Issa and a sleep doctor discuss why new parents are exhausted and when snoring signals sleep apnea. Obstructive sleep apnea affects millions, causes daytime fatigue and relationship strain, and often goes undiagnosed. Weight and fat distribution around the neck increase risk, but a doctor can diagnose it with a simple test.
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Still asleep. Wow. What now? What do I do? Right? Yeah. So much. Because they say, no, the child sleeps, the mother sleeps. Yeah. In practice, it's not like that. The child sleeps. Then the mother goes to take a bath. Then she prepares things, washes the child's things, often taking them off. Who doesn't have help at home cleaning the house? Right. And especially. Right. And, and businesswomen and entrepreneurs, executives.
Rewind WhatsApp.
And for those who continue re right, working. And there you go, you're there online, right. You're part of the digital world too. What did I do then? I stood by the bed. I stood by the bed because then after five minutes my leg would start to hurt. I lay down with the phone. No, I think I said this on your show. I don't lie down with the phone. I don't pick up the phone when I'm on the couch. No, not lying down, standing on the side of the bed. Because your leg will hurt pretty quickly though. The varicose veins start to hurt.
Right. Then we start joking that the bed is for making out. Right. And for sleeping, not for anything else. Right.
Good, good, good. Hey, so on this subject of sleep, if you remember anything else, bring it to us. Okay. Hey, because it's quite curious, right? You as a sleep doctor now having a small baby telling us that. Wow, on a bad night's sleep, I didn't think very well.
Yum. That's what happens, right? When, when we sleep poorly.
And one thing I have, I always bring up when I have the chance is to understand, for example, that sleep apnea is a disease that affects one third of the world's population. What is sleep apnea? Sleep apnea is a disease where the person has respiratory pauses during sleep. These respiratory pauses cause her sleep to be fragmented, causing blood oxygen levels to decrease, affecting her system as a whole, resulting in poor quality sleep. And while she's sleeping, she ends up experiencing metabolic and hormonal changes, which over time can lead to cardiovascular disease and other issues. So it's a potentially serious and underdiagnosed condition, meaning it often goes undiagnosed and its main symptom is snoring. So I always say, if you snore, get it checked out. Right? Because you might have sleep apnea. There's no point in having a routine, a bedtime, a wake up time if you're sleeping poorly during the time you're sleeping. Sleep apnea is also one of the main causes of poor quality sleep. So if you think you have sleep apnea or your partner has it. Get it checked out.
Okay. If you snores, I won't deny it.
From time to time.
When you're very tired, Right?
When I'm very tired and also a little overweight, Right now I'm a little heavier than my ideal weight. Right? So when I lose that weight, I don't snore. So I'm already mentioning that being overweight or obese is a risk factor. I'm not just talking about that, but the distribution of body fat is a factor that interferes. So some people have a greater tendency to accumulate fat in the deep region of the neck and tongue, which narrows the airway and causes them to start snoring and have apnea. So it's not just a question of being obese or not. Sometimes someone who is overweight, who has this tendency to accumulate more fat in areas that obstruct the airway, maybe more predisposed to sleep apnea. So in my case, I know it's a question of body fat distribution. I lied a little about my weight. I start snoring, but it's not excessive. I get tested. It's not apnea, it's primary snoring. It's snoring noise without apnea. But it often ends up bothering, right?
Yeah, but it's not very loud. Worse than that? No, no, worse than that. She says no, she said you, you a little today. Okay. Now, if I'm going to pick on.
Him like this, you or a little, the doctor says.
But she keeps picking on me to get me to lo my belly. She wants my 20 year old shape. Right, honey? 20 year old shape. We've been together for 12, 13 years.
Wow. And you guys are a beautiful couple. You are beautiful. You are young, healthy and you have a lot to share, right? With the whole society. For you as a sleep doctor, to bring this information, this importance of sleep even improves the relationship itself. Because for you to have you said just now, CCI, that you returned after 20 days postpartum.
Yeah.
And that's all you did. You're online. I'm back. So you only did this because your health was also in good shape.
Health in good shape. I take great care of myself, right, Issa? My discipline with my health is something that is non negotiable. It's part of diet, physical exercise and the mental part staying in good shape. What do you do for the mental part? I was in therapy for a long time, but I'm not doing it anymore. I need to pick myself up to.
Get back to it too.
Get back to it and give myself this time. Okay? Because time is what we choose, where we put our energy, right? And, of course, prayer, faith. This establishes my mental health, which is very important to me.
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