Nursing mothers sleep longer

Young mothers who breastfeed their children sleep at least non-breastfeeding, as scientists have found. All the talk about the effect of breastfeeding on sleep no more than a myth.

Researchers from West Virginia University found that nursing mothers   sleep just as much as, and non-breastfeeding. Breastfeeding   It does not affect the level of daytime fatigue, and does not affect the amount of sleep.

"While the benefits breastfeeding   You can not even talk, because they are very well known, many young mothers are worried it is about the impact of feeding a dream - commented on the results of his study author Dr. Hawley Montgomery physiology Downs. - Young mothers should pay attention to definitive conclusions of our study. because of breastfeeding you will not sleep less or more than those women that prefer artificial feeding ".

Dr. Montgomery-Downs emphasizes - has to prove his research and supporters artificial feeding   that they have nothing to gain in terms of a longer sleep. Previous studies have come to different results. One group of scientists has proved that nursing mothers   often stand in the night, but all the same time, get as much sleep as non-breastfeeding. In another study it was shown that nursing mothers   sleep about 40 minutes longer, but wake up frequently at night.

In the most recent studies have been conducted monitoring of 80 mothers. Women wore special Divays that measures the amount of sleep a night for the past ten weeks. The report went on two weeks after the birth of the baby. Some mothers breastfeed, and were often used artificial feeding .

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