{"id":28507,"date":"2026-09-05T08:35:55","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T06:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/05\/waking-up-at-3-a-m-when-its-normal-and-when-its-not\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T08:35:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T06:35:55","slug":"waking-up-at-3-a-m-when-its-normal-and-when-its-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/05\/waking-up-at-3-a-m-when-its-normal-and-when-its-not\/","title":{"rendered":"Waking Up at 3 A.M.? When It\u2019s Normal and When It\u2019s Not"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIt is common to have multiple awakenings at night that are brief,\u201d says <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuftsmedicine.org\/doctor\/aarti-grover\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/www.tuftsmedicine.org\/doctor\/aarti-grover\" cmp-ltrk=\"Article Links\" cmp-ltrk-idx=\"16\" mrfobservableid=\"9e392507-e107-4d9b-b1e1-69b84f8dfee2\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aarti Grover, MD<\/a>, the medical director of sleep medicine at Tufts Medical Center in Boston. \u201cYou can have up to two to three short awakenings in most adults, which typically do not disrupt your sleep.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>People typically go through five full sleep cycles per night, with each lasting about 90 minutes, Dr. Grover explains. \u201cDuring the first half of the night, slow-wave sleep, which is typically deep sleep, is prioritized,\u201d she says. The latter half of the night involves more stage one (the lightest phase of sleep) and REM sleep, which is typically when we dream, Grover says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTransitioning into lighter sleep can lead to more awakenings with minor disruptions from a faint noise, temperature change, or subtle movements,\u201d she adds.<\/p>\n<p>Levels of the stress hormone <a href=\"https:\/\/www.everydayhealth.com\/cortisol\/guide\/\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/www.everydayhealth.com\/cortisol\/guide\/\" cmp-ltrk=\"Article Links\" cmp-ltrk-idx=\"17\" mrfobservableid=\"657f8c7e-42e0-4e0d-92d4-2832815b1372\">cortisol<\/a> may also play a role.<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"echo_read_more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.everydayhealth.com\/sleep\/waking-up-at-three-am-causes-solutions\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0More Info >>><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIt is common to have multiple awakenings at night that are brief,\u201d says Aarti Grover, MD, the medical director of sleep medicine at Tufts Medical Center in Boston. \u201cYou can have up to two to three short awakenings in most adults, which typically do not disrupt your sleep.\u201d People typically go through five full sleep<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":28508,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","wpai_meta_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[36,4570],"class_list":["post-28507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-mixtv","tag-sleep"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}