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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mansons2005, post: 272362, member: 121&quot;]Extract from a personal conversation I was having with a fellow forum member early this week. This was my simple explanation of 1st &amp; 2nd:</p><p><br /></p><p><i>&quot;Yeah, it was only a few hours ago that I went to bed. My sleep pattern is what many call &quot;off balance&quot; but in reality I sleep the way most of my family has slept for generations - the way our body clocks seem to deem it best. We are First and Second sleepers. First sleep seems to be a normal, but short light sleep. Then you wake up after a few hours. In modern society you are supposed to &quot;roll over and go back to sleep&quot; - I get up, read, write, maybe watch a bit television, maybe eat something, whatever, until I start to feel sleepy again - then it is back to bed for the Second Sleep. Usually this is a deeper, more refreshing sleep.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Historically many people slept in this manner. There have been modern studies done around it as well - particularly in the field of reproduction. It was not at all odd in our family to hear one of the children referred to as a First or Second Sleep baby due to personality and behavioral traits. There are now medical professionals recommending that couples having trouble conceiving sleep first, waken, try to conceive and then sleep again. It all sounds like hokum until you &quot;remember&quot; First and Second Sleep. </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Of course, being something of a night owl, I have more often than not foregone the First Sleep and only taken in the Second Sleep. My theory has been that &quot;Everyone should see the Sun RISE&quot;..........................THEN go to bed..............&quot;</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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