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Every mom knows that after giving birth, sleep is a precious commodity.
Fatigue and emotional fluctuations are part of the experience. Everyone knows it, but according to Michael O'Hara, University of Iowa professor of psychology, no one has documented the effect of post-birth sleep patterns on thought processes and mood. O'Hara and colleagues did the study and the results are published in the September issue of the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology. The researchers followed 30 women who had just given birth and 28 non-pregnant women for three weeks. During that period, they kept track of the time the women went to bed, the occurrence and duration of sleep interruption, time of morning awakening, morning alertness and naps taken.