Hi, this is Monica Packer. What you're about to hear is a session from my five-day online event going on right now,

The More for Mom's Conference. This event is for the mom who is ready for more in her happiness,

habits, health, home, and hobbies. Audio versions of each speaker session will only be available

on the public about progress feed through Sunday, October 12th. For ad-free video and

audio versions of all content, be sure to sign up for the basic or all-access pass before the

conference ends on October 12th. You can do so at aboutprogress.com slash more for moms. Now

on to our special session.

Thank you. on to our special session. Dr. Angela Holiday Bell, a big welcome to the Moore for Mom's Conference.

Thank you. Thank you so much for having me.

I know every mom who sees the title of the session is going to be like, click, click, click, click, click.

Because it's almost like synonymous with motherhood is exhaustion because we go through so much sleep-wise.

And I know you are in the thick of it right now with a baby of your own.

But you are all, this is your expertise.

You're a medical doctor who

helps people with their sleep. So you do this all the time. And it may be obvious, but I wanted to

start with the obvious. Why is it that we as moms have this dramatic shift in our relationship

with sleep as we become mothers and as we move through motherhood.

Oh, yeah. It's a very loaded question. And honestly, it starts from even prior to having the

child, even with pregnancy, there's so much that shifts in the mom down to the biology of it.

There are hormonal shifts that significantly impact your ability to sleep.

And I think in terms of how we navigate the world and society, there's so much pressure to be

everything to everyone, particularly your child. There's a mental load that comes with it.

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