Sleep in pregnancy: Evidence of foetal-sleep characteristics

Petre-Quadens, O; Barsy, A.M. De; Devos, J; Sfaello, Z

doi:10.1016/0022-510x(67)90039-1

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“…The authors noted the important role sleep plays in the development of postpartum emotional disturbance, particularly psychosis. Other studies also reported a reduction in stage 4 sleep during late pregnancy (30)(31)(32). REM decreases during the last few weeks of pregnancy after reaching a peak between the 33rd and 36th week of pregnancy (30,32).…”

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“…Other studies also reported a reduction in stage 4 sleep during late pregnancy (30)(31)(32). REM decreases during the last few weeks of pregnancy after reaching a peak between the 33rd and 36th week of pregnancy (30,32). Contrary to these findings, the results of a longitudinal study of five healthy primiparae showed an increase in the slow-wave sleep at 27-39 weeks as compared with 8-16 weeks of pregnancy (34).…”

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“…Karacan et al (29) compared the sleep of 13 women with a group of non-pregnant controls, and noted that women slept longer and took more naps during early pregnancy. REM decreases during the last few weeks of pregnancy after reaching a peak between the 33rd and 36th week of pregnancy (30,32). The postpartum period was associated with recovery of stage 4 sleep and a reduction of REM sleep.…”

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Sleep loss and postpartum psychosis

2003

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Postpartum psychosis is a rare but severe psychiatric disorder. Its diagnostic status remains controversial, but several studies have shown that the majority of patients who develop psychosis immediately following childbirth suffer from bipolar disorder. The pathophysiology of postpartum psychosis is poorly understood, but factors such as primiparity, difficult labor, genetic predisposition, and hormonal changes have been suggested as etiological factors. This paper reviews the literature on the relationship of sleep disruption and postpartum psychosis. It is argued that sleep loss resulting from the interaction of various putative causal factors may be the final common pathway in the development of psychosis in susceptible women. Clinical significance of these findings, including strategies to prevent postpartum psychosis, are discussed and suggestions are made for future research directions.

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Sleep loss and postpartum psychosis

2003

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“…The mother's tendency to gain weight is well documented (Singer, Westphal, & Niswander, 1968), as is her tendency to experience nausea, anxiety, and other symptoms of distress, any of which may represent her changed biochemistry (e.g., Grimm, 1967;Gruenberg, 1967). According to Gruenberg (1967), complications of pregnancy frequently represent fetal abnormalities, and Petre-Quadens (1967) has reported evidence that even the mother's sleep pattern (the proportion of "paradoxical" sleep) is affected by the fetus. The dura-tion of gestation itself may also be under fetal influence.…”

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The scope of offspring effects: From caregiver to culture.

Harper

1975

Psychological Bulletin

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Evidence for the effects of children on the behavior of-their caregivers indicates that offspring effects can be found in all facets of adult behavior. In addition to parent-child interaction per se, the young affect parental behavior in those realms in which parents are traditionally thought to acculturate their off spring.. Furthermore, the data indicate that the young may be a major force hi cultural change.

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“…The results of previous polygraphic sleep studies in pregnancy have been variable. Decreases in both non rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep, stages 3 and 4, and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep (16)(17)(18)(19)(20) have been reported in the last trimester of pregnancy. There have been no studies by polysomnography in relation to respiratory abnormalities at term.…”

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