Evidence-Based Tips to Improve Your Sleep

Pregnancy Podcast

Vanessa Merten

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.5 • 970 Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

The growing body of research on sleep demonstrates the absolute necessity of sleep for every biological function. This includes learning, memory, brain function, mental health, appetite regulation, immune system function, metabolic function, gut microbiome health, and even cardiovascular health. It is well-established in the scientific literature that sleep is critical for all aspects of health, especially during pregnancy. Humans are the only species who will deliberately deprive themselves of sleep. The good news is you can take many evidence-based and straightforward steps to improve the quantity and quality of your sleep.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the pregnancy podcast with Vanessa Merton.
0:07.0	Hello, thank you for tuning into the pregnancy podcast. In this episode we're talking
0:16.3	about getting better sleep and there are so many things that you can do to not only
0:21.0	increase the quality of your sleep but also increase how much
0:24.5	sleep you're getting and we're going to go through a lot of tips that will help
0:28.4	everyone in your house sleep better both while you're pregnant and for the rest of your life.
0:34.0	You can find the full article and all of the links and resources that accompany this episode
0:39.3	at pregnancy podcast.com slash sleep. Podcast. from the sponsors that support this show and you have access to the last year of
0:55.3	episodes. You can become a pregnancy podcast premium member and get access to the
1:01.2	entire back catalog.
1:03.0	You're going to get a copy of the your birth plan book when you sign up
1:06.7	and you're never going to hear ads.
1:09.2	As you can imagine, it takes a tremendous amount of time to dig through research for these
1:14.2	episodes and your support of this podcast as a premium member makes it possible for
1:19.7	me to spend weeks diving into a topic and distill all of the information down into one short
1:26.2	podcast episode for you. Check out pregnancy podcast premium at pregnancy podcast.com
1:34.4	slash premium.
1:36.5	Sleep isn't just about waking up feeling well rested in the morning. Quality sleep
1:41.0	will improve your focus and productivity, reduce your stress, and overall improve your health.
1:47.0	When you sleep your body is in an anabolic state. That means that it's building up things like your immune system and you know that
1:54.3	immunity of course is important at any stage but especially during your pregnancy
1:59.4	sleep also gives your body and your brain a chance to repair and rebuild. There's a few
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