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Table 3 Reasons for difficulty sleeping

From: A postal survey of maternal sleep in late pregnancy

Reason

Before pregnancy n (%)

In the last week n (%)

P-value

Uncomfortable

13 (5.4)

163 (67.1)

<.0001

Pain

5 (2.1)

87 (35.8)

<.0001

Things on my mind

123 (50.6)

87 (35.8)

0.001

Heartburn

1 (0.4)

69 (28.4)

<.0001

Too hot

28 (11.5)

70 (28.8)

<.0001

Can’t breathe comfortably

4 (1.6)

56 (23.0)

<.0001

Partner snoring

69 (28.4)

46 (18.9)

0.01

Noise

34 (14.0)

19 (7.8)

0.03

Too cold

29 (11.9)

14 (5.8)

0.02

Partner turning

25 (10.3)

16 (6.6)

0.14

Bad dreams

32 (13.2)

37 (15.2)

0.51

Cough

21 (8.6)

27 (11.1)

0.36

Other

13 (5.4)

30 (12.4)

0.007