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My husband and I didn't move in together until we got married, so in the past six months, I've had the super fun discovery that he's a snorer! Combine that with the fact that I'm an extremely light sleeper, and you've got one tired newlywed.
In his defense, he only snores when he sleeps on his back, and it's not terribly loud -- just loud enough to disturb me. Sometimes, I try to roll him over to make him lie on his side, but that usually just results in waking him up, which I guess causes the snoring to stop. 
But I feel bad waking him up all of the time.
Does your husband/FI/SO snore? How do you deal with it?
Admission time: I'm a horrible wife. I'm also a light sleeper, and DH is a snorer (although apparently so am I when I'm really dead asleep, lol). When he starts snoring, I tug at the sheets (pull them down or just slide them around), so it sort of stirs him and he turns over on his own. I used to give him a little kick foot nudge, but it woke him up, so I find the sheet technique works well ;)
My husband only snores when he's sick, which has been all of this past week!
Could you try the breathe right strips? I've heard they work wonders! Otherwise, I have no issue rolling my husband over. He falls right back to sleep! As long as your DH does the same, no issue!
Mine used to. I think losing weight made it go away, or just having a better bed. He was awful in college when we shared a twin (oh, the horror) and pretty bad in our first apartment when we had a full. Now with our queen, he almost never snores - but he's also 45 lb. lighter, so I'm not sure which is the cause for change.
It's awful, but I used to kinda... smack him in the face (verrrrry lightly) when he'd do it in the middle of the night and I was grumpy from being woken up. Otherwise, yeah, I'd try rolling him over to a better position but that rarely worked. I finally learned to sleep with it!
Maybe try getting him those breathe right strips to sleep in?
Yes my FI snores and loud and in every position you can think off lol but in his defense he only snores when he is stuffed up or really exausted. If I fall asleep before him and can sleep all night, but if he happens to fall asleep before me then I'm in trouble cuz I won't be able to fall asleep. I wear ear plugs when he falls asleep before me.
@bakerella: Hah! I know exactly what you mean. I sometimes try to roll around/readust a bit, just enough so that he stirs and maybe turns over. A couple of nights, I've just poked him on the chest until he either wakes or stops. But I feel like such a meanie to wake him up all the time!
We don't always sleep together. He snores and a cricket will wake me up. We have 2 beds, so its silly for me to lay awake in the middle of the night listening to him sleep when I can go in another room and have a restful night.
Yes!! I hate it! The routine is that I have to be in bed at the same time as him and ready to go to sleep otherwise he will start snoring and I will be up the rest of the night.
I don't feel bad about waking him to move him (he snores on his back and on his stomach). I really want him to get checked out because his mom has sleep apnea and I am pretty sure I've heard him do the snort where he catches his breath after he stops breathing.
Once when we first started dating FI was at my parents' house in the kitchen and he asked me if I saw a truck outside because he heard a noise.. um nope, that ain't no truck, that's my dad snoring on the couch!
ETA: I think the worst is that he denies it!! I've had to record him snoring to prove to him. If I wake him up and tell him to turn over his response is "I wasn't snoring, what are you talking about?" lol He also has what I like to call sleep turette's, he swears and yells in his sleep when he's otherwise a very calm guy who never swears.
Oh hun, I empathize with you. I know that I'm a snorer myself, but my DH can sleep through ANYTHING (i.e. storms, earthquakes, alarms). I, however, am not lucky enough to sleep through his snoring. I typically tap him with my foot or fake cough so that he moves! 
I also try to cover my head with the comforter to shield the sound. I just might have to try Bakerella's sheet strategy! LOL
@2PeasinaPod: @jocember: Thanks for the insight! We might try the Breathe Right strips. I know he feels terrible for keeping me up at night. And, haha, maybe I'll just keep rolling him over, too. :)
@couawilou: Oh you poor thing! That sounds much worse than what I'm dealing with. Maybe someone will reply with advice that can help you, too!
Have you tried wearing ear plugs? They might not block out all the noise, but they'd probably help.
