That nature is wise is a truth like a temple. And more, if possible, during pregnancy. All physiological mechanisms that are started during pregnancy have their raison d'être. All the symptoms that the pregnant woman feels have an important function for the development of the baby or prepare the mother for what comes after childbirth.
Nighttime awakenings are very frequent during pregnancy, especially during the last trimester. What a coincidence! The same awakenings that are experienced during the first months of the baby to feed him at night. It is not a coincidence, if you wake up several times during the night, it is because your body prepares for breastfeeding.
This was reported by Dr. Carmen Oteo Domínguez during the third talk of the II edition of the 'Orientation talks for better monitoring of pregnancy and newborn care', organized by Hospital Quirónsalud Sur:
"Many pregnant women tell us that during the first trimester of pregnancy they suffer from a great drowsiness, while from the second it is common to suffer disorders in the opposite direction, it is impossible to 'sleep at a stretch'. This is absolutely normal, waking up several nights at night during pregnancy is but a manifestation that the woman's body is preparing naturally for breastfeeding "
The dream in pregnancy
Just as your body undergoes transformations during pregnancy, sleep is a process that is also affected during this period. Each quarter has its peculiarity.
During the first trimester, and it is one of the first symptoms of pregnancy, the woman feels tired and drowsy. It is that feeling of wanting to sleep at any time.
The woman's body prepares to house a new life. This translates into a considerable increase in the volume of blood circulating in your veins and an increase in the pulse, so you also need more rest to recover energy.
However, as the pregnancy progresses, the opposite happens. In the second trimester, sleep usually returns to normal, but in the third trimester, sleep disorders become frequent. It is normal to feel insomnia and it is impossible to find the position to sleep or sleep from the pull. Night awakenings become habitual.
It is as if the body told you "you are not going to sleep well from now on so that when your baby arrives you are used to interrupted sleep, because you will have to feed him for his survival." A recent mother sleeps pending your baby's needs. He sleeps with one eye closed and the other open, as he says. Because instinct makes her alert to her baby's nightly call to be fed.
It is no coincidence that during the night the breasts increase the production of breast milk. Nature is preparing you for what awaits you when the baby arrives.
