“…PPF is one of the foremost concerns noted by women after childbirth (Carty, Bradley, & Winslow, 1996;Chapman, Macey, Keegan, Borum, & Bennett, 1985;Gjerdingen, Froberg, Chaloner, & McGovern, 1993;Martell, 2001;Mercer, 1986;O'Reilly, 2004;Ruchala & Halstead, 1994). In the words of feminist author Barbara Katz Rothman (1989), "New parenthood in America is experienced as above all else an exercise in sleep deprivation" (p. 100).…”