Sleep and pregnancy are contentious bedfellows
sleep disorders and disturbances are associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes, although much is still unknown about this relationship. Sleep and pregnancy have been studied in many models, but most focus heavily on mammals. However, pregnancy is ubiquitous across the animal kingdom - a hallmark of convergent evolution
similarly sleep is a shared feature across diverse species. Here, we present an ideal model in which to study the dynamics between sleep and pregnancy in invertebrates. The Pacific beetle mimic cockroach,