@Gemstone: Seriously, I pull down the sheets (which is especially effective in winter when it's cold) and if he wakes up and gives me a sleepy stink eye, I just look at him and say "What?? Go back to sleep? Why are you looking at me like that?!" LOL!!!!
SO snores, and sometimes it's quite loud. It still wakes me from time to time but I've found that I eventually got used to it. A friend of mine used to wear ear plugs. If it's only on his back roll him onto his side :)
@MrsPinkPeony: Ooh, that's nice! We only have the one bed right now. I did try to sleep on the couch one night, but it's just nowhere near as comfortable as our bed!
@Ms. Martian: Ooh, the sleep apnea thing is a really good point. My husband's breath catches every now and then. I wonder if I should be worried? Although, my in-laws are horrible snorers, so I guess I should have figured that my husband inherited it!
@melisslp: Fake cough? Love it. I'll try it. :)
@Lemma: I hope it doesn't come to earplugs, but if that's what I need to sleep, I'm willing!
@bakerella: Oh my gosh. That just made me laugh out loud at work. Thanks for that. :)
@ladyartichoke: Woo! Looks like rolling him over isn't such a bad strategy after all. :)
@Gemstone: The best part is when he huffs like a little girl who didn't get ice cream and does a death roll to sleep on his side. And he never remembers it in the morning ;) Seriously, I'm a terrible wife. LOL!
My husband snores sometimes, I dont mind waking him up at all, I just nudge him or poke him and push him on his side and he stops. I'd rather wake him up temporarily than stay away all night.
I think snoring is one of the most unpleasant surprises of marriage.
My husband is a big-time snorer. I can roll him or poke him, but often he starts right back up.
My solutions are to take Benadryl before bed so I am very sleepy and fall asleep no matter what. I am supposed to be taking Claritin anyway, so I add Benadryl at night. If that doesn't work, earplugs are pretty effective once you get used to them. I just have to compensate and turn my alarm up REALLY loud when I do that.
@bells: Good point. And I know he doesn't want to keep me up all night!
@Neva: "I think snoring is one of the most unpleasant surprises of marriage." Well said!
And yeah, the alarm thing was my concern with earplugs, too!
Uuuuugh, I hate this. Mister has gained a lot of weight since he's moved in with me and I know that is pretty much the only reason he snores. If I fall asleep first, its fine. If I don't it takes me hours to fall asleep. He gets so angry when I lightly touch his arm or chest, telling me I'm the reason he doesn't get good sleep. Um, Im pretty sure it has more to do with the fact that he literally stops breathing. If he just snored it would be ok, but he struggles to breath. I worry about him, but I really can't say go lose weight! when I really need to do the same.
I just spent a semi-sleepless night for this reason! My guy snores so bad! Like other's have said though, if I'm already asleep I'm good, but forget it if he goes to bed before me! Sometimes the moving around trick works and he'll stop for awhile, but last night I eventually just got up and went to our guest room just to get a few winks.
Definitely try Breathe Right strips. I've heard they work for snorers!
My husband used to snore, but it stopped when he lost weight.
Ugh... I can't remember the last time I stayed the entire night in bed. I've been sleeping on the couch for half or all of the night for weeks! It's a very nice couch, but... it's not a fancy pillowtop, and it's not king sized.
FI snores... REALLY loudly. Like, since we've both had a cold the past week, it's been so bad he'll scare me awake! Nothing makes him stop, and he gets pissed if I wake him (it's very hard for him to fall asleep). I've recorded him, but he still denies it, or says he was actually awake and just had sinus issues. I cannot fathom how anyone could be so loud and actually be concious. He won't try the nose strips (which I find quite helpful for myself). He's too loud for earplugs, and I can't wear them when I have a cold, anyway. I've just given up.
He was never this bad until we moved to Colorado. So I guess I'll just look forward to better sleeping once we move.
This is seriously the only major vice I have with him. It's a tiring one, unfortunately.
