Can women develop sleep disorders during pregnancy?

Can women develop sleep disorders during pregnancy?

Chris Idzikowski (Director of the Edinburgh Sleep Centre) gives expert video advice on: Do women sleep less than men?; Do women experience more sleeping problems?; Do sleep disorders affect women differently? and more...

There may be poor breathing during sleep. Certainly if somebody, if a woman is prone to suffering from sleep apnea or on the verge suffering from sleep apnea, not breathing properly during the night before pregnancy, it may be exasperated during the pregnancy. A lot of women will say their sleep remains permanently disturbed after having children, after pregnancy. But it's a real muddle of things there. Poor sleep developing because of having the child, not necessarily because of the pregnancy.