>> THAT'S YOUR LATEST WEATHER. MATT?
>> THANK YOU. NOW TO OUR SPECIAL SERIES
"SNOOZE YOU CAN USE." THE STATISTICS ARE ALARMING.
68% OF AMERICANS EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS SLEEPING EVERY SINGLE
WEEK. >> I AM DEFINITELY IN THAT
CATEGORY, AND LIKE MANY OF YOU, MY BIGGEST ISSUE IS INTERRUPTED
SLEEP. I CALL IT MOM SLEEP, SO IN THE
NAME OF SCIENCE, I AGREED TO LET THEM FILM ME ALL NIGHT, TAKING
PART IN AN EXPERIMENT SPENDING A NIGHT AT A HOTEL TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES THAT COME WITH A HOST OF DISRUPTIONS.
TO WORK IN A JOB LIKE THIS IS TO BE OBSESSED WITH SLEEP.
>> GOOD MORNING TO YOU. >> I WAKE UP AND I DON'T FEEL
REFRESHED, BUT I'M MOTIVATED BECAUSE I KNOW THE CLOCK IS
TICKING TOWARDS 7:00 A.M. >> MOST OF THE TIME WHEN WE TALK
ABOUT SLEEP IT'S ALL ABOUT THE QUANTITY, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE
QUALITY? IT'S REALLY RARE THAT I FALL
ASLEEP AND STAY ASLEEP UNTIL MY ALARM GOES OFF.
>> AND APPARENTLY I'M NOT ALONE. A NEW REPORT REVEALS MORE THAN A
QUARTER OF MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN IN THE U.S. EXPERIENCE DIFFICULTY
FALLING AND STAYING ASLEEP FOUR OR MORE TIMES A WEEK.
AND IT MAY COME AS NO SURPRISE. SLEEP DEPRIVATION IS MORE COMMON
FOR MOMS SO TO FIND OUT HOW INTERRUPTED SLEEP MIGHT BE
AFFECTING ME, DR. CAROL ASHE, A SPEECH EXPERT, DESIGNED AN
OVERNIGHT EXPERIMENT. >> THERE'S SOME SIMPLE SCREENS
THAT WE'LL GO THROUGH THAT WILL GIVE US ESSENTIALLY YOUR SLEEP
IQ. >> SO, LET'S SEE.
PROBLEMS WAKING UP TOO EARLY. >> YEAH, THAT DOES HAPPEN
SOMETIMES. >> DR. ASHE OUTFITTED ME WITH A
SLEEP TRACKER WITH A WARNING THAT THE NIGHT AHEAD WOULD NOT
BE RESTFUL. >> SO WITH CAMERAS ROLLING, I
GOT INTO BED AT MY NORMAL BED TIME, 4:30 P.M.
>> I HAVE A FEW TRICKS. I HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO COUNT
SHEEP, READ SOMETHING KIND OF BORING, BUT NOT TOO BORING.
FIRST, I HAD TO FALL ASLEEP, BUT COULD I STAY ASLEEP?
APPARENTLY NOT. I KEPT HEARING THE BUZZING OF A
PHONE. THAT REALLY THREW ME SO I REALLY
HAD TO TRY TO RESET AND FALL ASLEEP AGAIN.
IT ISN'T ALWAYS EASY TO RESET AFTER THE ALL TOO FAMILIAR SOUND
OF A CRYING BABY. I CHECKED MY PHONE ONCE, AND I
SAW A MESSAGE BUT I TRIED NOT TO THINK ABOUT IT.
IT TOOK A WHILE BUT FINALLY I FALL BACK ASLEEP.
BUT THEN I'M INTERRUPTED ONCE AGAIN.
I JUST TRIED TO IGNORE IT, PUT THE PILLOW OVER MY HEAD AND ROLL
OVER. I DID NOT HAVE A VERY GOOD NIGHT
SLEEP AT ALL. I HEARD LITTLE NOISES AND THEN
AS OFTEN HAPPENS I WOKE UP BEFORE MY ALARM.
>> HI. >> HI, SAVANNAH.
