Sleep deprivation linked to infertility For women who are trying
to conceive, jumping eight hours of sleep could have a major
impact on whether or not they can conceive. While most people
need seven to nine hours of sleep each night to function well
the next day (NSF) National Sleep Foundation 1998 in a survey on
Women and sleep, found that the average woman between 30-60
sleeps only six hours and forty-one minutes during the work
week. Without adequate sleep, you can achieve optimum health and
wellbeing. On the other hand, one of the most important systems
of your body, the endocrine system, begins to malfunction. When
the system malfunctions endocrinomal, your ability to conceive
may be decreased drastically. The endocrine system plays one of
the most important roles in terms of regulation of ovulation.