It's part two of our three-part Mother's Day weekend special -- and this time, we're talking snoring. We've heard about husbands snoring, boyfriends snoring, and even pets snoring, but wherever the snoring is coming fromit doesn't have to keep you up at night. Read on...
Sleeping With Snoring: What Every Woman Should Know
You try to sleep. You toss and turn, you struggle to get comfortable, and you're finally about to get to sleep -- but moments before you drift off to dreamland, the snoring starts, and you're wide awake again. Sound familiar?
Snoring is a big drag, and except for the occasional YouTube video of a super-cute snoozing panda, snoring is no laughing matter. When your husband snores, you probably can't sleep very well -- and missing sleep leads to stress, which can put a serious strain on your relationship. One woman we know had so much trouble sleeping while her husband was sawing logs that she actually dragged her pillow into the closet and slept there for a little relief!
If the closet-sleeping approach isn't your speed, you're not alone. But if you can't (or just don't want to) make separate sleeping arrangements, you're left with only two choices: make the snoring stop, or defend yourself from that snoring.
"Make the snoring stop" -- a very popular demand -- has created a veritable cornucopia of solutions that include sprays, nostril expanders, pills, pillows, jaw re-positioners, and of course, surgery. If you choose this road, first have a heart-to-heart with your doctor before you try any of these products. Every one of them has some risks, which vary from minor to major, and you just need to be careful that in your quest to get some sleep, you do not harm your hubby.
Of course, "just making it stop" isn't always an option. Even surgery, I am told, is effective in less than half the cases in which it is used. Just remember that the people trying to sell you products to stop that snoring won't always tell you the product's risks, downsides, or failure rates. That's not to say you shouldn't try solutions to make the snoring stop -- just don't get your hopes up too high, and above all, protect your (and your husband's!) health.
And at the end of your quest, after you have visited with your physician, after you have tried all the gadgets you think might work for you, you're left with option two: defend your ears from that snoring! Remember that there are always ear plugs for sleeping. Those humble, inexpensive little blobs of foam rubber that you stick in your ears are, without any doubt, the safest and most effective solution to sleeping with a snorer that exists today. Give them a try sometime.
All you have to lose is your sleeplessness.
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