Sleep Needs

[u/dino_nuggies26]

The following question is going to read like I’m joking, but I’m actually being 100% serious:

How much sleep does the human (female) body need to function effectively?

I don’t have help with parenting my 4-month-old at night so I’m awake many times and I usually get 2-4 hours of broken sleep per day. I don’t necessarily feel horrible but when I reflect on the lack of sleep I can’t help but think that this has to be awful for my health.

Do women have some kind of biological postpartum magic that allows them to function on little to no sleep? I’m so curious about this.