A whopping 30 million U.S. adults have obstructive sleep apnea. If your partner or spouse suffers from the disorder, you may find that it's hard to get quality sleep each night.

When sleeping next to someone who has sleep apnea, it's important to be supportive of them. However, it's also important to take steps to ensure that you get healthy sleep as well.

In this guide, we'll give you a few tips for sleeping next to someone with sleep apnea.

Fall Asleep First

One way to stay comfortable when sleeping next to someone with sleep apnea is to make sure you fall asleep first. If possible, consider getting in bed and falling asleep a little while before they do.

Especially if you're a pretty deep sleeper, you may not get woken up by them once they start snoring if you're already fast asleep.

Start Using Earplugs

It may sound simple enough, but one option for sleeping next to someone with sleep apnea is to use earplugs. This will help to reduce the sound of their snoring. This will make it more comfortable for you to fall asleep.

Similarly, you may want to opt to play sounds instead. Playing white noise or other sleep sounds by your bed can help your partner's snoring make less of an impact and will make it easier for you to fall asleep.

Update Your Bedroom

In addition to playing sleep sounds and white noise in your bedroom, there are other ways that you can make going to sleep easier as well. Anything else that you can do to make the bedroom more comfortable can also make it easier for you to fall asleep, despite the sounds of snoring nearby.

You might want to verify that the temperature in the room is right or make sure that the room is completely dark by using blackout curtains or blinds.

Adopt Healthy Habits

To make it even easier for you to get to sleep, it's important that you do everything you can to keep your sleep health in check. Various habits can allow you to get a better night's sleep.

You might want to avoid things such as caffeine late at night. It's also a good idea to cut out unhealthy habits such as drinking alcohol and smoking. Managing your stress and getting regular exercise can also help you sleep better as well.

Suggest a CPAP Machine

Some people who have sleep apnea are embarrassed about using a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine when they sleep with another person. If this is the case with your partner, then it may be worth encouraging them.

Be supportive of your partner using the machine to deal with their sleep apnea issues and this could end up being better for both of you.

Using These Tips to Sleep Next to Someone With Sleep Apnea

If you want to get better sleep when sleeping next to your partner, be sure to try some of the tips that we've listed here. Using earplugs, improving your health, and supporting the use of a CPAP machine can help.

Are you interested in purchasing a CPAP machine for your partner? Contact us today to learn more about what we have to offer.