Thread: Remembering dreams from the first time you wake up?

I noticed that the first time I wake up, it is usually from 4 to 5 hours of sleep. After that I wake up every hour or so. I don't use alarms just wake up naturally at those times. I find that after that first 3 to 5 hours of sleep. I have a hard time remembering dreams. Even though there will have been sometimes a lot. But in later sleep cycles, I can remember more.

This is due to a mix of things. #1 is probbaly urgently needing the bathroom. So moving too soon and having to dislodge the dream. Besides that would be waking up in a weird position and needing to adjust. Or just being too groggy.

Does anyone have just as good of recall the first time they wake up as subsequent times? Any tips on how to get my first round of dream recall stronger? Sometimes I have really cool dreams from that first round of sleep but can only remember them vaguely. And I want to fix this!

Or if you just relate to this issue please say so. Thanks!

EDIT my overall dream recall is pretty good. In later sleep cycles I remember them pretty thoroughly. Its just the first time I wake up that seems to be the least recall.