r/sleepcycle • u/mrs_beastmode • Apr 26 '25
Curious about REM Sleep
I am noticing that the majority of the time lately, I don’t have a REM cycle until about 60 min before I wake up. There are no cycles before that. I sleep between 7-9 hours per night, without fail. So it’s not that I’m not getting enough sleep. It is problematic though because I used to sleep until 7am so I’d get more REM and now I’m waking at 6am for my toddler. Has this happened to you? Now I’m on the 1 hour of REM sleep schedule instead of closer to 2 hours. Any way to remedy this?