[blparent] falling asleep?

[Veronica Smith]

Oh yeah, I also did that. V

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of DIANNA ALLEY
Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 8:28 AM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] falling asleep?

I don't worry about it.  I just make sure that I am in a place that she 
can't fall from.  I don't do half the stuff doctors say.  My theory on that 
is doctors don't know everything.  After my sea I had to sleep with my child

on me.  It was the only way I could be comfortable and know where she was.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leslie Hamric" <lhamric930 at comcast.net>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 7:54 AM
Subject: [blparent] falling asleep?


> Hi All.  I was wondering if you could give me any ideas, as I'm running 
> into
> a problem that could be potentially serious.  Its happened a few times 
> where
> I've fallen asleep with my baby in my arms.  The first time it happened, 
> one
> of the nurses saw it and she informed me that I could potentially 
> suffocate
> my baby by doing this. The problem is that I don't always know I'm getting
> sleepy unless someone tells me I am or until I start nodding off.  I had a
> sleep study done in 2004 and the specialist said I have a non 24 hour 
> sleep
> cycle and the only way to remedy that is to get a full 8 hours of sleep at
> the same time every night.  Well, we both know that's virtually impossible
> now that I'm a new mom.  Have you ever had this problem and if so, what
> kinds of things did you do to stay awake while holding your baby?  One 
> thing
> I've tried was having the radio on and that doesn't seem to help.  Andy's
> really worried about me too. He doesn't want me to fall asleep and
> accidentally smother the baby.  I don't want that either.  I'm just at a
> loss of how to solve this issue.  I've heard other blind people having the
> same problem since they don't get the light stimulation.
>
> Leslie
>
>
>
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