SNORING

Has he put on weight recently ?

There could be any number of reasons, slight cold, more active so sleeping deeper, put on weight or just sleeping deeper now the cooker weather is here.
My hubby has recently started this too and he has never (or extremely rarely) snored - it's usually me.
If you can't fathom a reason then probably best to have a chat with gp to rule out sleep apnoea or something respiratory x

Just a thought, has he ever suffered with asthma or allergies like hayfever? X

He may have sleep apnea www.nhs.uk/conditions/sleep-apnoea/, especially if he is overweight. Listen when he is snoring and see if he stops breathing between snores because that is a key symptom of sleep aonea. If he does that is sleep apnea, another symptom is sleeping a lot during the day.

DH was diagnosed with it this summer. He now wears a light apparatus when sleeping which gently blows air into his lungs to stop the non-breathing episodes and the effect on him has been incredible, he is now alert and active during the day, instead of sitting all day in the living room nodding and sleeping, like a caracature of an old man.

It is quite exhaustingkeeping up with him now.!!

My DH's snoring reduced (unfortunately didn't go away completely) when he started medication for high blood pressure.

He snores less in bed now, although it depends on the position he is lying in - a quick nudge usually deals with that. However, if he falls asleep in the chair, his head tips back and he snores like his dad used to, which I find very unattractive!

Thanks to all, DH has lost weight recently but under doctor's control so I don't think it's that. I'll look into sleep apnoea and see if he has any symptoms. Fortunately it's not every night, thank goodness. Thanks for all your advice/ideas. Shall give it a bit more time.