The data to show mamas need more time in bed than you think!

My pregnancy, birth, and postpartum recovery data from Oura 💫

I used Oura to track sleep through my pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. Tracking like this taught me a lot!

First, I learned I needed 12+ hours in bed each day in the first trimester in order to have good sleep and readiness scores.

It seemed that I could either do one extended sleep, or I could do a normal 8-9 hour sleep and take a late morning/ early …