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Breastfeeding tips
Feeding and wellbeing advisor Vicki Scott provides some top tips on breastfeeding in public

Tossing and turning

by Pat Thomas
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Consider some of these other helpful measures:
  • If you feel physically uncomfortable and this is keeping you awake, try getting creative with the pillows on the bed. If necessary, invest in a few more so you can prop various parts of your body up at night. And as your pregnancy progresses you may feel hot most of the time so make sure the room you sleep in is well ventilated.
  • Try aromatherapy. A well-known study of people suffering from insomnia, carried out in 1995, substituted sedatives with lavender oil to scent the room. Not only did the patients report getting more sleep, they also reported sleeping better. In this trial, lavender was shown to be as effective as drugs, but without any unpleasant side effects.
  • Although you should not eat a main meal late in the evening, a light snack just before bedtime can help avoid night-time hypoglycaemia (low blood sugar). The brain needs a constant supply of glucose even at rest and a sharp drop in blood sugar signals the body to produce chemicals that stimulate sugar release. The resulting rise in blood sugar can actually wake you up.
  • Finally, regular exercise – but not just before retiring – can improve the quality and duration of sleep. If you can fit swimming, walking, tennis, dancing or other activities into your regular weekly schedule you may find that sleep problems begin to disappear.
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