Sleep impairment during pregnancy: possible implications on mother-infant relationship
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The modern living standard has imposed upon society a situation of chronic sleep deprivation. This chronic loss of sleep affects women more than it does men. As a result, the postponement of pregnancy has become a common choice due to the priority given to social and domestic activities. For women, pregnancy represents a condition of intense physical and physiological changes that subject the pregnant woman to a number of potentially stressful situations, ultimately interfering with their quality of sleep. Chronic sleep deprivation, along with the changes imposed on women through pregnancy, can lead to several harmful consequences for the pregnant woman and the child, and can potentially undermine the mother-infant relationship. This article discusses circumstances under which sleep deprivation and poor sleep quality during pregnancy could result in damage to the mother-infant relationship, specifically through maternal fatigue, postpartum depression and changes in pregnancy-related hormonal secretions and activity.
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Sleep disturbances among parents of infants are associated with increased postpartum depression, increased sleep disturbances among infants, and other adverse outcomes.
“Sleep disturbances among parents of infants are associated with increased postpartum depression,160–162 increased sleep disturbances among infants, and other adverse outcomes.”
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- Authors
- Pires, G. N., Andersen, M. L., Giovenardi, M., & Tufik, S.
- Affiliations
- Universidade Federal de São Paulo (BR)
- Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre (BR)
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- Medical Hypotheses
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- Elsevier BV
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- 2010-12
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- 75
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- 6
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- 578-582
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- 0306-9877 (ISSN-L)
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- 4.45
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- en
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- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Pharmacy › Infant Health and Development
- Keywords
- sleep disorders, pregnancy, sleep deprivation, mother-infant relationship, maternal fatigue, postpartum depression, sleep quality, hormonal changes in pregnancy, maternal health, child outcomes
- MeSH terms
- Fatigue, Female, Hormones, Humans, Mother-Child Relations, Pregnancy, Sleep Deprivation, Depression, Postpartum
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