#68 - Perinatal Sleep: Hey, Hey, Baby! (All Night Long)

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 trimesterReview the incidence of sleep disturbances in all pregnant individualsContrast the incidence of sleep disturbances in women with psychiatric diagnoses versus women without psychiatric disordersExamine how increased sleep as well as decreased sleep during pregnancy can be predictive of depression and psychotic episodes respectivelyEvaluate some common perinatal sleep mythsEpisode Written by Maeve WinterProduced by: Maeve WinterMusic by: Dr. Abhinav Singh (@sleep_vigilante), all rights reservedMoreTwitter: @drchriswinterIG: @drchriwinterThreads: @drchriswinterBluesky: @drchriswinterThe Sleep Solution and The Rested ChildThanks for listening and sleep well!