WOW and OMG! REPORT back ASAP (as soon as you know)!

In my own efforts to stick long enough with anti-inflammatory food to reduce the swelling in my throat, I have discovered this very thing with my small jaw and lack of proper alignment.

I cannot sleep with anyone. I literally cannot sleep with my husband. I am a buzzsaw at night.

I have discovered, that when my jaw is totally relaxed it drops back so far that I snore HORRIBLY; it even wakens ME in the night.

I have discovered that, when I'm lying down (on my back, especially, but really, ANY position) by pushing my jaw forward, I could actually breathe without snoring - it opens up the airways that well! (But oh! If someone could HOLD my jaw in that position!)

Well, since learning that, I too, try to position myself so that I can actually breathe in my sleep. The only way that I am successful, is to lie on my stomach, with my head facing STRAIGHT DOWN. The only way this works, of course, is to have two pillows side by side - spread just far enough apart - so that my face rests directly in between them. Then, my jaw can drop forward, and I can breathe better.

All last summer, however, I dealt with sciatica, and sleeping on my stomach proved to be quite painful for that condition.

I had no idea there was a mouthguard one could wear to position the jaw forward.

Now, whereas I still need to learn to stay away from ANY foods that cause inflammation (I do still have swollen glands in my throat and hubby said I did NOT snore when first married), this mouthguard gives me hope. The thought of sleeping alone for the rest of my life is not very appealing.

Nobody, and I do mean NOBODY, could handle cozying up to the all-night sound of a chainsaw! I do understand my husband's need for sleep. I can still hear my (chainsaw-loud snoring) mom tell us all angrily,

"If you guys can't handle the sound of my snoring, it just means that you don't really love me."

BTW, on this very discussion, I'd like to add something. I truly believe that breastfeeding has a LOT to do with proper jaw development in the growing baby. Not just from the nutritional standpoint, but also from the feeding position and holding of the mouth on the breast, as opposed to a bottle.

My daughter breastfed through her 14th month, when she weaned herself. Even when her nose is stuffed up, she does NOT snore! (Hubby and I both snore, and both our moms only breastfed us two months or less).