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I've been told I don't but my dad snores quite loud. I haven't met a dad who didn't.

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[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Yes, and when I shared a room with my sibling she would wake me up and tell me to stop snoring. The funny part is she also snored. I never complained once about it.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

Not unless I'm sick, and I'm dad age. But I'm not particularly overweight and I'm fairly active.

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 1 points 8 hours ago

Only if I sleep belly up. If I sleep on the side, I don't.

The one actually noticing this was my ex-fiancée, we typically spooned when sleeping and she never complained about snoring, but once I was too tired to wait for her and slept first - belly up - she woke me up, worried because I was snoring.

[–] zabadoh@ani.social 1 points 19 hours ago

I do. I have a CPAP, which my wife says helps a lot.

[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

My father did but it was because he required surgery to fix that. Which he did. Only time I ever saw him vomit was after that surgery.

My husband use to, got a cpap, doesn't snore anymore. Snored maybe once with it when the allergies were so bad the cpap couldn't help more. He is not a father.

[–] Lodespawn@aussie.zone 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Both my dad and my father in law snore like chainsaws. My dad also has sleep apnea and has a CPAP machine, I don't think it helps with his snoring.

I'm also a dad, pretty sure I don't snore unless I sleep on my back or have had a few drinks. If I sleep on my back I usually hear myself starting to snore as I'm falling asleep which wakes me up. My wife on the other hand snores pretty regularly.

[–] lemmyng@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If your dad has a CPAP machine and still snores then it's not doing its job. Either:

  • He's not using it
  • He's removing it halfway through the night
  • The mask is not fitting well

Can't help with the first case. In the second case, it can happen reflexively if the air is too warm or too dry. Is he using the humidifier feature?

For the fit part, he might want to try a different type of mask (eg nasal pillow if using a full mask or vice versa). Different types of masks may also be more convenient for certain sleep postures, which as you already discovered can make you more or less prone to snoring.

[–] Lodespawn@aussie.zone 1 points 1 day ago

I should clarify, I have no idea if it helps with his snoring. My understanding was the CPAP helps with the sleep apnea, snoring is its own thing. I just seem to remember my mum saying he was still snoring, I could be wrong.

That said, I'll ask him about it, I'm pretty sure he is using it. Case 2 or 3 might be things.

[–] lasers4eyes@piefed.zip 3 points 1 day ago

No but I talk in my sleep. Slightly more embarrassing.

[–] Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I am not a dad, nor male, and I snore horribly and have pretty much my whole life.

Unfortunately getting treatment for it has been a massive fucking headache - whether that's because I'm a woman, I don't know, but it's certainly fucking ridiculous

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago

Mom ? Is that you ?

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah, have since I was a kid. It isn't all night every night, or in all positions, but it's gotten more frequent as I've aged.

Been checked out a handful of times, not in need of cpap or other devices. Not yet anyway, if I follow my dad's pattern, and my uncles on that side of the family, I wouldn't be surprised if that changes in my late sixties or early seventies. Something about the men in that family line ends up with apnea towards the later years. Some of the women too, though not as many.

But, usually, as long as I'm not flat on my back, and/or my head isn't tilted back, I won't snore much at all unless I'm sick or allergies are fucking with me. It'll be a few snores scattered throughout a nap or sleep, not sustained

[–] ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

I don't know how I would know. Nobody has ever told me I do.

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago

I've been told I do.

And yes, I am a dad.

[–] Tweekerz@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

if i do, i'm insomniac, so i wouldn't snore much

[–] lunathesapphic@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 day ago

not a dad, no i don't think i snore.