Sleep in the Postpartum: Characteristics of First-Time, Healthy Mothers
Joint Authors
Libman, Eva
Fichten, Catherine
Creti, Laura
Tran, Dieu-Ly
Rizzo, Dorrie
Bailes, Sally
Zelkowitz, Phyllis
Source
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-10-17
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Goals for the present study were to (a) describe the sleep of healthy new mothers over a 6-month postpartum period, (b) examine how sleep quality relates to daytime levels of fatigue and sleepiness, and (c) evaluate the relationship between mothers’ and infants’ sleep parameters.
The sample consisted of 37 healthy, partnered, first-time mothers who had experienced full-term vaginal birth and had a healthy infant.
We investigated infants’ sleep parameters and mothers’ sleep, mood, and daytime functioning 2 and 6 months postpartum.
We found that at 2 months postpartum, mothers reported sleeping 6 hours at night and just under one hour during the day.
Despite relatively frequent nocturnal awakenings, mothers experienced minimal insomnia, nonrefreshing sleep, anxiety, depression, daytime sleepiness, or fatigue at either 2 or 6 months.
The most robust relationship between mothers’ and infants’ sleep was in the number of nocturnal sleep-wake episodes.
Of note is that none of the infant sleep parameters was related to mothers’ anxiety, depression, fatigue, sleepiness, or nonrefreshing sleep at either time period.
Our results indicate that (1) selected low risk new mothers are resilient in terms of sleep quality, daytime functioning, and mood and (2) these are independent of their infants’ sleep parameters.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Creti, Laura& Libman, Eva& Rizzo, Dorrie& Fichten, Catherine& Bailes, Sally& Tran, Dieu-Ly…[et al.]. 2017. Sleep in the Postpartum: Characteristics of First-Time, Healthy Mothers. Sleep Disorders،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-10.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Creti, Laura…[et al.]. Sleep in the Postpartum: Characteristics of First-Time, Healthy Mothers. Sleep Disorders No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1203252
American Medical Association (AMA)
Creti, Laura& Libman, Eva& Rizzo, Dorrie& Fichten, Catherine& Bailes, Sally& Tran, Dieu-Ly…[et al.]. Sleep in the Postpartum: Characteristics of First-Time, Healthy Mothers. Sleep Disorders. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1203252
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1203252