Moms with sleep troubles experience higher rates of postpartum depression, along with a host of other health and mood problems, from irritability and poor concentration to insulin resistance and weight gain. When we repeatedly shortchange our sleep needs, our bodies pay the price. Moms who work full time report spending less than six hours nightly in bed during the week.īut a busy schedule doesn’t diminish our need for sleep, says Sridar Chalaka, MD, director of the North Puget Sound Center for Sleep Disorders. With the dishes, laundry, bills, email, Facebook and Game of Thrones all clamoring for our attention, who has time for a full night’s sleep? Women in their prime caregiving years, ages 30 through 60, clock only six hours and 41 minutes of sleep per weeknight. And 10 percent of moms confess that they’re still not getting a full night’s sleep, even as kids approach the preschool years. Nearly three-quarters of moms experience sleep problems. When women become moms, sleep deprivation becomes a way of life. They experience higher rates of insomnia and nighttime pain, but actually need more sleep-around 20 minutes more per night, according to sleep expert Jim Horne, author of Sleepfaring: A Journey Through The Science Of Sleep. ![]() When it comes to sleep, women have a natural disadvantage compared to men. Nearly half of women report tiredness that interferes with daily life, leaving them too tired for exercise, healthy eating or friends. According to the National Sleep Foundation, 67 percent of women have frequent sleep problems. ![]() I got frustrated easily, I couldn’t focus. ![]() Parenting an active toddler by day and struggling with insomnia at night “was almost a form of torture,” Krusznis recalls. She didn’t know she would endure three more years of insomnia while he slept peacefully in his crib. She rejoiced the first time her son Will slept through the night, thinking her sleep woes were over. When Annie Krusznis gave birth seven years ago, she expected to sacrifice some sleep in the early months of parenthood.
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