The treatment of sleep-disordered breathing in pregnant women can improve fetal health and increase fetal activity levels according to a new study which appeared in the journal SLEEP.
Results of a three-part study show that the average number of fetal movements during maternal sleep nearly doubled when pregnant patients suffering from sleep-disordered breathing received CPAP treatment. According to the lead author of the study; “What would otherwise have been considered clinically unimportant or minor ‘snoring’ likely has major effects on the blood supply to the fetus, and that fetus in turn protects itself by reducing movements.”
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