I've heard that forcing them to sleep on their side sometimes helps. They said to sew a pocket onto the lower back of a shirt/pajamas or whatever and place a ball inside of the pocket. It's suppose to keep them from laying on their back.

It's kind of funny because BF is the ONLY person I can stand to listen to snore at night. If it is anybody else I cannot and will not sleep at all, it will drive me up the wall.

OH. MY. GOD. YES!

SO snores like a freight train. I wear earplugs every night, the same ones they hand out at SO's job to prevent hearing damage on the shop floor. The best ones are the cheapy foam ones that you squish, and then they expand to fill your outer ear canal and physically block the sound. Sometimes I have to insert them a couple of times before they're seated in the best spot, but once they are, they do pretty well at diminshing the noise significantly. And they're real soft, so they don't hurt at all (unless you shove them in too far!) I've become pretty good at the nuances of perfect earplug insertion. In the morning I usually need a Q-tip first thing because they tend to make my ears itch. But nothing you can't get used to.

If it's really bad on a particular night I do go to another room. I have to reframe not sleeping in the same room so as not to see it as a commentary on our relationship. I wake up to pee a lot (read: 2 or 3 times a night is *normal* for me). If I'm having a bad night with that (say, 5 or 6 times), and he's snoring away as well, I'll be on the couch or in the other bedroom.

What's funny is even if I'm in another room I usually use the earplugs anyway. Now that I've been using them so long, they're like a behavioral cue to my brain... "earplugs going in? must be time to sleep!" Which is actually great, since I often have trouble falling asleep.

I also regularly nudge SO to roll over, because it's much worse if he's on his back. Ideal position: on his side, with his face pointing *away* from me. LOL

My sympathies....

L

Definately ear plugs !

I do have a friend however whose husband snored unbearably. He had his tonsils and annoids (sp??) taken out and is 100% better.

My X sounded like a jet taking off - all night long. I kicked him out of the room the first chance I had (pretext - I was breastfeeding during the night and didn't want to disturb him, HA). He complied only to find himself forever banned from our bedroom (had nothing to do with our divorce, btw). His snoring was unbearable and he knew it. He would wake me up from another room across the hall! Man...
My DH snores, too, but he's far better. He does wake me up every once in a while (only when he's sleeping on his back), and when I ask him to roll over (on a side), the snoring stops.
Works for me, works for him, everybody happy.

My husband snores every now and again and when he does I SWEAR the roof is going to come down. He's hard to wake up once he's asleep and if I try and turn him over he unconsciously pushes back against me. It is so weird. What I started doing is plugging his nose when he is snoring. He'll try to take a few breaths out of his nose and then eventually breathes out of his mouth. Breathing hard initially like he's out of breath ;-P Surprisingly, he doesn't go back to snoring after that and just continues to mouth breathe.

Oh gosh do I feel for you! My H snored on his back, his side, his stomach...didnt matter. The sound of it almost disgusted me really. And I am a very light sleeper. I tried ear plugs, but I felt claustrophobic for some reason? Like with my ears blocked I couldnt breathe? Plus I couldnt hear my kids, so then I couldnt fall asleep because my mind would be racing about them.

Now it is a MILLION times better than how it used to be. My H did have apnea AND a deviated septum with 90% blockage (birth defect) and had the surgery where they basically take out half his throat! That was done on THE 9/11 (I remember the tv reports from the hospital waiting room) and I am not kidding when I say that his snoring was L-O-U-D LOUD! But he also smoked, drank, and was overweight. So after the surgery it was a little better, but it didnt stop. And believe me...I became Perfectly FINE with sleeping separately! For Years! It was that or no sleep?! And sorry, but I'M way too bitchy with no sleep so....yah...separate it was.

Now, many years later, he's quit drinking, quit smoking, gotten healthy and lost weight....and now? Snoring is more random related to his allergies and occasionally because he is on his back with his mouth hanging open (YUCK!). I think his throat muscles are somewhat trained to snore actually, so sometimes I can nudge him and he'll roll over and stop long enough that I can fall asleep. AND I can mostly sleep thru it anytime I fall asleep first.

I think you'll see an improvement after the surgery, but what the heck are you telling yourself about sleeping together vs. separately?? You think it's a "sign" of lost love that you both need to get some sleep?! Heck, I got over that stigma REAL quick when it was a choice of not sleeping. And I couldnt believe how many people I found out also slept separately for the same reason! Where you sleep is NO indication about your relationship. Get rid of that stigma and get some rest! I think you'll find your "mood" a whole lot better if you do, that sleeping together is never going to accomplish while he snores!

My wife says I snore but I have heard no proof of this claim.

my dh will snore every now and then and wake me up. I was cracking up when I read about the comment of plugging his nose because I do the same thing except it wakes him up and he gets pissed! lol atleast I can go back to sleep usually. Hopefully his surgery works for him!

I sometimes wake myself up snorting, but just want to add: I actually like to hear DH snore - his sounds cute somehow? like a little baby piggy! but it is a very light noise. Ahh love

But if it was bad I would definitely sleep elsewhere! and agree, that is no reflection on relationship. Of course, a king size bed is mandatory-!!

Yeah, I do have one, but usually only when he is in an extremely exhausted condition. Other than that, he didn't snore. I already told him about this stop snoring tips, but it doesn't really help.

I've been having insomnia for a few months now. I can relate...it's horrible! I dread "bedtime" because of it. Hence me being on this site at 3:11AM!!

Believe it, or not, the one thing that doesn't bother me is SO's snoring. His family complains about it, his friends complain about it (talking growing up, staying at their houses because we are all distant, friends fall into the catagory of hotel rooms because SO does a specific sport hobby that requires out of town stays with the other members). I think it's a "comfort" noise for me??? I do know that I have to have the TV on to right before I get so tired I do fall asleep or have to have it on non-stop to fall asleep. Then it wakes me up and I shut it off. A fan MUST be going at all times. They say a fan is "white noise" and bad for insomnia :?

Finally made a dr appt for this. As it is driving me NUTS!

Yep, DH snores like a freight train :jawdrop:

He has tested negative for sleep apnea. However, he is 50 pounds heavier than when we married - he did go on a diet and lose 30 pounds - and his snoring improved dramatically. However, as soon as he went off the diet/exercise program, he gained it all back and the train came back.

I usually nudge him and ask him to roll over on his side, and with any luck, I can drift off. I have problems falling asleep, and he, of course, drops off as soon as his head hits the pillow. :? If I have trouble sleeping, I listen to my ipod and often fall asleep to the music.

If I'm desperate, I head for my mom's room if she's staying at my brother's, or the sofa if there is no spare bed.

Has anyone suggested getting a cpap yet? My issues were pretty much resolved with the device. Thoughts?