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  • Perinatal Health
  • Sleep Medicine
  • Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Background:

  • Sleep disturbances are linked to adverse perinatal outcomes.
  • Understanding continuous sleep patterns during pregnancy is crucial.
  • Maternal age and pre-pregnancy BMI can influence sleep during gestation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To objectively examine continuous changes in sleep parameters throughout pregnancy.
  • To assess the impact of maternal age and pre-pregnancy BMI on objective sleep metrics.
  • To explore sleep parameters as potential predictors of perinatal outcomes.

Main Methods:

  • Longitudinal observational study involving 17 pregnant women.
  • Weekly sleep patterns analyzed using mixed-model repeated measures.
  • Sleep stages, total sleep time, and awake time were objectively monitored.

Main Results:

  • Significant weekly decreases observed in deep sleep, light sleep, and total sleep time.
  • Significant weekly increase in awake time throughout pregnancy.
  • Older maternal age (>=30 years) correlated with a more pronounced decrease in deep sleep.

Conclusions:

  • This study is the first to describe continuous, at-home sleep changes during pregnancy.
  • Objective sleep parameters show potential as non-invasive markers for predicting perinatal outcomes.
  • Maternal age and BMI significantly moderate sleep changes during pregnancy.