Short and Sweet: A Commentary on Short Sleep Duration and Hyperglycemia in Pregnancy

In their meta-analysis of 12 studies, Reutrakul and colleagues unequivocally conclude that short sleep duration is a risk for hyperglycemia in pregnancy, also known as gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) [1]. This should not be surprising, since short sleep duration is a known risk factor for Type 2 diabetes in the general adult population. In GDM, however, it is twice as serious because two patients, mother and fetus, are impacted by hyperglycemia. The mother may require early induction of labor because the fetus is getting too large for gestational age, a cesarean birth is highly likely, the newborn may require intervention for hypoglycemia, and both mother and infant usually require a longer hospital stay.

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