SO HOW DID IT GO? >> I GUESS YOU'RE A MORNING
PERSON. >> WE TRIED TO REDUPLICATE A
TYPICAL NIGHT FOR PEOPLE THAT WAKE UP WITH THIS TYPE OF A
PROBLEM. >> I FEEL TIRED, BUT IT'S NO
WORSE THAN USUAL. >> YOU POOR THING.
>> NEVER FELT MORE SEXY THAN IN THAT MOMENT.
DR. CAROL ASHE IS HERE, AND SHE'S GOT THE RESULTS.
SHE'S AN EXPERTS AT RUTGERS RJW BARNABUS HEALTH.
GOOD MORNING. WHAT HAD A LOVELY NIGHT WE HAD
TOGETHER. >> THAT WAS IN A HOTEL.
NOT MY BABY WE WERE IGNORING IN THE EXPERIMENT.
WHAT WERE THE RESULTS? YOU HAVE THE FITBIT, THE VITALS.
TELL ME. WE DID FOUR SIMPLE
QUESTIONNAIRES. THE MOST TELLTALE WAS THE ONE
CALLED THE INSOMNIA SEVERITY INDEX, 14 OUT OF 28, RIGHT IN
THE MIDDLE SO YOU'RE DOING SOME THINGS OKAY.
YOU COULD BE DOING SOME THINGS BETTER.
WELL CHECKED YOUR VITALS, YOUR PULSE AND YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE.
THEY WERE OKAY, AND WE DID, WE USED THE FITBIT.
THAT TRACKS AVERAGE SLEEP-WAKE PATTERNS AND YOU HAD 20 EPISODES
OF RESTLESSNESS. IS THAT A LOT IN.
>> AVERAGE FITBIT USEERS IS 1 TO 30 BUT THE EPISODES OF
RESTLESSNESS, THE INTERRUPTIONS CAN BE A PROBLEM.
IF YOU GET EIGHT HOURS OF SLEEP WHICH IS WHAT WE GAVE YOU AS THE
OPPORTUNITY, THAT'S THE SAME IF YOU HAVE INTERRUPTIONS AS IF YOU
ONLY HAD FOUR HOURS OF SLEEP. >> OH, MY WORD.
>> THAT'S WHY I FEEL TERRIBLE. >> SO SHORT-TERM RAMIFICATIONS
OF INTERRUPTED SLEEP VERSUS LONG TERM.
>> WELL, THERE ARE DEFINITELY, MATT.
SHORT-TERM IMPLICATIONS THIS. YOUR FOCUS WILL BE OFF SO
SHORT-TERM FOCUS, YOUR ATTENTION SPAN IS BAD OF THE YOU'LL HAVE
DIFFICULTY WITH CRITICAL THINKING.
>> CHECK. >> MOODINESS.
DON'T SAY ANYTHING, AND MOOD PROBLEMS, YES, AND THERE'S
LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES, TOO. YOU CAN HAVE PROBLEMS, CARDIAC
PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS WITH YOUR HEART AND WEIGHT GAIN, AND
THERE'S NEW RESEARCH THAT SHOWS COGNITIVE DIFFICULTIES PUT YOU
AT RISK FOR ALZHEIMER'S AND DEMENTIA.
>> SAVANNAH SLEPT WITH A PILLOW ON HER HEAD.
ONE THING TO DO TO TRY TO BLOCK THINGS OUT.
ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO TRY TO MINIMIZE THE INTERRUPTED SLEEP?
>> ONE OF THE THINGS SHE DID GO. HAS HAS GO-TO SLEEP ROUTINE,
THAT'S REALLY GOOD AND WHEN WE HAD THE BABY CRYING.
SHE DIDN'T GET OUT OF BED. SHE LET THE BABY SELF-SSELF-SOO
>> THAT WAS A FAKE BABY. REAL BABY MIGHT BE DIFFERENT.
>> YOU COULDN'T FIX THE TEMPERATURE OF THE ROOM.
YOU WERE HOT, YOU TOLD US. >> YEAH.
>> AND THOSE ARE ALL THINGS WE CAN DEAL WITH.
>> THE GO-TO SLEEP IMPORTANT AND HERS, ERNEST AND JULIO