眠ねむりつわり

also: ねむりづわり

Meanings

extreme sleepiness during pregnancy; pregnancy fatigue

Refers to a symptom of early pregnancy where the woman feels overwhelming drowsiness, similar to morning sickness but manifesting as sleepiness. Often discussed alongside regular つわり (nausea).

妊にん娠しん初しょ期きに眠ねむりつわりがひどくて、一いち日にち中じゅう寝ねてばかりいた。
In early pregnancy, my pregnancy fatigue was so bad that I just slept all day.
つわりには吐はきづわりと眠ねむりつわりがあるらしい。
Apparently, morning sickness can be either nausea-type or sleepiness-type.

Kanji

眠sleep, die, sleepy
悪bad, vice, rascal
阻thwart, separate from, prevent

Related words

つわり
General term for morning sickness, typically referring to nausea and vomiting. 眠りつわり specifies the sleepiness variant.
吐はきづわり
The nausea/vomiting type of morning sickness, contrasted with 眠りつわり.

Written forms

眠ねむりつわり
Standard spelling using つわり for morning sickness.
眠ねむりづわり
Variant with rendaku (voicing) on つわり; both spellings are used.
眠り悪阻
- ねむりつわり
  Kanji spelling using 悪阻 for つわり; less common and may be unfamiliar to some readers.
- ねむりづわり
ねむりづわり

Etymology

Compound of 眠り (sleep) and つわり (morning sickness). The term describes a pregnancy symptom where sleepiness replaces or accompanies typical nausea.