ReviewCurrent psychiatry reports2019
Maternal Sleep in Pregnancy and Postpartum Part II: Biomechanisms and Intervention Strategies.
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- The effect of physical activity on sleep disorders in pregnant people: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Pooled it
- Responsive parenting and Black mothers' postpartum sleep: Secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2024Trial
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- The implications of maternal sleep disruption on cardiovascular adaptations and cardiometabolic outcomes.The Lancet. Obstetrics, gynaecology, & women's health · 2026Article
- Postpartum Sleep Quality and Early Blood Pressure Levels After Cesarean Delivery in Women with Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: A Prospective Cohort Study.International journal of women's health · 2026Article
- Repeated device-based measures of daily movement, sedentary behavior, and sleep at 6 months postpartum: the Pregnancy Environment and Lifestyle Study-2 cohort.Sleep advances : a journal of the Sleep Research Society · 2026Article
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- Pathways to maternal health inequities: Structural racism, sleep, and physiological stress.Brain, behavior, and immunity · 2025Review
- Proposed domains of postpartum sleep: a concept elicitation study using qualitative interviews.Sleep advances : a journal of the Sleep Research Society · 2025Article
- The Concurrent and Longitudinal Relationship between Perinatal Sleep Difficulties and Depression in a Large Sample of High-Risk Women in South Africa.Maternal and child health journal · 2024Article
- Perceived social support predicts self-reported and objective health and health behaviors among pregnant women.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2022Article
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- Social-ecological considerations for the sleep health of rural mothers.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2021Article
- Postpartum sleep loss and accelerated epigenetic aging.Sleep health · 2021Article
- Sleep disturbances and inflammatory gene expression among pregnant women: Differential responses by race.Brain, behavior, and immunity · 2020Article
- Relationships between objective sleep parameters and inflammatory biomarkers in pregnancy.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2020Article
- Helping Mom Help Baby: Nutrition-Based Support for the Mother-Infant Dyad During Lactation.Frontiers in nutrition · 2020Review
- Postpartum dietary, sleep, and physical activity behaviors: A qualitative study to inform efforts to address postpartum weight retention.Women's health (London, England)Article
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4 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
purpose of reviewAs described in Part I of this two-part review, maternal sleep has wide-ranging implications for maternal health and overall family functioning. In addition, poor sleep quality and insufficient sleep are highly prevalent and characterized by considerable racial disparities. RECENT
findingsPart II of this review discusses physiological mechanisms, including inflammation and appetite hormones, by which sleep impacts multiple facets of women's health during pregnancy and postpartum. These mechanisms are increasingly being delineated, but require further study and better integration with studies of behavioral and physical health outcomes. Further, there are multiple potential strategies for improving maternal sleep, providing the opportunity to tailor treatment approaches to individual needs. Ultimately, as a critical health behavior that is amenable to intervention, sleep provides a promising future direction for measurably impacting clinically relevant health parameters in women of childbearing age.
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