia is a pretty common side effect which goes away). After about a month, I started sleeping well again - but then after a few more months, the problems sleeping started again.

I didn't know if you had taken any antidepressants along with your sleeping medication - if so, it's something to look into. But you will find your peace... it just takes time.

What really helped me after my miscarriage was to write and talk to others. It was probably about 2 months before I actually had a decent nights sleep. I usually tried to get in bed a little earlier because I knew my mind would be racing. Talking to others really helped me because I had a great support group like the ladies on here. If you ever need to talk please feel free to contact me I also have messenger.