Pregnant? Listen Up. If You Snore, There May Be a Problem
You may not have known it (your husband would!) but you probably snored a lot when you were pregnant, if you also had high blood pressure. And maybe something even worse. A new study says over 50% of hypertensive pregnant women have some kind of sleep disturbance. According to newswise.com, one in two hypertensive pregnant women who habitually snore may have unrecognized obstructive sleep apnea, a sleeping disorder that can reduce blood oxygen levels during the night and that has been linked to serious health conditions, new University of Michigan-led research shows. One in four hypertensive pregnant women who don’t snore also unknowingly suffer from the sleeping disorder, the Web site reports. “We know that habitual snoring is linked with poor pregnancy outcomes for both mother and child, including increased risk of C-sections and smaller babies,” newswise quotes lead author Louise O’Brien, Ph.D., M.S., associate professor at U-M’s Sleep Disorders Center in the Depa...