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Sleep disorders and excessive daytime sleepiness are particularly frequent during pregnancy and are likely to be influenced by changes in reproductive hormones, morphological modifications and sometimes psychological aspects that accompany pregnancy. The frequency of these disturbances increases throughout the pregnancy while they disappear generally some weeks after the delivery. The restless legs syndrome and insomnia are the most frequent. The detection of a sleep apnea syndrome is of utmost importance because potentially source of foetomaternal complications. The management of the sleep disorders during pregnancy is specific and must be adapted to the pregnancy by avoiding if possible appeal to medications.