NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A regular sleep schedule is necessary for women who hope to start a family more quickly, a new study found.
This study is the first of its kind to show the link between sleep patterns and fertility in women, in part due to the difficulty of measuring this indicator.
Researchers at the University of Washington in St. Louis developed smart hours that would track women and give them access to raw data.
The results of the study, which included 176 participants, showed a clear relationship between sleep patterns and the time it takes for the female to become pregnant.
"Usually, we do not think of sleep as important," said stomach surgeon Emily Gungheim, a gynecologist. "Couples who try to have children are" ready to try anything, "but sleep rarely affects their plans.
While couples stop drinking alcohol and caffeine with a healthy diet, researchers found that the only thing to do was to change their sleeping habits.
The new study, presented at the American Society of Reproductive Medicine conference in Denver, gave more weight to the importance of sleep after it was found to be an important factor in speeding up pregnancy.
Dr. Jungheim says these findings will be a global inspiration for sleep rethinking and can be taken into consideration for women who want to establish a family.
Last year, the Nobel Prize was awarded to three biologists who highlighted the daily rhythm (the body's internal clock). They showed how humans, animals and even plants adapt to the night schedule, and that adherence to this rhythm is the key to avoiding harmful health problems.
We also know that poor sleep is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer, as well as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and so on.
Source: Daily Mail
