One of the most disorienting postpartum experiences is lying awake, exhausted, while the baby finally sleeps. The body wants rest and the mind will not play along.

Homeopathy looks closely at the character of the sleeplessness. Is your mind racing with thoughts the moment your head hits the pillow? Do you wake at a specific time each night, alert and unable to drift back off? Is your sleep light and easily disturbed, or do you fall asleep fine and then wake with a jolt?

Remedies often considered for postpartum sleep disruption include Coffea cruda, for a mind that is overstimulated and racing, unable to switch off even when the body is exhausted; Nux vomica, for waking around 3 or 4am with the mind immediately active; and Arsenicum album, for anxious, restless sleep with a need to check on the baby repeatedly.

Sleep is one of the areas where a well-matched remedy can make a genuinely noticeable difference, but the match has to be specific to you. Two mothers with "insomnia" can need two completely different remedies.

If you are running on empty and sleep will not come even when you have the chance, book a consultation to find the remedy that fits your particular pattern.

Based in Carlsbad, CA, seeing clients across the U.S. via telehealth. Local clients can also add an in-person OligoScan mineral scan to their visit.