Homeopathic Sleep Aids during Pregnancy

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Go on, I’ll wait …

Yep, my brain was up this morning by about 1:30am. I peed, laid back down, tossed and turned, and all I could feel was a general sense of fatigue that was not enough to get back to sleep and stay that way. After an hour laying in bed, I got up. Making use of my time? I did some research and gathered some interesting suggestions for pregnancy safe, natural sleep aids.

Here they are:

• Avena sativa 12C or Passiflora 12C before bed and if you wake up in the night
• Arnica 30C if:
  • You have been overdoing it and feel tired sore and achy, but maybe you cannot sleep
  • Your baby is bouncing around actively and wearing you out
  • Your bed feels hard, you cannot get comfortable
• Calcium-rich drink like a warm milk (gotta get some more to make a nighttime steamer!)
• A blend of oils such as lavender, chamomile, orange, clary sage in your oil burner/humidifier/what-have-you. Make a spray bottle of it and spray down your bed, or dilute in something like almond oil and rub on pressure points (using high quality, pure essential oils only) Also, rubbing lavender infused oil on feet helps to drain energy from head so you can sleep better.
• Calcium/magnesium citrate before bed (I knew of this for leg cramps/restless legs – I didn’t know it works wonders for helping you sleep in general!)
• Take a warm bath before bed if you get up frequently to pee, which will help to empty the liquid from the body. And remember to put those essential oils in the bath!
• And for general exhaustion during pregnancy, an invigorating blend of: Lavender, Grapefruit, and Coriander oils, no more than: 6 drops in bath, 5 drops in 2 tsp. of cold pressed vegetable oil (like grapeseed) for a massage, or 4-5 drops in a bowl of hot water for a foot bath.

Perhaps the most interesting sleep aid suggestion I found was coffee, or its derivative “coffea”, for an overstimulated, excited sleepless night:

Homeopathy is based on the Law of Similars, which means, briefly, that any substance that can create symptoms in a person can also cure those same symptoms, if given in the correct dosage. Coffee, is a good example of this. Coffee stimulates the nervous system and can cause sleeplessness if taken late at night. Coffea, derived from coffea, taken in tiny quantities does exactly the opposite – it soothes the nerves and helps to promote sleep.

Since this is like my 4th night of insomnia, I’m going to get a few things later today to try some of these out for tonight. I’ll let you know how it goes! (OR, perhaps we’ll let the lack of posts during hours that should be reserved for sleep do the talking!)