American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 203, Issue 5 , Pages 465.e1-465.e7 , November 2010

Normative longitudinal maternal sleep: the first 4 postpartum months

Presented at the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Association of Professional Sleep Societies, Seattle, WA, June 6-11, 2009.

Received 25 February 2010 ,Revised 4 May 2010 ,Accepted 21 June 2010.

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 This research was funded by National Institutes of Health Grant no. R21 HD053836 (HM-D).

 Cite this article as: Montgomery-Downs HE, Insana SP, Clegg-Kraynok MM, et al. Normative longitudinal maternal sleep: the first 4 postpartum months. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2010;203:465.e1-7.

PII: S0002-9378(10)00837-9

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2010.06.057

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 203, Issue 5 , Pages 465.e1-465.e7 , November 2010

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