Insomnia in Pregnancy Is Common but It’s Not Normal

There are effective ways to treat insomnia without concerns about sleeping pills and the baby

There is a significant difference between insomnia and the normal sleeping problems experienced by pregnant women. Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock

Many pregnant women find themselves waking up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom (for the third time) or struggling to find a comfortable sleep position.

Mildly disrupted sleep is common and bothersome but should not be confused with the much more serious problem of insomnia—which impacts more than 20 percent of women during their pregnancy.