In this week’s Sleep Diaries, a 31-year-old fashion merchandiser explains how she is tracking her sleep while trying for a baby.

A little about me:

Age: 31

Occupation: Fashion Merchandiser

Number of hours sleep I get each night: 7-8

Number of hours sleep I wish I got each night: 8

Do you track sleep? I wear an Ava Fertility Tracker bracelet. It tracks my fertile window by monitoring skin temperature, heart and breathing rate, sleep and variable heart rate while sleeping.

Do you grind your teeth? I clench my jaw, but I do that most of the time anyway.

How much water do you drink on average per day? Two litres of water plus two cups of decaf green tea.

Day 1

At 7.30pm, I have chicken pesto orzo with green veg for dinner while watching a movie, followed by dark chocolate, a multivitamin and a decaf green tea.

At 10pm, I head to bed. First, I spray my pillow with lavender and apply bio oil to my laparoscopy scars (I had endometriosis excised six months ago). Then, I put on my Ava bracelet and set the alarm on it for 6.50am.

I read a couple of pages of an IVF his and hers guide book, before having sex for the second time that day. I’m unexpectedly at peak ovulation and worried we didn’t do it enough!

I’m then ready to go to sleep, but my husband wants to finish watching a movie so it takes me a little longer, maybe half an hour, to get to sleep.

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