Straddling The Bubble...
By celticeagle
@celticeagle (189957)
Boise, Idaho
January 12, 2016 8:07pm CST
or unable to sleep at all. A few months back I wrote about my matress. We had bed bugs in July and I became paranoid of any mattress we might bring into the house. So, I decided to get us air mattresses. They worked great for about five months and then mine developed a big bubble in the middle that I either had to straddle or sleep on either side.Just one more thing to add to my list of reasons I don't get any sleep. It became too much for me and I got rid of it today and put a different mattress in my bedroom. Now I can sleep at night without waking up every time I have to move and refigure how to distribute my body so I could sleep. It was hopeless!
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21 responses
@Blondie2222 (28610)
• United States
13 Jan 16
I have to have a real bed i can't just sleep on a mattress on the floor. But glad you got a more comfortable one and hope you can get better sleep now.
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@celticeagle (189957)
• Boise, Idaho
14 Jan 16
I don't have any options. Can't afford a nice bed. I have a small one now with no springs.
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@Marilynda1225 (91155)
• United States
13 Jan 16
My daughter & her husband have their mattress on the floor and I don't know how they can sleep like that. It's just weird to me but I don't have to sleep there
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@celticeagle (189957)
• Boise, Idaho
14 Jan 16
Hope yours doesn't get the bubble in the middle. No fun.
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@celticeagle (189957)
• Boise, Idaho
16 Jan 16
@LadyDuck ..Mine only lasted about five months.
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@LadyDuck (502798)
• Italy
14 Jan 16
@celticeagle It is still inside its box, I have never used it.
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@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
13 Jan 16
Glad youj got a mattress that was comfortable for you in
any position i had one here that was run do wn on one sde and the men c ame in to \chec k that we did not have bedbugs He saw m mattresswas all messed up; and I immediael y got a brand new matress and slept muc h better too
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@celticeagle (189957)
• Boise, Idaho
14 Jan 16
This one is pretty run down. Would be nice to get a new mattress and springs.
@celticeagle (189957)
• Boise, Idaho
14 Jan 16
Sorted. At least what I have now is better than the bubble.
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@celticeagle (189957)
• Boise, Idaho
16 Jan 16
Thank you. It has to some degree.
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@kaka135 (14994)
• Malaysia
15 Jan 16
Good that you have got a better mattress that you can sleep well at night.
My mom has an air mattress, it is used when we go traveling. I think it's still fine if we have to sleep on it for one or two nights, but I don't enjoy sleeping on it. Perhaps I am just not used to it.
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@celticeagle (189957)
• Boise, Idaho
16 Jan 16
Not necessarily a better one. Just a different one.
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@infatuatedbby (94909)
• United States
16 Jan 16
I have never experienced bed bugs, but once I had a spider crawl in my sleep on my bed. I was terrified. I woke up looking everywhere for the spider. So now before I go to bed, I always shake my blankets, etc. I hope you're getting more sleep with the new bed! 
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@celticeagle (189957)
• Boise, Idaho
16 Jan 16
You don't want to EvER experience bed bugs either. I saw a spider on my wall and went to sleep that night with one eye open. All night.
@LovingMyBabies (85923)
• Valdosta, Georgia
13 Jan 16
I hope you will get some good sleep now that you have a regular mattress! Air mattresses are great for a short amount of time-but not for long term I don't think.
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
15 Jan 16
sounds like you have had a tough time finding a decent mattress - glad you are now bed bug free though - that sounds horrible
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@celticeagle (189957)
• Boise, Idaho
15 Jan 16
It was. I had nightmares for weeks after ward. Now I am working toward a nice bed again. I have a small one and no springs. Ugh!
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
13 Jan 16
Poor you Celt! Those bed bugs are nasty.
What kind of mattress are you using now then that is better?
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@celticeagle (189957)
• Boise, Idaho
14 Jan 16
It is a small sized used mattress and no springs. Hope to get a full sized one with the springs at some point. Just have it on the floor.
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@celticeagle (189957)
• Boise, Idaho
15 Jan 16
@TiarasOceanView .......Yes, there is. They help every 12 months. My daughter got a couch and a chair with it back in August I believe so we have to wait. Sorry you have to sleep on an old memory foam. I dream of a pillow top.
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
14 Jan 16
@celticeagle Are there any charities or organizations there which could help you get a proper mattress? There are none here that I know of and is why I sleep on an old memory foam..it is useless and bad for my back. I also need a mattress a proper bed, I dream of it. We have not had proper beds since my son was a child. It is amazing that people like us cannot afford a bed. I am sorry friend.
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@simone10 (54180)
• Louisville, Kentucky
14 Jan 16
I've had that happen before with an air mattress. When we first moved from Vegas to Tennessee, we sold most of our stuff. That meant sleeping on an air mattress for quite a while. Over a period of time, mine also got a bubble right in the middle. Not comfortable at all after that.
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@celticeagle (189957)
• Boise, Idaho
15 Jan 16
Whenever I think about the little critters. That's why I got the air mattresses instead of regular mattresses.
@celticeagle (189957)
• Boise, Idaho
13 Jan 16
So am I! it has been an ongoing battle.
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@41CombedaleRoad (5966)
• Greece
13 Jan 16
A mattress is so important and most of us don't change them often enough, just straddle whatever offends in much the same way as you describe. Hopefully this new one will work for you for a good few years now.
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@celticeagle (189957)
• Boise, Idaho
14 Jan 16
I'd rather have a new full size but this will work for a while.
@celticeagle (189957)
• Boise, Idaho
14 Jan 16
I don't have bed buggs anymore. That is why we got the air mattresses. After the sprayer got rid of the bugs we got the air mattress. Now I want a good mattress with a springs. Maybe some day.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
13 Jan 16
We had to sleep on a raft for a few nights when we moved to TN - it was the most uncomfortable thing we've done. A good mattress is important.
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@celticeagle (189957)
• Boise, Idaho
14 Jan 16
It sure is. I slept on the floor for a few nights while we were having the place sprayed and it was horrible.
@Marilynda1225 (91155)
• United States
13 Jan 16
It's so important to get a good nights sleep so glad to hear you finally have found something comfortable to sleep on. I don't know how you managed on an air mattress for 5 months
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@celticeagle (189957)
• Boise, Idaho
14 Jan 16
It has really been a problem. This one will work for awhile.
@JESSY3236 (22244)
• United States
13 Jan 16
I have an air mattress too. It's for when Chris comes to visit. At first I couldn't hardly sleep on it because the bubbles. But now I'm used to it.
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@celticeagle (189957)
• Boise, Idaho
14 Jan 16
Mine is just one big bubble right in the middle. Makes it very difficult to get comfortable.
