Purpose: To construct a theory of fatigue and sleep in nondepressed lower-income urban women in the 6 months after childbirth.
Design and Methods: We conducted this grounded theory study by recruiting participants from an inpatient postpartum unit in a Midwestern urban tertiary care facility. Sixteen participants, all of whom were negative for depressive symptoms, were interviewed at 1, 3, and 6 months postpartum.
