I watched Dr. Oz yesterday and I think I am truly scared! Women who do not get at least 5 hours of sleep a night are twice as likely to have a heart attack as those who do?
Well chalk me into the heart attack corner.
And that is just plain scary. But it is a reality. I can not remember the last time I slept 5 hours uninterrupted for more than maybe one – rare – night in a row.
As you know, night before last, I only got about 1.5 hours and it was interrupted, for sure. Last night, I did get almost 10 and was only woken up once.
Tonight, I could not get Katie to go to bed until after 10 pm. I read the longest books we own, coddled her until I thought she dozed, and she now owes me her first born. Nothing worked. She ended up falling asleep on the couch with her Dad and they are now fast asleep in my room.
Sarah, who is still in protest of no milk at night, took two hours to go to bed. I never gave in to her, until the bitter end. And then it was a teeny, tiny milk – not even a quarter of a cup, to get her down. I expect her up any minute now asking for more.
Megan went down without incident. But will, like clockwork, be up at 12 am, 3 am, and 6am wanting some back pats.
And I have things to do.
There are 5 loads of laundry to be folded on the couch. I have “work” to do on my pooter, and the dishes are piled high. My floor needs a mopping, my dogs need a petting, and I need a moment to myself. And honestly, after all of the sleep I got last night, I am not really tired at all. So to lay down now would just drive me crazy.
But, true to form, when I do feel tired and want to go to sleep, I’ll have to move Katie – which will wake her up and cause a 30 minutes snuggle to get her back down, Megan will hit one of her times to wake, and/ or Sarah will call out for her milk.
And then I will be up too late, not get enough sleep, and in the heart attack corner once again.
I don’t want to have a heart attack! I don’t want to be home alone with my girls and they see me go down, scared and at a loss of what to do! They are too young for that! And I don’t want to be in the hospital, wondering if I will have another one… and then worry constantly that the next one could take me.
And I, obviously, don’t want to die.
But now I am scared. Which will keep me up tonight. Wondering what would happen if I did have a heart attack. And how I would handle it. And which of my 3 daughters would be able to help more. And all of that morbid stuff.
And tomorrow I need to get more life insurance.
Thanks Dr. Oz, for telling me that my lack of sleep might kill me.
I appreciate it.
**Originally published 01/28/2011. But I still don’t sleep :)**
I don't watch Dr. Oz…but I probably should have watched this episode. I feel like you just wrote about me…almost no sleep, laundry piled up, housework getting away from me, computer work hanging over me, *sigh*. Whats sad, I function better on 4 hours of sleep…yep, when hubby lets me sleep in on the weekends I feel horrible, my head hurts and my back aches. I just wish we could figure out how to get baby girl to sleep…she still (still!!)isn't sleeping through the night.
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OH MY GOSH! YES!! If I get a lot of sleep I am MORE tired! I have always been that way! The less sleep, the better I am!
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I think there is some special guard for moms, esp small kids. I had 3 boys in 3 years. I think I didn't sleep for 6 yrs! amazing I was fine… but NOW that they are older, if I don't get a decent's night sleep I am a ZOMBIE all week!!
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I had my 3 daughters in 3 years! I look forward to my sleeping years! LOL
I don't know how I survived! but when they get older and you can sleep through the night- your body makes it up. I seem to sleep 9 hours now..
My husband has RLS… or so I think- he refuses to see anyone about it. He KICKS and twitches ALL night. Monday night it was that "maybe 10 minutes if sleep here and there between 2 and 4AM", that was Monday Night. I have been sleeping all week to make up for it.
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I have RLS and I think K does too. My hubby says I kick and twitch all night and it keeps him up. I really do need to go see someone!!
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I think it's awful how parents are scared into believing medical jargon. You just need to google some kind of ailment and it almost tells you to get checked out for cancer, heart failure, serious conditions etc. I just tend to listen to my doctor now. These people ought to be stopped from worrying people unnecessary.
Hope you get some well deserved sleep tonight!
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Hi! Remember that it does get better! I always looked at it like getting to spend extra time with my loves. Although, I didn't always feel that way by the end of the night or while I was trying to survive the next day. Luckily, I'm past most of it now. My daughter might wake me up once a night now. I can live with that. ;) It won't last forever!!
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That's not good. I havent had more than 4-5 hours of sleep in about two years. hehe.. New follower here! Hope you can follow back.
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Wow! I totally understand what you're going through! lol! With two girls under 5 (16 months apart)I can totally relate.
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You have to turn off Dr. Oz!!! That guy will scare you every time! I can't even read magazines anymore because I'm convinced I have everything! Following from the blog hop. Can't wait to read more when the kids go to bed and I don't have people pulling on my legs! Please stop by sometime!
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You have to turn off Dr. Oz!!! That guy will scare you every time! I can't even read magazines anymore because I'm convinced I have everything! Following from the blog hop. Can't wait to read more when the kids go to bed and I don't have people pulling on my legs! Please stop by sometime!
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Hope you have a great day! New follower from Mama's Two Cents.
I have been there and those days are no fun. Do the best you can and remember the problem will not last forever.
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Sleep what's that? Ugh I have trouble with the pain getting to sleep so I take all my major strengthened pain meds at night. Sam's sleeping pattern has been all messed up with the move. hoping in the next few days she'll settle down so we can get some much needed rest.
I watched that episode too. VERY scary! My goal this year is to try to get back on track with a normal sleep schedule with WITH my family.