How do you go to sleep?

I turn quite a lot in bed, but always counter-clockwise, thanks to the Coriolis effect.

I learned long ago going to bed before I was already falling asleep results in lying awake getting angrier and more awake. Tee shirt, underpants, and socks. Feet get lotion, and socks keep them from drying out. I play those hey-wow, woo-woo Dan Gibson Solitudes music and nature sounds--rain puts me right on the edge of sleep, or surf. A little gentle melody helps. I have a shaku hatchi and fountain splash, waterfall, and rain collection that works nicely, too. Rigid biteplate, top sheet, thermal blanket and throw in all but the hottest weathers. If it's really cold I'll throw on long sleep pants and a long-sleeved henley, maybe another throw on the bed. I sleep on my left side, left arm under the sleeping pillow--either soft or flattish queen sized pillow, my neck cricks with too much height. Left leg straight, right knee up, huggy pillow snugged in tight.

I get up an hour before my rising time to take meds, and have another hour's sleep, on my right side, the mirror to how I slept all night. I don't move around in my sleep. My top sheet and blanket are tucked in at the foot.

And if I leave my bed unmade or undressed in the morning, I have to straighten and make it before I get in it at night.

I had no idea there were people who didn't use top sheets! Sleep has become a big issue for me in the last few weeks as I'm not getting any being all heavy with child. We also co-sleep with Shane, who is a wild sleeper. We upgraded (finally) to a king recently and it's helped some.

When I'm not pregnant, I sleep on my side or back with a flat pillow and I do a bit of focused breathing to help relax my mind. Try to empty my mind of thoughts and images and really concentrate on breathing deeply.

PG, I am sleeping with a big ass body pillow on my side, getting up a couple of times to pee in the night, and generally staying awake for at least an hour when I do wake up. Sigh. Nature is cruel with the sleep thing getting so bad right before it really goes haywire dealing with a newborn.

Oh, and we sleep with white noise, which we discovered helped Shane stay asleep when he was tiny and helped block outside noise. We live on a fairly busy street and wish we had discovered white noise years ago! It makes a big difference.

Stomach/side sleeper. Duvet, no top sheet. Soft, scrunchy pillow. Can't bear any kind of weight or restrictions. Must have fully empty bladder (several trips to bathroom before I fall asleep). Prefer a cool room. Still have my teddy bear, but I don't really sleep "with" it, but he's in the bed.

Side sleeper, hugging one pillow, with another pillow between my knees and a squishy pillow over my head (not the nose and mouth,though.)

When it's super-cold, we put on flannel sheets with a top sheet and the duvet, since I must sleep with the window cracked, even in subzero weather. Winter, I sleep in a tee or men's PJ top. If I am cold and wear socks to bed, I always kick them off in the night.

In the summer, I have the AC window unit on (I CANNOT sleep hot), and use a thin top sheet. DH still sleeps with the duvet in summer, but I sleep in a tank and panties, or just panties, or nude.

My ritual used to be taking my ambien and reading, but I am going to have to develop a new bedtime ritual.

In to my 20s, I would lie down on my back and never move again until morning. Now I usually fall asleep on my side and move around some. I always wear something, but it varies on the temperature. Top sheet, definitely, because I'd rather wash my sheets more often than my duvet cover. I'm currently wondering if my mouthguard makes me sleep less well, and if the benefit of not grinding my teeth down to nubs is worth it.

I'm currently wondering if my mouthguard makes me sleep less well, and if the benefit of not grinding my teeth down to nubs is worth

I have this question also. It does make me sleep less well, though. I don't wonder about it so much.

I'm not sure if the regular grinding is worse. I slept SO WELL on vacation, and didn't have my mouthguard with me, but also was on vacation.

I start on my side, and sometimes wind up on my stomach, but I generally just switch sides. Never slept on my back. Two pillows.

No top sheet, comforter only, t-shirt, panties, bare feet. Sometimes when it's really cold I'll put on a pair of light pajama pants. I like it colder in the room so I can burrow, and if S. had his way we'd have a fan on all the time. I generally crack a window even in the winter. I can't stand to be hot when I'm sleeping.

Oh god, I forgot to say how much I hate the fans! I'm in general not a fan of white noise, so even when the fan wasn't blowing on me, the noise bothers me.