Today’s discussion is going to give you another preview of a sleep workshop I am creating for parents (current, expecting and hopeful). The first workshop date is getting really close, and is looking to be sometime towards the end of January. I will let you know!

Welcome to today’s Office Hours for Brighter Days, Darker Nights

I’ve invited you and all subscribers to talk here about how sleep affects pregnancy and postpartum wellbeing. This video will give an overview of research I have found relating to:

Differences between sleep habits of men and women across the lifespan
How circadian disruption affects the leading cause of infertility in th US
How melatonin aids implantation
How circadian disruption affects placental function and pregnancy outcomes
How melatonin strengthens labor and contributes to a better maternal experience
How the mother’s rhythms are shared with the baby during pregnancy
How the family’s rhythms are shared with the baby postpartum
How baby’s initial circadian rhythm can affect their lifelong wellbeing

If you would like to take part, add your question or comment about sleep, fertility, pregnancy, and postpartum here:

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New format!

Instead of making this a time-sensitive thing, I’ve decided to leave these office hours posts open for the duration between sessions. So, don’t worry about what time it is! We’ll still see your comments and I won’t close this discussion until the next session starts in two weeks.

Updates and reminders:

These office hours are occasions for you to ask questions and share your own experiences and knowledge, and have their own tab if you visit Brighter Days, Darker Nights on the web.
This publication has a new name, URL, and email address! We are now hosted at www.brighterdaysdarkernights.com and you can read more about the change here. Please add our new email to your contacts: news@brighterdaysdarkernights.com.
In case you missed it. This week, I finished the new series all about melatonin’s daytime counterpart, cortisol. My aim is to share a holistic view of this important hormone, and give you tools to counteract the all-too-popular anti-cortisol rhetoric going around these days. Get the final installment here:
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Cortisol Part IV: What to do if it goes astray
Welcome to the fourth and final installment of this mini-series on cortisol. You may know cortisol as "the stress hormone", but if you have been following along, by now you realize it does a lot more. You may be wondering: if cortisol helps regulate…
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