Study quantifies the sleep loss and disruption experienced by new mothers, via @EurekAlert! @AASMorg https://t.co/lyebAYQx7i

New mothers experience a significant decrease in uninterrupted #sleep in the months after delivery, even as their total sleep duration returned to pre-pregnancy levels. 💤🤱 @trackthatsleep Read more below: https://t.co/rou6516Z6b

Despite sleep duration nearing baseline by 13 weeks postpartum, data shows disrupted sleep consolidation in new moms. Watch our #SLEEP2025 interview with Teresa Lillis (@trackthatsleep), PhD, here:

Wearables Show Disrupted Sleep 3 Months Postpartum, With Teresa Lillis, PhD https://t.co/mxtSv5jybE via @hcplive

Postpartum Sleep Improves in Length, Not Quality, With Teresa Lillis, PhD https://t.co/n0lyXgLEab via @hcplive

Why are new moms still exhausted even when sleep duration returns to normal? At #SLEEP2025, Teresa Lillis, PhD (@trackthatsleep) shared research showing sleep consolidation stays disrupted through 13 weeks postpartum.Fragmented sleep ≠ restorative sleep. https://t.co/AWbZA14G05

LSS (longest stretch of sleep) matters for moms! It also matters for midwives but that's a different topic all together... 0915 Profound Postpartum Sleep Discontinuity in First-Time Mothers

"Sleep discontinuity – more so than sleep loss – contributed most prominently to first-time mothers’ sleep disruption. Sleep discontinuity may be a risk factor and intervention target for postpartum depression and other postpartum-related health issues." 🔗 https://t.co/HHDx4Z9cFz

Sleep disruption in new mothers is severe and persists for months. In a wearable study, first-time mothers averaged: 🛏️ 4.4 hours sleep/day in week 1 postpartum 📆 32% went >24 hours without sleep ⏳ Sleep consolidation remained impaired for 13 weeks

Breastfeeding promotion often ignores the health, both physical and mental, of the women doing the breastfeeding. Even organizations like the AAP are guilt of this. Need an example? No problem, just keep reading this thread.

The SUMMIT trial explores if talk therapy delivered by a provider with no previous training in mental health is as effective as talk #therapy with a specialist. Dr. Daisy Singla explains how this study could help improve health care system capacity. ⬇️ https://t.co/830R0zqOAe

The NEW Pregnant Workers Fairness Act will go into effect June 27, 2023. It is the time to learn about these new rights. Put simply, this law allows pregnant and postpartum workers to ask for changes to their jobs to make it easier to do their jobs. You can ask for telework...

The PUMP ACT is enforceable starting today, expanding pumping rights to 9 million more American women. This means they have the right to break time as needed, in a private space. They can seek $ for violations. This is a WIN for moms and babies. We must celebrate the victories!

Did you know? Moms are more at risk of job loss during the toddler years than the baby stage. Unlike post-baby, there are ZERO job protections during the toddler years. No leave rights or childcare accommodations. Postpartum rights should be extended through the toddler years.

Wearable sleep data shows what ACTUALLY happens to your sleep after you have a baby. 😳💤⌚️👀 Help the next generation of parents be better prepared than we were by donating your data to our study today! #trackthatsleep #donateyourdata