Bed sharing 'bad for your health', sleep expert says

**debbystewart** · #1 09-09-2009, 09:22 PM

What else with these so-called experts come up with???!!!

Couples should consider sleeping apart for the good of their health and relationship, say experts.

Sleep specialist Dr Neil Stanley told the British Science Festival how bed sharing can cause rows over snoring and duvet-hogging and robs precious sleep.

One study found that, on average, couples suffered 50% more sleep disturbances if they shared a bed.

Dr Stanley, who sleeps separately from his wife, points out that historically we were never meant to share our beds.

He said the modern tradition of the marital bed only began with the industrial revolution, when people moving to overcrowded towns and cities found themselves short of living space.

Read the full article at BBC NEWS | Health | Bed sharing 'bad for your health'

**fireladyst2** · #2 10-02-2009, 07:39 PM

Ok, I totally understand this one. I want to suggest this to my husband! He has severe sleep apnea and he does wild, crazy things in his sleep. He will sit up and yell and cuss, talk non stop, snore so loud, and the other night he threw himself off the bed and knocked himself out on the night stand because he was dreaming I threw a baby alligator at him! There is never a dull moment in my house between him and my two year old (who has his sleep habits). I am lucky to get 4 hours of sleep a night.

I am not completely innocent though, I do sleep walk. We have gone to sleeping with separate comforters because we were fighting over hogging the blankets. That was a wise choice!