ArticleBirth (Berkeley, Calif.)2022
Does breastfeeding influence sleep? A longitudinal study across the first two postpartum years.
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- Breastfeeding Practices, Insomnia Symptoms, Anxiety, and Depression Among Lebanese Mothers: A Cross-Sectional Study.Food science & nutrition · 2026Article
- Mid-Pregnancy Maternal Anxiety Mediates the Association Between Maternal Chronotype and Breastfeeding Duration.Nutrients · 2026Article
- A Longitudinal Study on Dental Caries Focusing on Long-Term Breastfed Children in Japan.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Bi-directional associations between maternal and infant sleep, and maternal mental health from late pregnancy to 2 years postpartum.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The Relationship Between Adherence to the MIND Diet and Maternal Anxiety and Sleep Disorders.Maternal and child health journal · 2025Article
- Experience Among Postnatal Nurses With Two or Three Children Returning to Work Within 3 Months in China: A Qualitative Study.Nursing open · 2024Article
- Perinatal maternal factors influencing postpartum feeding practices at six weeks.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
- Maternal Sleeping Problems Before and After Childbirth - A Systematic Review.International journal of women's health · 2024Review
- Does breastfeeding influence sleep? A longitudinal study across the first two postpartum years.Birth (Berkeley, Calif.) · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe association between breastfeeding and sleep of the gestational parent is poorly understood. This longitudinal study investigated how breastfeeding is associated with total nighttime sleep duration and sleep efficiency (percentage of total sleep time in bed) in nulliparous participants over the first two postpartum years.
methodsNulliparous participants (N = 155, M
resultsNeither the presence of breastfeeding nor the percentage of human milk in infants' total diets was significantly associated with participants' sleep duration or sleep quality (P-values > 0.08). This finding held after controlling for the number of nighttime feeds (P-values > 0.11). However, greater numbers of nighttime feeds, regardless of feeding content, were strongly associated with shorter sleep duration and poor sleep efficiency (P-values < 0.05). On average, with each additional nighttime feed, nocturnal sleep duration decreased by 6.6-8.4 minutes, and sleep efficiency decreased by 2.88%-3.02%.
conclusionsData from this study showed that breastfeeding per se was not associated with shorter or poor nocturnal sleep, but the number of nighttime feeds was. Sharing nighttime infant care amongst different carers in the household could help reduce postpartum sleep disturbance and ameliorate its negative impact on wellbeing.
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