Sleep Apnea Pillow
I sometimes wake up gasping but I wake up blacked out and go right back to sleep after I start breathing again. I have trouble getting sleep and never am able to get a full nights rest. I also usually snore. Right now, I am 7 months pregnant and I keep waking up with my mouth swollen (under the tongue), mouth wide open and usually on my back (I try to always sleep on my side), one night I woke up with my body pillow in my closet and on my back and I went to sleep on my side with the pillow between my legs. I've been snoring really loud and in class I started to go to sleep but while I was still conscience, I stopped breathing and was startled awake fully. Could I have sleep apnea or could it just be a lung problem? My tonsils are oversize and I may have minor asthma (undiagnosed but I wheeze, cough, have no physical endurance and have been that way my whole life). All those conditions I have had since I was a child but testing was never really done. I had the chance to have my tonsils out but then the insurance said they wouldn't cover it. I had been educated, prepped and was about to have the surgery and the doctors came in and said they wouldn't cover it and at the time we didn't have the money for it. Should I ask to be tested or just write it off because I don't think it happens but I had no idea that I did any of that until a few people pointed it out to me. The doctor did think I have asthma at one point when I was a kid. I don't know if I ever got tested or not though. Are there any other conditions that cause those symptoms I mentioned or could it be one of the two (asthma or sleep apnea?) I don't think I stop breathing every night but I may and it goes unnoticed. Today I found out that… They have programs for people that dont have insurance, ask about it, I had a hysterectomy without insurance and it was the indigent care program that payed for everything, you should check into it