@Gemstone: Yeah FI is pretty bad, I've had previous relationships where the guy snored but I could just nudge them and they stop but FI?! Haha, I nudge him, he changes positions, he snores. I nudge him again or make a coughing sound, he moves, stops for 5 minutes then starts up again... that my little routine lol
@bakerella: I totally gotta try that one with FI haha
my hubby snores, but I knew this before I married him :) I wear ear plugs. It was a pain at first, but it's been almost 2 years since he moved in, and I'm used to it now. Infact, I wear them even when he works night shift now, cause the sogs wake me up :)
I usually go to bed before him, so as long as I'm alseep before him, it's not usually a problem. If i get woken up for some reason, I ususally give him a little push to turn him over, or I flop around a little, turning over myself to wake him up and he'll roll over and that usually takes care of it :)
I'm laughing because I remember sharing a hotel room with my Mom and she is a really loud snorer. I started to "SHUUUUUSH" in the loudest whisper possible and it eventually came out to be my real voice with "Shuuuuut upppppp!" and she woke up startled and said said "WHATS WRONG??" and I just immediately responded with "GO BACK TO SLEEP!". LMAO!
I am in the exact same boat! So, I have found that he snores on his back only, well usually, so I nudge him to roll him over to his side. That usually stops him. If he does start up again I poke, kick, tug, whatever it takes and if none of that works, I wake his butt up and tell him! That usually restarts things and I can get back to sleep. If I am snoring (usually when I am sick) he does the same thing.
@hotchildinthecity: Thanks for the recommendation! We'll have to get some! I don't think it's a weight issue for my husband, but I'm glad that no more snoring was an added bonus of your husband's weight loss, for your sake. :)
@ScooterBride: Oh your poor thing! I hope it gets better!
So it looks like I'm totally in the right to just keep rolling him over or possibly employing one of the other fun tricks you ladies posted? 
I've read that you can sew a tennis ball into a shirt so it makes it uncomfortable to lay on his back. My dad is an awful snorer and he got a pillow that made it uncomfortable to sleep on your back, he tried that for a while but the damage was done and my mom got her own room haha... I usually just pinch my husband.
Whenever my dad or DH lose a few (like 5-10) pounds the snoring improves greatly. DH is pretty thin to begin with but it still works for him.
If your SO is a back sleeper, look into getting a wedge pillow. I got one for my FI but he refuses to try it because he doesn't always sleep on his back (yet in the middle of the night when he DOES switch to his back, thats when he snores! bah!)
I'm a very light sleeper and it's taken me about a year to get used to sleeping next to him - and, even then - it's a challenge! (that's without the extra noise!)
DH is an occassional snorer - upon the advice of a married friend - I nudge him to move his sleeping position and that usually does it (without actually waking him up). (Usually be tapping his feet with my feet... and that will make him stir and turn.) If it's really bad and I don't have to listen for my alarm, I'll keep earplugs by the side of the bed.
I'm a very light sleeper and the pillow over my head only does so much!
FI was a really big snorer when we first moved in together. Then, when I finally made him get rid of his old disgusting pillow that he loved, the snoring pretty much stopped. The odd, occasional night, he'll wake me up with a snore, but as soon as I nudge him, he'll stop. Luckily, these nights are few and far between now! If he starts snoring a lot again, I will insist on a new pillow!
I try to deal with it, but sometimes I cover his mouth or nose. lol He will stop and I can fall asleep. It is worse when we are watching a movie in bed and he and our puppy are snoring. Plus, the baby is kicking me at the same time. lol I get so frustrated and jealous at how peaceful they are all sleeping.
He doesn't say anything when I wake him up. Maybe it is because I am pregnant. lol
I gave uo and just wear earplugs now. It really isn't my DH's fault, though. I'm such a light sleeper that I even have to wear them when I am sleeping BY MYSELF! =P Pathetic, right? But my DH uses them too now, since a lot of the time he falls asleep before me and I stay up watching TV.
@bakerella: LOL!! Your comments are so funny!!
I'm a light sleeper and luckily my husband doesn't snore. Well, that's that true. He just started snoring but it only happened twice so far.
I am guilty of talking in my sleep. My husband makes fun of the things I say in my sleep.
FI doesn't snore all of the time but when he does it's really loud. I'm NOT a light sleeper and I'll jolt wide awake sometimes because of it. I tend to nudge him and make him roll over but that seldom helps.
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