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Answer by Face T
Actually, my wife developed sleep apnea during pregnancy (found out in third trimester), so we were naturally concerned. Even got the sleeping mask / cpap machine (quite late). We were concerned about oxygen levels as well, but not miscarriage. We were more worried about fetal growth retardation, birth defects/brain damage and things of that sort. Everything turned out perfectly fine.

There has been no research found linking sleep apnea to miscarriage yet. However, there are studies linking sleep apnea to fetal growth retardation. In your case, miscarriage at 6 weeks is almost definitely not because of sleep apnea. There are a handful of more likely reasons (such as chomosomal issues) for that. This early, the baby / fetus is tiny and doesn’t need much oxygen to begin with and whatever it does need it is the first one to draw it from your body. Your blood does stores oxygen, so even if you are not breathing (temporarily), your body can function. Even with sleep apnea, the oxygen saturation level is usually above 85%.

Also, at six weeks, there is no placenta to begin with. Placenta is still forming and only takes over supplying the baby with oxygen/nutrition by 10-12 weeks.

In second or third trimester (once placenta takes over), then it when you start to need worrying a lot more. Sleep apnea “may” cause slower fetal growth and complication if hypertension develops. So, you should definitely get the CPAP machine (get the auto one) for the pregnancy and use it.

If you want to minimize chance of miscarriage, take progesterone suppositories and baby aspirin for the first trimester. talk to your doctor about it.

Good luck with the pregnancy.

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Answer by Moony3005231
This short quiz is designed to help you to recognize possible sleep apnea so that you can realize there can be relief for your symptoms.

While awake

Do you wake up in the morning tired and foggy, not ready to face the day?
Do you have headaches in the morning?
Are you very sleepy during the day?
Do you fall asleep easily during the day?
Do you have difficulty concentrating, being productive, and completing tasks at work?
Do you carry out routine tasks in a daze?
Have you ever arrived home in your car but couldn’t remember the trip from work?

Adjustment and emotional issues

Are you having serious relationship problems at home, with friends and relatives, or at work?
Are you afraid that you may be out of touch with the real world, unable to think clearly, losing your memory, or emotionally ill?
Do your friends tell you that you’re not like yourself?
Are you depressed?
Are you irritable and angry, especially first thing in the morning?

Medical, physical condition, and lifestyle

Are you overweight?
Do you have high blood pressure?
Do you have pains in your bones and joints?
Do you have trouble breathing through your nose?
Do you often have a drink of alcohol before going to bed?
If you are a man, is your collar size 17 inches (42 centimeters) or larger?

During sleep and in the bedroom

Do you snore loudly each night?
Do you have frequent pauses in breathing while you sleep (you stop breathing for ten seconds or longer)?
Are you restless during sleep, tossing and turning from one side to another?
Does your posture during sleep seem unusual? (Do you sleep sitting up or propped up by pillows?)
Do you have insomnia? (Waking up frequently and without a reason)
Do you have to get up to urinate several times during the night?
Have you wet your bed?
Have you fallen from bed?

What is your score?

If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, you may have sleep apnea. However, if you answered “yes” to any of the following especially important four questions, this strongly suggests that sleep apnea is the problem.

Are you very sleepy during the day?
Do you fall asleep easily during the day?
Do you snore loudly each night?
Do you have frequent pauses in breathing while you sleep (you stop breathing for 10 seconds or longer)?

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Problem is since she has gained weight, after having two babies, now she snores and its loud. I wake her up and she gets soo frustruated. I think its very unfair. I’ve asked her to get it under control and she ignores me.

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Answer by yaknow2
why dont you have sex before falling asleep? youre not making any sense.

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Answer by Rockford
Sleep apnea can definately cause weight gain and perhaps leg edema. I would never thought there was a connection. Great question!

(Pulmonary hypertension can result from sleep apnea)

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ps: i’ve noticed if i don’t sleep as much it doesn’t happen
my concussion was really bad.. i fell out of a tree, head first.. i should be dead

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Answer by Amy
I would think it would take an extremely severe concussion to cause side effects after this much time has passed. definetly get checked out by a doc. This shouldn’t be happening. If you are at the point where you cannot move at all after waking up, it is something to be concerned about.

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and by the way I go to bed around 9:30-10 every night so im not staying up late….

thank you!
forgot to add this, i am getting my tonsils out on november 24th… what can i do until then to get adequate rest and be able to get up in the morning?

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Answer by jojo rose
basically what you should do is get them removed. this is what happened to me. it took me 2 weeks to recover so you would have to think about that.

