Beat night sweats and sleep easy

Night sweats are one of the main causes of disrupted sleep during the menopause, but help is at hand for a cool and comfortable night

Some women may never have problems with night sweats until they go through the menopause, during which they can result in discomfort and exhausting restlessness. Does this sound familiar? You settle down and go to sleep… After a couple of hours, you wake boiling hot, feeling clammy and sweaty. You chuck o the duvet to cool down but within minutes you feel cold, so you grab the duvet and settle down – only to wake in a matter of hours feeling hot and sweaty again! And so a cycle of disturbed sleep is established. In the morning, quite understandably, you feel dog-tired and struggle to face the day having had insu cient rest.

Wool and wool duvets cannot prevent night sweats – our Southdown sheep are clever but not that clever! What our products can do, however, is reduce the discomfort of night sweats and the associated sleep disruption.

Wool wicks moisture away from your body and it simply evaporates through the duvet. Wool has the ability to absorb

“We started using one of your wool duvets and hey presto, a perfect night’s rest”

up to 30 per cent of its own weight in moisture, so it works all night long – doing what it does best, keeping you warm but dry.

Feathers and down cannot wick moisture in this way – these fibres evolved to repel moisture away from them (ducks rely on the waterproofing that their feathers provide otherwise they would sink) so under feathers, your sweat gets trapped between you and the duvet. That’s what wakes you in a hot and clammy state of discomfort.

Synthetic duvet fillings are only likely to worsen the symptoms of night sweats. Many of our happy customers say that sleeping under a wool duvet for the first time is a revelation. Others take a little while before they begin to feel the benefits, but the consensus is unanimous – there is no going back to other bedding once you’ve tried a wool duvet.

We send our duvets out in lovely carrier bags and customers are increasingly using them as travel bags because they are not prepared to sleep under anything else.

As one of our customers recently said: ‘This is a great product. My wife had been having hot sweats at night, waking up in discomfort. We were using a high-quality goose down duvet. We then started using one of your lambswool duvets and hey presto, no more night sweats and a perfect night’s rest for both of us.’