The perinatal sleep experience is often talked about in less than glowing terms. It's often a situation that is cannot be helped, it simply must be endured. In this episode, we will:
- Look at the common changes that occur during the pregnancy period, trimester by trimester
- Review the incidence of sleep disturbances in all pregnant individuals
- Contrast the incidence of sleep disturbances in women with psychiatric diagnoses versus women without psychiatric disorders
- Examine how increased sleep as well as decreased sleep during pregnancy can be predictive of depression and psychotic episodes respectively
- Evaluate some common perinatal sleep myths
Episode Written by Maeve Winter
Produced by: Maeve Winter
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