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Cécile Aerts1,2, Stefan Janaqi2, Valérie Cochen de Cock1,2

  • 1Sleep and Neurology Department, Beau Soleil Clinic, Montpellier, France.

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine : JCSM : Official Publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine
|May 15, 2023
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Breastfeeding is the best feeding method for infants, but this task is particularly challenging for mothers. Sleep time and quality are undeniably reduced in the postpartum period. No study has demonstrated the relationship between slow-wave sleep and lactation. Here, we discuss a unique experimental case during which the mother self-reported her sleep with a SUUNTO 9 watch and quantified her milk volume, blind to sleep parameters. This case report highlights an interesting strong correlation between stage N3 (slow-wave) sleep duration and milk production. It also demonstrates that this production is linked positively to self-reported sleepiness in the morning and breast tension and negatively to the number of awakenings. These results emphasize the need for preserving sleep, especially N3 sleep, during breastfeeding. Splitting nighttime infant care between parents, preserving the mother's sleep as much as possible during the first part of the night, could help improve lactation.

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breastfeedinglactationmotherhoodpostpartumslow-wave sleep

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