His snoring is KILLING me!!

[cpaige]

Please don't get me wrong...I love my BF dearly...but his snoring is driving me insane!!! I already sleep with 'super earplugs' that welders use and have to fall asleep before he does. He uses the nose strips (what a waste), sleeps slightly propped up as opposed to how he used to sleep...almost completely flat, and the snoring just continues! Now, granted with what is mentioned above, his snoring decibel level as certainly decreased, but it is still waking me up at night. Imagine a chainsaw trying to saw through a Redwood Tree!!! And once I'm up...falling back asleep in the bedroom is next to impossible for me.

We are expecting our first child in August, and there is no way that between him and a newborn that I will ever get any sleep!! I am so tired right now, that I am close to tears!!! This is going to be my 3rd night in a row being woken up by it and winding up with my blanket and pillow on the couch.

I can hear him snoring right now, and I want to scream!!!

So please......advice (aside from smothering him), and please, please tell me that your dear hubby's, BF's and significant others do the same! Share your stories as I could really use a way to look at this and laugh!!

[Lori63]

I sleep on the couch downstairs pretty much every night. We get along better if I am not exhausted.

[crecian]

He should be tested for sleep apnea.

[MrsPinecone]

Mine was like that.

I am going to give you a recommendation based on recent personal experience. I was in my DS bedroom trying to get him back to sleep, and I fell asleep in there. MH was in the bedroom with the baby in the pack n play.

He was sleeping so hard, and snoring so loudly that he didn't hear his 2.5 week old daughter screaming her lungs out at the foot of the bed... for more than 15 minutes. My mom finally intervened (we are temporarily living with her), and even her entering the room and rescuing the baby didn't wake him up.

DH made an appointment with an ENT the next day. He has had a nasal endoscopy, CAT scan and just had a sleep study. His follow up is on April 6th, so we find out then about any apnea. He has a large nasal polyp and issues from years of untreated allergies.

Severe snoring can signal greater sleep issues, and be flat out dangerous for your child. I was thinking about a girl's night away, but there's no way in hell I would do it now. I can't trust him to wake up.

[cpaige]

When he sleeps flat with just 1 pillow.....sleep apnea does occur. And it scares the bejeezus out of me! I've told him many times about it. Now that he is on the angle....does not occur. After a very long time of me telling him about it, and other info, he decided to speak with a co-worker that went through the same things and do some of his own research.....guess what he found??? All the same things that I told him. Men!!!

I came out to the couch again last night, and this time I was pissed and he knew it. I was so tired last night, I had tears in my eyes!!! Told him that tonight, I'm just going to sleep on the couch. I want to sleep through the night!!!

He had mentioned doing a sleep study, and I'm really hoping that he is serious about it. I'm starting to get very, very cranky about this.....hence the reason I had to put something here!! Better get my frustrations out here then on him!!

[gettinrevvin2007]

There is a freebie in the freebie forum. For some reason, my computer isn't allowing me to c&p anything.
Go to the freebie section and do a search for 'Snore Stop'.

[regbyandjulie]

Have him go to the doctor, and until then have him sleep on the couch. Sounds harsh, but you have to get some sleep. I had to do that with my DH, but luckily he doesn't snore much anymore.

[queenofthehivemomof5]

I suggest that he goes and sees a doctor about it. In the meantime make HIM go sleep on the couch.

My husband snores a bit (so do I) but I tell you what we have is a dog that snores so loudly that she can no longer sleep in our room. She has breathing problems medically related (older dog) and I just cannot sleep with her in the room anymore. LOL

[gctattoo]

If he is experiencing sleep apnea, he needs to get that taken care of. The doctor will send him for a two-night sleep study. And then he'll get a CPAP machine if needed. That's what DH needed to stop his snoring. They found during his sleep study three years ago that he had episodes lasting 30 seconds. He got a CPAP and has slept soundly ever since-- except when he has a stuffy nose from a cold/allergies.

It was the best thing that ever happened to both of us. He got the first good night's sleep he'd had in years and I got peace and quiet at night. I was pregnant at the time of his sleep study and he was sleeping in the guest room. There's no way I could live through having a newborn baby and dealing with his snoring all night so I forced him to see his doctor about it.

Sleep apnea is not only aggravating for the spouse, it actually can be dangerous. DH told me afterwards that he was always sleepy during the day because he was never fully rested. He would nod off sometimes while he was working. And he drove a big truck for work so you don't want him nodding off! It was the same with my brother. He got to the point where he couldn't even drive because his lack of rest from apnea would put him to sleep in minutes whenever he drove. Once he got his CPAP, that stopped.

Get your DH to the doc. He'll most likely say the same thing every single person I've ever known said after their first night with the machine-- I never knew what a good night's sleep was until I got the CPAP.

It's worth it-- trust me.

[cpaige]

Being that's it's 3:30 in the am......can you guess why I"m up?? OMG........OMG....OMG!!

BF is looking into the sleep study thing. I'm exhausted!!!

It's going to take me another 2 hours b4 I can fall back asleep so I wonder if it's even worth it or just stay up, go to my DR appt, run to SR and then when I get home just take a nap. I have no idea.....I'm just tired.......