Friday, June 6, 2008
Insomnia When Husband On-Call
Does anybody else get insomnia when their husband is on-call? Or, do you stay up as late as possible so that when you do fall into bed you go right to sleep so you won't lay awake in the dark hearing scary noises and thinking someone is breaking into your house? That's what I'm doing right now. I got the kids to bed, I watched a movie and folded laundry, I made a post on my other blog, I checked other people's blogs, and now I'm on to this blog, putting off the moment that I'll have to go upstairs. Of course tomorrow I'll regret it because the kids will wake up early, Dr. J will "get off at 8" but not really because he'll have to tell whoever's on-call what happened last night, then he'll ride his bike home 10 miles after being awake for 30+ hours (does that sound safe to anybody else? He might be taking the "save the environment thing" a little too far). Dr. J is Q3 right now on Neurology, and it stinks. Thank goodness 2 year starts in 3 weeks and he'll be back to a better schedule - Q10. Can't wait for that.
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So last night Kevin was working the ER shift 3pm to 3am. Finally around midnight I fell into bed completely exhausted (remember I'm pregnant so I normally go to bed around 10ish right now)...and still couldn't fall asleep. I remember staying up super late when he took call as a medical student too. I know another resident's wife who watches movies in her bed when her husband is on call. Somehow spouses manage.
Haha,
I am doing just that right now! I am staying up late, when I really should be sleeping since my baby has decided to sleep.
Apparently the key to getting your infant to sleep through the night is a husband oncall and staying up watching television.
Ugh.
Thanks for this blog. I hope your write more soon and more often!
It's 11:32 pm my husband is on night float. I hear you! I haven't checked this blog for some reason. Nadia, how do I get connected so I can read your blog? Cesar only has another year after this next little while of this stuff, I hope. So I often stay up late and check everybody's blog, make a post but I should be cleaning or preparing things for tomorrow because tomorrow the house needs to be quiet until about 2 pm. Oh, this is a nice blog.! To read that others I know are going through this too. I love you all.
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