Sleep Deprivation During Pregnancy Can complicate Labor

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Why do you often have trouble sleeping during your third trimester of pregnancy?
Why does sleep deprivation during pregnancy cause problems in labor?
What are the other side effects of lack of sleep during pregnancy?
What should be done if pregnant women have difficulty sleeping?

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Having offspring is the most eagerly awaited married couple. But it is undeniable that pregnancy and childbirth are tiring conditions for parents, especially for prospective mothers.Various changes in body function occur when the mother experiences pregnancy. Not only that, habits that are usually carried out by mothers everyday can be disrupted, such as one of them is the mother's sleep habits. When pregnant, many things that cause the mother to become deprived of sleep, especially if the pregnancy is old enough or entering the last trimester. Mother's sleep time is very disturbed due to symptoms and signs that appear because it is getting closer to the day of birth. But did you know that lack of sleep during pregnancy is not only tiring, but can affect the delivery process?

Why do you often have trouble sleeping during your third trimester of pregnancy?

Nearly half of women who are pregnant throughout the world, experience problems sleeping when they enter the final trimester. Entering the third trimester, the size of your stomach will be bigger, according to the growth of the fetus that you conceive. This often makes you uncomfortable to sleep, confused what position is right and makes you sleep well.

Not only that, the symptoms and conditions that might affect your sleep during the 3rd trimester of pregnancy are restless leg syndrome, back pain, often feeling cramps in the legs, itching in some parts of the body, symptoms heartburn, and movements, kicks, or 'tinjuan' from your baby. Things like that that can interfere with your deep sleep which then causes you to become sleep deprived during pregnancy.

Why does sleep deprivation during pregnancy cause problems in labor?

Lack of sleep during pregnancy in the final trimester causes the birth process to take longer, and the risk of the baby being born is not normal, aka by caesarean section. A study conducted by UCSF School of Nursing has shown that sleep deprivation during pregnancy can make mothers more likely to experience prolonged births or give birth by caesarean section. This study involved 131 women who were pregnant with the 9th month of gestation.

From this study it is known that pregnant women who have a habit of sleeping less than 6 hours per night, experience a birth process for an average of 29 hours. While pregnant women who get enough sleep only need 17.7 hours for the birth process. Not only that, the researchers also looked at the quality of sleep in the group of pregnant women in one week. It is known that pregnant women whose sleep quality is poor for 4 days a week have a 4.2 times greater chance of having a caesarean section. While pregnant women who have poor sleep quality for 5 days a week are at risk of having cesarean surgery 5.3 times greater than in pregnant women who sleep with good quality and sufficient time.

What are the other side effects of lack of sleep during pregnancy?

Caesarean section is a medical procedure that is actually at risk for the mother and is the last resort that will be carried out if the baby cannot be born normally. Effects or conditions that may arise due to a caesarean section are that the mother loses a lot of blood, infection, freezing of blood vessels in the legs, nausea, vomiting, constipation or constipation, headaches, and injuries to other organs. Not only has an impact on the mother, caesarean section also has an adverse impact on newborns, that is, the risk of injury when the surgery takes place and has respiratory problems.

Many mothers hope to experience a rapid birth process, but not everything will happen that way. Some mothers who experience insomnia or lack of sleep can experience a long birth process. This long birth process can cause fetuses to lack oxygen, abnormal heart rhythms in infants, uterine infections in the mother, and problems with maternal amniotic fluid.

What should be done if pregnant women have difficulty sleeping?

Same as assumptions or statements stating that pregnant women should eat for two people, namely for the mother and the child she contains, as well as sleeping. When a woman is pregnant, then she sleeps and rests for two people at once. Therefore, adequate sleep is very important to maintain the health of the mother and baby being conceived. The following are tips that can be done by pregnant women when experiencing sleep disorders when entering the 3rd trimester:

Avoid drinking coffee, because it contains caffeine. Not only does caffeine make it difficult for you to sleep, but coffee also makes your body absorb the iron that is supposed to be for babies.
Drink lots of water. This makes you well hydrated. As the pregnancy increases, your bladder will be depressed and make you more likely to defecate. Therefore you need to drink more water.
Exercise at least 30 minutes per day. Sports can make your sleep quality better.
Make your room dark and no sound can disturb your sleep when you sleep at night.
Sleep on your left side, because this is good for the health of your kidneys, uterus, and bladder.