Symptoms of sleep disordered breathing have also been associated with poor maternal outcomes. Management options of restless legs syndrome and narcolepsy pose a challenge in pregnancy; benefits of therapy need to be weighed against the potential harm to the fetus. This article briefly reviews the ...
A variety of physical changes and symptoms may also undermine sleep, including nausea and vomiting (morning sickness), increased urinary frequency, back pain, breast tenderness, increased appetite, and anxiety. Anxiety can be especially problematic if the pregnancy was unplanned or if there is a lac...
One of the most common symptoms of pregnancy is an intense and apparently unexplained fatigue that often comes with oversleeping.
Another interesting finding in the same study was that the mothers’ lifetime psychiatric morbidity correlated with the LTL of the mother, but not the offspring. In addition to stress, an association between the maternal pre-pregnancy weight and LTL of newborns has also been shown, with shorter...
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Published on June 4, 2010 as doi: 10.1183/09031936.00021810 Sleep disordered breathing symptoms in pregnancy and adverse pregnancy and fetal outcomes. Ghada Bourjeily MD: Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, 100 Dudley Street, 3rd ...
Sleep disturbance, depression, and daytime sleepiness are among the most prevalent symptoms reported by women during pregnancy. However, available data on the association between sleep disturbances and symptoms of depression and daytime sleepiness in pregnant women are sparse and methodological limitations ...
During pregnancy, sleep patterns of women alter significantly. The problems such as abnormal sleep duration and poor sleep quality are particularly prominent. Unhealthy sleep pattern increases the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes. As the most common adverse pregnancy outcome, preterm birth is the lead...
While trouble getting out of bed (a sign of sleep inertia) may be the first clue, here are some of the symptoms you might notice as a result of not getting enough sleep: Unintentional weight gain: Sleep deprivation can lead to weight gain due to disruptions in hormones that regulate ...
Across all months of pregnancy, women experienced poor sleep quality (76%), insufficient nighttime sleep (38%), and significant daytime sleepiness (49%). All women reported frequent nighttime awakenings (100%), and most women took daytime naps (78%). Symptoms of insomnia (57%), sleep-...