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2 - I was still up at three in the morning packing the boxes for the DOC. Obviously, time management is not my forte.
i got just under 7 i think. which was not bad. i was in bed about 7.5 - 8 hours before i had to wake up, but of course had trouble falling asleep, had my worst wedding nightmares ever, and woke up early with knots in my stomach! i had never been so stressed about something non-school related in my life! i felt better once i was at the spa getting pampered!
I slept like a log! I stayed in a hotel by myself the night before. I was in bed probably around midnight after the rehearsal dinner. I woke up at 8:30 and took a walk to get myself a bagel and a coffee and started to get ready by myself until everyone showed up for hair and makeup. Best decision I ever made. I was so calm.
@mwitter80: I'm thinking I want to stay the night alone in the hotel where our reception will be too. I loooove the idea of having some alone time before all of the ladies arrive for hair, makeup, etc! I will definitely be doing that.
I think 6 or 7. I stayed in a hotel the night before and I could hear the traffic noise of the busy street outside (I usually sleep with a fan on for white noise), so that kept me up. But I actually woke up before my alarm! (like...7 am lol)
I am always the first one to fall asleep, so I hope it's the same the night before our big day! I will be staying at my house with my BM's the night before. I feel like it will help calm my nerves so I am not freaking out about forgetting something!
I'm planning on popping a sleeping tablet.
Actually going to have my 'trial run' tonight to make sure that I don't wake up too groggy
6 or 7. I had to be up at like 5:30-6am to get ready for our 9am ceremony and normally don't go to bed until around 1am. I was a mazed I was able to fall asleep at 11pm!
7 or 8 hours, which is more than I usually get! I was expecting to have a really had time falling asleep but I dozed off right away.
I'm a terrible person ask about this.
I got major stomach cramps and nausea at around 2am (went to bed at midnight or so) that kept me up until 5-6, I went back to bed and kind of slept until 9. 5 hours in theory isn't bad but it was not restful sleep and I need a lot of good sleep to function. My stomach didn't feel normal for a couple days after and I have had a cold off and on since then. We're not sure if we're just going to blame my field school on ruining my health (others in my group have done that) or it's just my body rejecting whatever I ate (it does that sometimes for kicks and giggles).
Lesson: Be careful what you eat and drink the day before and don't go travelling around the rural parts of 3rd world countries 2 months before your wedding.
There's a thread around here that I started while sprawled in the bathroom mourning my sorry state...
I probably got about 7 or 8 hours. DH and I decided to sleep at home together the night before because we knew we'd both sleep a lot better that way. I'm so glad we did it that way, too!
I spent the night with my bridesmaids and a few other friends, so the talking and giggling didn't calm down until midnight or so... and right about 4am the birds started chirping and I was wide awake thinking "IT'S MY WEDDING DAY!" - I went outside to not disturb the girls and had a quiet time, but it was freezing so I eventually tried to go back to bed, but ended up giggling and talking with my girls again soon after. So, barely 4 hours for me. Thank goodness I trained myself to sleep in 4 hour increments in college when writing papers.
ABSOLUTELY ZERO! I kid you not. I took a shower, got cozy, crawled into bed with my sister and laid there all night long. It was aweful. I did however sleep like a log on my wedding night. :)
Maybe an hour or two. I can remember lying there just willing morning to COME ALREADY!!!!!!!!!!
5-6 hours. I was afraid I wouldn't sleep at all, so I was pretty happy with that!
@mwitter80 --were you lonely staying by yourself? This is what I want to do but my family won't leave me alone about it
I'm planning on pulling an all-nighter the night before the night before, so that way I'll be too tired and HAVE to fall asleep. Otherwise, I know myself, I'll get little kid on Christmas syndrome!
@AirForceFiance: I wasn't lonely at all. I had my laptop and watched a little tv. It was really nice and gave me a lot of time to reflect. I actually changed what I had written for wedding vows too. The feelings and emotions I had were easier to express that night. When I look back on it, it's probably one of the best decisions I made.
I think I went to bed at midnight and had to be up at 6. But I woke up tons in the night as well. I had a bridesmaid's sleepover, and woke up at 4 am thinking I"d left something I needed in my car that wasn't coming to the wedding, so instead of laying there worrying I decided to go look. I came back up and I had 4 very worried bridesmaids thinking I'd made a run for it, so once we stopped laughing it was hard to fall back asleep!
