It affects the quality of life of pregnant women, which apart from being of great importance per se, is also a risk factor for high blood pressure and pre-eclampsia, gestational diabetes, depression, premature birth and unplanned caesarean sections. “Although it is well known that pre-existing sleep problems worsen and new issues frequently arise during pregnancy, there is a tendency to assume that difficulties related to getting to sleep and maintaining restorative sleep are characteristic phenomena of pregnancy and that they must be endured,” said one of the researchers Maria del Carmen Amezcua Prieto from the University of Granada.īut insomnia causes numerous problems. These are very high figures which justify the need for a “systematic approach to this problem”, according to the authors of the research. The results revealed that 44% of pregnant women suffer from insomnia in the first trimester of pregnancy, which increases to 46% in the second trimester and 64% in the third trimester. The results revealed that 44% of pregnant women suffer from insomnia in the first trimester of pregnancy, which increases to 46% in the second trimester and 64% in the third trimester.(Shutterstock) The effects of pregnancy on these women were monitored throughout all three trimesters. The study, published in the European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, involved 486 healthy pregnant women. Researchers in Spain have found that 64% of pregnant women suffer from insomnia in the third trimester of pregnancy.
A large number of pregnant women suffer from insomnia.
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