When your hubby's sick...?

[Doran]

Do you still share the bed with him? If not, who moves out - you, or him? Dh seems to be getting IT....poor man. The girls and I had it a couple weeks ago, and he was somehow unscathed. Alas.

I sleep so poorly anyway that lying there next to a big germ factory is not my idea of fun. I will be sleeping on the couch tonight (no guest room here) and hoping the cats don't dance on my head.

Just wondering.

Doran

[3lilreds in NC]

I figure by the time he's sick, I've already been exposed, so there's no point in sleeping somewhere else. I have come to the conclusion lately, though, that I'm not as cautious about germs as I could be.

There really isn't anywhere else for me to sleep though because I have a lot of noisy clocks.

[Daisy]

I leave only if I cannot sleep. So if he is coughing or snoring, I'm outta there. I go sleep with my 6yo who has a double bed or I head to the couch. I'm a super light sleeper though.

[Doran]

I leave only if I cannot sleep. So if he is coughing or snoring, I'm outta there. I go sleep with my 6yo who has a double bed or I head to the couch. I'm a super light sleeper though.

I kind of left that part out, didn't I? If I slept through the germ bomb, I'd just...well...sleep through it. It's really not so much the germs I run from, it's the noise the germs cause.:001_huh:


Doran

[Whisperlily]

I stay in the same bed. Like another poster said, I feel like I've already been exposed, so why bother sleeping somewhere else?

Coughing, etc... Only very rarely do either of us get a cough that is so bad that it continues to be a problem after we've fallen to sleep.

[Virginia Dawn]

I've only left two kinds of times: when I'm 8 months pregnant and I find it almost impossible to sleep anywhere but on a recliner, when dh is having trouble breathing from sinus problems (usually in the spring) he makes a repetitive sound in the back of his throat that reminds me of Chinese water torture.

[RoughCollie]

If my DH is sick, I sleep elsewhere. He's the sick one and he needs the comfort of his own bed. I sleep elsewhere when I'm sick too, so DH won't catch what I have. He's a lot more susceptible to colds than I am, and I can sleep anywhere.

I offer him my hand if he tries to kiss me when he's sick or when I'm sick.

When he gets well, I change the sheets on the bed before I move back in. I also wipe down the door handles, phone, keyboards and so forth that he has touched. I do that a lot in the winter anyway, just to keep some of the cold viruses at bay.

I rarely catch whatever illness he has, which is usually a bad cold.


Do you still share the bed with him?

[ThriceBlessed]

I leave only if I cannot sleep. So if he is coughing or snoring, I'm outta there. I go sleep with my 6yo who has a double bed or I head to the couch. I'm a super light sleeper though.


Same here...sleep is *really* important, especially if one of us is sick.:)

Blessings,

[Sue G in PA]

He figures why keep BOTH of us up? He's very considerate that way, but he also sleeps well on the sofa...I don't. If he snores...I poke him to wake him up. He only snores if he's lying on his back, so he knows if I poke him to turn over. :D As for germs...I'll take the risk. If it's the stomach flu...yuck! I *might* go to another room b/c even the sound of dh tossing his cookies in our adjacent bathroom makes me want to do the same! Sorry to be graphic. :D Hope your dh feels better soon.

[j.griff]

I toughed it out and stayed in the bed when DH was sick a few nights ago- I was absolutely miserable though. He kept tossing and turning, and making horrible noises LOL. He was shivering after being in bed and under the covers for over an hour. I got up and fetched him some water and Motrin, and a sweatshirt and pants so he'd stop wiggling LOL. He was much better once the Motrin kicked in, and he was quite a bit better the next day (no fever) but still down. I'm glad I was with him so I could get help him (I thought he had taken meds before bed, but he'd taken some around 5, and obviously needed another dose). He had to work the next day, and he wouldn't have gotten any rest if I hadn't gotten him the Motrin and warm clothes.

[*anj*]

I usually stay in our bed even when he's sick for the same reasons others have stated. I am a pretty deep sleeper, so he won't wake me up. He, on the other hand, is a light sleeper and heads for the couch if I'm snoring or just breathing heavily from congestion.

I can survive on less sleep than he can. As evidenced by my presence here at this hour while he's been in bed for about 3 hours already. :D

[Friederike in Persia]

but when I did that last year, it turned out after 2 weeks that he had Typhoid:eek: Still can't believe that none of us others caught it from him!