More sleep than I normally get! Probably about 7-8 hours. I normally get about 5-6 hours a night.
FI and I stayed together the night before the wedding. I probably got around 5-7 hours, as I had to get up several times to pee. Our rehearsal was the day before and outside, so when I got to the dinner, I downed 2 glasses of water up front and continued to drink them, and soda, throughout the evening.
So if you can't, don't drink a ton after a set time on the night before!
@SecretBee23: that's so smart! i totally wish i thougt of that!!!
@banana_anna: by the way, i took like 2 or 3 benadryls to make me sleepy and it didn't work (and i have in the past and usually take 1 or 2 and i sleep like a log when i do). the night before my wedding though, the nerves/excitement/stress, whatever was simply unaffected by any outside help, lol. but i hope you have a better outcome!
About 4 1/2. I ran on pure adrenaline the whole last week and couldn't fall asleep at night / woke up super early despite myself. After the wedding I crashed and slept for the better part of the honeymoon.
Maybe 3. I stayed in a hotel and could hear people out in the hall at all hours. Everything was ready to go, I was just too pumped to sleep. I finally got up around 5 just to trim the stem of the bouquets and organize the place cards. Pretty much anything to pass time.
I would warn against a sleeping pill or benadryl. Try it before hand to make sure it won't make you foggy the next day. I can't take anything without feeling like I am in a daze for the entire morning.
I got about 5 hours of sleep. I went to bed around 2 AM and woke up around 7. I felt well rested though!
I am already having problems sleeping! I think that I will have to get some sleeping pills for that night, lol!
I thought I wouldn't be able to sleep at all, but I got 8/8.5 hours I think. Slept like a baby :) A glass of wine helps, and if that doesn't do it, Gravol works!
You ladies that had full night sleeps are so lucky! I think I got maybe 3 tops. I was so nervous I was sick practically all night and the whole morning until I got to the church. I actually thought I might have had food poisoning, but nope, I was just nervous.
I got around 7-7.5 hours. DH and I chose to spend the night together at our place and then he got booted in the morning. I have a harder time falling asleep when I don't sleep in my own bed/familiar environment.
I slept great! about 8-8.5 hours i think. About a week before our (almost entirely DIY) wedding, I had such a sense of calm come over me. Whatever wasnt done, didnt matter. It was a wonderful sense of relief to just enjoy it all and forget about the insignificant details, that no one remembers anyway!
I got about five hours. I was up until 2 a.m. writing my vows -- I would not let myself go to sleep until they were done -- and woke up at 7:00 to make sure I had time to work out and shower before our 10 a.m. salon appointment.
But FI and averaged 5 hours of sleep per night for several months before the wedding, so it was just what I was used to. I woke up without an alarm.
Between 2-3. I was thinking of all the details, and was worried about the rain. Plus I was used to DH (FI that night) sleeping next to me and my little boy being down the hall. Being all alone in the house was really weird.
My mom gave my half of one of her anxiety pills which helped calm me down. And since me and my MOH stayed up talking until 5 am the night before and I was up at 6 (yeah, nerves prevented me from sleeping) I was exhausted. It was awesome being able to talk to her like we did when we lived in the dorms together all night AND it helped exhaust me for the night before the wedding! If that hadn't happened, I probably wouldn't have slept at all.
I pulled about 7 hours, with the help of a couple glasses of wine and a half dose of tylenol pm. I was at my SIL's, and at her insistence I slept in her bed and she and her boyfriend slept on the pull-out sofa in the den with my bridesmaids. I don't know what her bed is made of, it has some sort of pillowtop on it, and it's insanely comforable. After receiving a few late-night texts from DH, I was out like a light, I slept hard and I don't think I moved at all.
ETA: It really helped that the night before the rehearsal, DH and I had finished two bottles of wines and only got about 3 or 4 hours of sleep before we had to wake up and pick my stepmom up from the airport 2 hours away, and we never found time for a nap before the RD. I probably would have slept like a log without the pill, but I'm a really light sleeper and tend to wake up a lot during the night, and I wanted to make sure I'd sleep through the night.
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Just curious... how many hours of sleep did you get the night before your wedding? With the abundance of emotions that go on before such a joyous event, I can't imagine brides get much sleep the night before their big days.