Well, my handy-dandy digest of MedScape news tell me today of a recent study:

"Progression through the menopausal transition as indicated by 3 menopausal characteristics (symptoms, bleeding-defined stages, and endogenous hormone levels) is associated with self-reported sleep disturbances, according to the results of a study reported in the July 1 issue of Sleep.  "Both age and hormonal changes can contribute to disturbed sleep in middle-aged women undergoing the menopausal transition," write Howard M. Kravitz, DO, MPH, from Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois, and colleagues. "

So -- how many of us Lactnetters are reading this at 3 AM because we couldn't fricking sleep thanks to our "menopausal transition characteristics?"

Sheesh.  Tell me something I don't know.  Wait -- I guess I CAN make this BF-related.   "IBCLCs use the wee hours of the morning to read and learn about breastfeeding in their failed attempts to get back to sleep."


Liz Brooks, JD, IBCLC
Wyndmoor, PA, USA

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