As a double board-certified doctor in Sleep Medicine and Psychiatry, I thought I understood sleep completely. Then I experienced pregnancy and postpartum myself and realized how little attention we actually pay to women's unique sleep needs.

Women routinely receive generic sleep advice that ignores how hormones, menstrual cycles, and major life transitions affect rest. Despite clear research linking women's hormones to sleep quality, most women never learn these connections.

Too often the sleep challenges go untreated and women are told their insomnia is "just stress," that restless nights during pregnancy are "a part of being pregnant," or that frequent night wakings are "normal aging" when there are specific, treatable causes.

I'm building Sleep for Women because women deserve to understand why and how sleep is disrupted during different life phases and what actually works to address those challenges. Every woman deserves sleep solutions that work for her body and stage of life!