While it’s unrealistic to expect to sleep soundly every night it’s important that for the most part you are getting adequate sleep and we know that time in bed doesn’t always mean sleep. It’s good practice to start noting how many disruptions you experience to your sleep, kids, partners snoring, environmental noise and start noting how many hours of unbroken sleep you actually get.

Getting an adequate number of REM cycles while you're asleep is important, as a shortage of REM sleep can lead to, compromised immunity, poor brain function, increase in the risk of Alzheimer’s and dementia, inability to lose weight and even fertility issues.

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