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Okay, so practically EVERYONE you met during your pregnancy told you how sleep deprived you would be once your bring the baby home. Even so, when the whole baby-feeding-and-changing schedule starts, it hits you hard. You might not get more than 2-3 hours of continuous sleep. But what is worse is the knowledge that your days and nights in the foreseeable future will remain like this! Honestly, the real solution to sleep deprivation is sleeping, and there is nothing you can do to replace sleep.
So here we have compiled a list of 10 tips that we hope will help you cope with your lack of sleep.
In addition, we understand it is not easy to stay alert and focused and care for your child and family when you are always sleepy and tired. So we also give you five tips that will help you stay awake and alert.
We are not done yet! One of the major side effects of sleep deprivation is that you are always grumpy and moody. So we have gone ahead and given you some tips to be less grumpy too!
The general rule states that an adult needs at least 8 hours of continuous, undisturbed sleep. However, this is not a benchmark, and if you are walking tired and exhausted after 8 hours of sleep, you probably need a few more hours.
As a matter of fact, the longest a human can survive without sleeping is just 11 days. As new parents, it is not going to be so extreme that you are not getting even a few hours of sleep everyday, but not having continuous stretches of sleep can have adverse effects on the health of the parents, especially the mother. Lack of sleep can cause lower concentration levels, lack of energy, and may affect your decision making abilities. Headaches, dizziness, hand tremors, muscle and body pains, increased blood pressure, irritability and mood swings are some other side effects of lack of sleep. Sometimes, lack of sleep can cause one to hallucinate and induces memory lapses. Again, if you tend to eat more when tired and irritated, you may put on additional weight, while eating less may cause you to lose weight. As we know that our body does most of the repair work when we sleep, lack of sleep can greatly impact our body’s defense mechanism making recovery a longer process.
So here we go with:
Sleep deprivation can hit new mothers very hard, and add to that all the physical discomforts that they are going through. Though staying alert and focused after childbirth would be the last thing on your mind, it is actually imperative because the baby and the house depends on you. Below pointers can be helpful:
Sleep deprivation can leave anyone grumpy and irritated. Hormones are also at play. Your body is physically weak and the baby wakes up before he sleeps. You stare at the ceiling wondering when your baby will need the feed or wail for a change. Whoa!! Before you lash out your post-partum depression at your husband or other family members, read the below tips:
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