These are very high figures which, according to the authors of the research, justify the need for a “systematic approach to this problem.”ĭr María del Carmen Amezcua Prieto, one of the researchers behind the study and a lecturer at the Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health of the University of Granada, says in a release, “Although it is well known that pre-existing sleep problems worsen and new issues frequently arise during pregnancy, there is a tendency to assume that difficulties related to getting to sleep and maintaining restorative sleep are characteristic phenomena of pregnancy and that they must be endured.” The results reveal that 44% of pregnant women suffer from insomnia in the first trimester of pregnancy, which increases to 46% in the second trimester, and 64% in the third trimester. The effects of pregnancy on these women were monitored throughout all 3 trimesters. 486 healthy pregnant women from Granada, Jaen, Huelva, and Seville who had attended the Andalusian Health Service (SAS) before the 14th week of pregnancy (first trimester) participated in the study. The research study was recently published in the European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology. This figure is ten times higher than that for women suffering from insomnia prior to pregnancy (6%).
A study led by the University of Granada, in which the Andalusian Health Service (SAS) and researchers from the University of Jaen have taken part, reveals that 64% of pregnant women suffer from insomnia in the third trimester of pregnancy.
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