[Liz CA]

Do you still share the bed with him? If not, who moves out - you, or him? Dh seems to be getting IT....poor man. The girls and I had it a couple weeks ago, and he was somehow unscathed. Alas.

I sleep so poorly anyway that lying there next to a big germ factory is not my idea of fun. I will be sleeping on the couch tonight (no guest room here) and hoping the cats don't dance on my head.

Just wondering.

Doran

Immune Stimulator by Nature's Sunshine and Echinacea and Zinc...and hot tea with honey. So sorry!

:angelsad2:

[strider]

but we only *sleep.* :D

I figure we are breathing the same air and touching the same things in the house anyway.

However, my mil always sleeps in a different bed when either her or fil are sick.

Do what will help you sleep comfortably.

[Amy in Orlando]

I move to the couch if I'm sick or if dh is sick. Dh is is hard to sleep with when he's healthy - it's a nightmare sharing a bed when he's sick.

[Pencil Pusher]

Do you still share the bed with him? If not, who moves out - you, or him? Dh seems to be getting IT....poor man. The girls and I had it a couple weeks ago, and he was somehow unscathed. Alas.

I sleep so poorly anyway that lying there next to a big germ factory is not my idea of fun. I will be sleeping on the couch tonight (no guest room here) and hoping the cats don't dance on my head.

Just wondering.

Doran

Well, we generally still share the bed, but otherwise, I'd move out (of the bed, lol) for several reasons. a) the bed's been exposed to his germies. b) he needs to be more comfortable. Our futon is not. c) if he's staying home, he's more likely to be able to sleep in in the bedroom.

[DIY-DY]

Do you still share the bed with him? If not, who moves out - you, or him? Dh seems to be getting IT....poor man. The girls and I had it a couple weeks ago, and he was somehow unscathed. Alas.

I sleep so poorly anyway that lying there next to a big germ factory is not my idea of fun. I will be sleeping on the couch tonight (no guest room here) and hoping the cats don't dance on my head.

Just wondering.

Doran

DH has a "severely deviated septum", so he tosses and turns, nails me in the head w/ his Atomic Elbow at regular intervals, snores and sweats and flails, even when he's not sick. At least when he is sick, I can bring him medicine, keep an eye on his breathing, and help him rest a bit better if I'm there.

Now, after he gets his surgery, and I become accustomed to sleeping well at night... that may be a different story! LOL! But as far as the germs and such go, we have so many of us and there is simply no way, other than barricading myself in the basement and begging the folks down at The Pig to bring me groceries through the door down there, that I could ever avoid the germs that cross our threshold. I'd like to think I now have an iron constitution! :lol:

[Mom2legomaniacs]

Dh is the one who always goes out here. He can sleep on the couch really well. And we have a spare mattress he is using right now while I have the flu. And if he is sick, he stays downstairs as well. I have more trouble sleeping in other places than he does, so he moves so I can rest.

[Danestress]

Now that my son is in college, I can sleep in his room when DH is sick. But when my son is home or when we have a visitor, there really isn't another bed. And neither of us would sleep well on a sofa, so yes. I share with him.

[Crissy]

We have an unspoken agreement that when the illness involves coughing or sneezing, so much that it keeps the other person awake, the cougher sleeps elsewhere.
Other than that, we continue to share the bed.

[WTMindy]

if I am coughing or puking and if he is coughing or puking. I can sleep anywhere and dh can not. My little secret is that I like sleeping on the couch. I stay up a later, watch mindless TV, etc.

[JudoMom]

I can sleep anywhere. It's a gift, really :001_huh:. So if I'm sick or if he's sick, I sleep on the couch.

He offers to leave, but he has a horrible time sleeping as it is. There is no reason to make him toss and turn on the couch when I can sleep just fine there.

[Doran]

I move to the couch if I'm sick or if dh is sick. Dh is is hard to sleep with when he's healthy - it's a nightmare sharing a bed when he's sick.

Amy, I do believe you've got my husband. :glare:


Seriously, this is us. I sleep pseueo-well for about 3 weeks of the month. The other week, I'm a wreck. Dh sleeps like a rock almost always, while also hogging the bed and tending to snore (except when I poke him and make him roll on his side). Sleeping on the couch is actually a little gift to myself during his times of illness. I wouldn't sleep at all if I tried to stick it out. Dh on the other hand -- he stays right there next to me, whether I'm sick or not.

Doran