Sleep disturbances during pregnancy and adverse maternal and fetal outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Q Lu, X Zhang, Y Wang, J Li, Y Xu, X Song, S Su… - Sleep medicine …, 2021 - Elsevier
Sleep disturbances are highly prevalent in pregnancy and are frequently overlooked as a
potential cause of significant morbidity. The association between sleep disturbances and …

Maternal sleep during pregnancy and poor fetal outcomes: a scoping review of the literature with meta-analysis

J Warland, J Dorrian, JL Morrison, LM O'Brien - Sleep medicine reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
There is a wealth of evidence to say that sleep impacts maternal health during pregnancy,
however, little has been published on fetal health and maternal sleep. This scoping review …

Maternal positions and mobility during first stage labour

A Lawrence, L Lewis, GJ Hofmeyr… - Cochrane database of …, 2013 - cochranelibrary.com
Background It is more common for women in both high‐and low‐income countries giving
birth in health facilities, to labour in bed. There is no evidence that this is associated with any …

The effect of supine positioning on maternal hemodynamics during late pregnancy

A Humphries, SA Mirjalili, GP Tarr… - The Journal of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Recent studies have demonstrated an association between maternal supine
sleep position and an increased risk of late stillbirth. During late pregnancy, the gravid …

Association between maternal sleep practices and late stillbirth–findings from a stillbirth case‐control study

AEP Heazell, M Li, J Budd… - … Journal of Obstetrics …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To report maternal sleep practices in women who experienced a stillbirth
compared with controls with ongoing live pregnancies at similar gestation. Design …

A postal survey of maternal sleep in late pregnancy

BL Hutchison, PR Stone, LME McCowan… - BMC pregnancy and …, 2012 - Springer
Background Sleep disturbances in late pregnancy are common. This study aimed to survey
sleep problems in third trimester pregnant women and to compare sleep in the pre …

Sleep position, fetal growth restriction, and late-pregnancy stillbirth: the Sydney stillbirth study

A Gordon, C Raynes-Greenow, D Bond… - Obstetrics & …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: To identify potentially modifiable risk factors for late-pregnancy stillbirth.
METHODS: This was a population-based matched case–control study of pregnant women at …

Association of maternal sleep practices with pre-eclampsia, low birth weight, and stillbirth among Ghanaian women

JT Owusu, FJ Anderson, J Coleman, S Oppong… - International Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To assess sleep practices, and investigate their relationship with maternal and
fetal outcomes, among pregnant Ghanaian women. METHODS: In a cross-sectional study …

The intrapartum and perinatal risks of sleep-disordered breathing in pregnancy: a systematic review and metaanalysis

NT Brown, JM Turner, S Kumar - American journal of obstetrics and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Objective Data Sleep-disordered breathing is an increasingly common condition in
nonobstetric populations and is associated with significant morbidity. The incidence of sleep …

Going to sleep in the supine position is a modifiable risk factor for late pregnancy stillbirth; Findings from the New Zealand multicentre stillbirth case-control study

LME McCowan, JMD Thompson, RS Cronin, M Li… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Objective Our objective was to test the primary hypothesis that maternal non-left, in particular
supine going-to-sleep position, would be a risk factor for late stillbirth (≥ 28 weeks of …