Tiredness & Difficulty Sleeping
What:
- fragmented sleep
- insomnia
- reduced deep sleep
- frequent urination
- worsen over pregnancy with other discomforts
- physical pain
- Thoughts - processing - 'worry work'
Not:
- mental deterioration/depression
- anaemia
- thyroid
- cardio vascular disease
Why/How:
- mechanical discomforts
- hormonal
Advice:
- sleep when you can
- naps
- avoid stimulants
- modify sleep environment
- reduce fluids in evening
- psychoeducational interventions
- medication
- nidra
- bath
- reduce screen time
- reduce blue light