Women's Health Blog

NORMAL SLEEP A NECESSITY

Sleep & Women:

A Normal Sleep is of great importance in women’s, because they are overworked handling Professional, Domestic and Family responsibilities. Professional Responsibilities require 8 to 10 hour routine including transportation time, Domestic Kitchen about 4 hours, caring for the children and husband another 4 hours and about 2 hours for personal care. If during the 4 hours left if they do not sleep they shall go mad soon.

Difference in Sleep Patterns:

There are differences between man’s sleep and woman’s sleep. The women because of sleep deprivation fall to sleep easily anywhere and everywhere, when they get a moment to sleep. Woman’s sleep can be disturbed and get up with no refreshing effect after sleep.

Women report their sleep difficulties describing them as too tired, without rest and forget the time they sleep during day time. This indicates they are physically as well as mentally tired. Women after getting up from sleep feel general lack of energy and vitality.

There are other factors displaying complexity affecting how woman gets sleep. There is a change in these factors in relation to the age of woman. An excess sleep during day time is very common in 20 to 30 years age group as compared to older women, who adapt well to duration of sleep deficiency.

Woman & Her Obligations:

This disparity is due to a number of obligations, which compete, with each other in young woman’s time. In case of working mothers they have to adjust requirement of their job, family, and for self health needs. In case of working mothers day time sleep does not carry any risks.

The usual factors affecting woman’s sleep are as given below:

• Life Activities.

• Occasional Depression

• Any Sickness

• Wrong sleep habits

• Use of any medicine disturbing sleep.

• Hormones related Physical effects.

Tips to Promote Sleep:

The following tips related to Sleep helping women get the most out of their sleep:

• The bedroom should be a calm and quiet protected place. Cut off noisy sounds and maintain temperature neither very cold nor hot.

• Put light bed sheets and wear comfortable garments.

• Occupy bed when feeling sleepy do not just lye and wait for sleep to come.

• Take a refreshing bath use some pleasant scent do relaxation exercises to get a good sleep.

• Make it a habit to go to bed and get up all the days at the same time including holidays and weekends.

• In case you want to sleep during day take a brief nap just after lunch.

• Take a caffeinated drink in the morning. Avoid alcohol and cigarettes late in the evening.

• Do not eat fatty and spicy meals which may upset digestion and acidity.

• Attend to your worries and resolve them before end of day do not think of them, when you are going to sleep.

• Take generous amount of vitamin E through fruits and vegetables or use vitamin E supplement.

• Hormone replacement therapy if needed should be initiated in consultation with your doctor. They help in sleep improvement side by side relieving hot flashes encountered in menopause.

• The use of sleeping pills should be strictly under advice and guidance of your doctor.

If sleep problem still continues, consult your doctor for necessary advice and follow up the treatment and precautions suggested.