Integral of $\int_{-\infty}^\infty\frac{e^{-y^2/2} \sinh(cy)^2} {\cosh(Mcy) }dy$

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Is it difficult to compute or find a good computable lower bound on the integral \begin{align*} \int_{-\infty}^\infty\frac{e^{-y^2/2} \sinh(cy)^2} {\cosh(Mcy) }dy \end{align*} where $c$ and $M$ are constants.

It's not hard to see that the integral is convergent but how should this be approached?

I feel like this integral has already been looked at?

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Notice that

$$ I = I(M,c) := \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \frac{e^{-y^2/2}\sinh^2 (cy)}{\cosh(Mcy)} \, dy = \frac{1}{c} \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \frac{e^{-y^2/2c^2}\sinh^2 y}{\cosh(My)} \, dy. $$

Then as $c \to \infty$ and $M > 2$,

$$ I \sim \frac{1}{c} \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \frac{\sinh^2 y}{\cosh(My)} \, dy = \frac{\pi}{2Mc}(\sec(\pi/M) - 1). $$