A Woman Has Just Had a Baby and Is Allowed

question 106

Multiple Choice

A woman has just had a baby and is allowed to have the newborn in the hospital room with her at night.On the third night,however,the nurses decide the woman needs her rest,since the baby has been waking up often in the night.If the baby woke its mother during each of her REM sleep periods,what would we expect on the night when the nurses looked after the baby and the mother was allowed to sleep through?

• A) the mother would be very irritable
• B) the mother would sleep, but wake up depressed
• C) the mother would increase her REM sleep that night
• D) the mother would experience an increase in Stage 1 sleep

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