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Answer by justbeingher
Sleeping 02 sats – your blood oxygen level while sleeping. It needs to be mid-to-high 90s or you wake fatigued, have anaerobic metab and are setting yourself up for cancer.

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I have read something about sleep apnea causing this and I am wondering what are other symptoms of seizure sleep apnea? Because I can sleep and sleep and never feel well rested. Isn’t that a symptom of sleep apnea?. And I’m not kidding…. I can sleep for litterally 20 hrs and continue sleeping becauase I still feel tired.

And I know this sounds funny, but my boyfriend also told me that this last time, right before I seizured, I said “no, not the midget” What the heck does that mean?! Are ailens controlling me in my sleep? LOL… But really, could it be possible that I am having very intense, stressful dreams and it is causing me to seizure?

If anyone has any real insight on this, I would very much appreciate it.
I am 22 years old female. I am about 5 foot 2 and weigh about 130 lbs and have consistently been that weight for years. I do not snore, but my boyfriend has told me that there was a time that it sounded like I stopped breathing and kind of got choked up. I do not have anyone else in my family with this sleep seizure condition that I know of. I also do not remember falling or hitting my head at all. I have not noticed any trouble with my vision either. I rarely drink alcohol and hardly ever take prescription drugs as I believe in taking natural medicine when available. All I have been told is that I should do a sleep study since they cannot find anything else yet. Since I do not have health insurance right now, I am just trying to find out more info until I can get the sleep study done.

I appreciate everyone’s inputs.

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Answer by Alfred
Hello- and I apologize beforehand for trying to answer such a question this way- as I live abroad… Can I ask how old are you? And what is your weight? And height? Do you snor? Do you smoke? or drink alcohol more than occasionaly? Do you take any prescription drugs regularly? During the last year or so- did you ever fall and/ or lose consciousness? during the last year or so- did you notice any troubles of your vision- I mean- double or blurred vision? did you see a neurologist about these complaints during the last year? what does your Family Doctor know and/ or think about this topic? given normal blood tests results and a normal brain MRI- which was done when?-and according to your answers to the above and other questions- a decision has to be made- in real life -about further investigations to be performed- to a larger or lesser extent to establish a diagnosis… did they performed a sleep deprivation EEG- electroencephalogram- ever? are there any known cases of similar complaints in your family- siblings, parents etc.? Did you unintentionally lose weight lastly?
You are hereby asked NOT TO NEGLECT…I am a Family Doctor- yet living and working in Israel… May God bless you… good health…

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Answer by ohiofirefighter42
No you will not. The fact that you have to multitudes of doctors tells me that it is not an easy diagnosis to make, and there is no gaurantee that your present doctor is right.

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That issue aside . . . I am in fact overweight. And my neck is thick (always has been, even when I was slender and in great physical shape). So taking into consideration the neck thickness issue. I think my most important hurdle is to get my weight down and manage it, along with a healthy diet, and an exercise regimen.

I realize sleep apnea has a detrimental effect on one’s health, and is said to lead to obesity. But from my understanding most people with sleep apnea are in fact overweight. So is weight a larger contributor to sleep apnea . . or is sleep apnea a larger contributor to being overweight?

I just feel that correcting my unhealthy life choices would be much more beneficial, reduce my chances for heart attack, and other related problems, and the lack of excess weight should relieve a lot of burden on my body including help my sleep.

I realize that it isn’t necessarily one or the other . . that a better lifestyle is what one should always shoot for. I just feel the sleep test is an unnecessary cost as I can buy the machine cheaple in comparison to the cost of the test, and also, if i were to consider taking the test . . wouldn’t it make far better sense to get my weight down to a healthy level before shelling out the $ $ for a test that will be swayed by my weight in the first place.

Any flaws in my thoughts on this subject?

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Answer by Kath
Which came first – the chicken or the egg? This is a hard question to answer, as many people with sleep apnea are overweight, but people with undiagnosed sleep apnea feel the need to eat more due to sleep deprivation and lack of energy.
I have many many customers with sleep apnea who are not overweight, and I myself have sleep apnea and am not overweight. Most sleep apnea is caused by a small jaw. It is my opinion that obese people may be the first to be diagnosed due to being unhealthy, and possibly having other health issues.
Unfortunately, it’s not usually possible to cure sleep apnea through weight loss, as even if the weight is shed, the fat will remain in the neck.
Sleep apnea is a serious ‘condition’ so do your best to get that sleep test. Good Luck!

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