post-partum
Adjective
Meaning
post-partum (not comparable)
Pertaining to the period immediately after childbirth.
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Such women also experience higher rates of Caesarean section and post-partum hemorrhage compared to those who have not undergone the procedure, and this risk increases with the severity of the procedure.
Dornase alfa did not elicit adverse effects on fetal or growth when administered to dams throughout most of gestation and delivery (Gestation days 6 to 25) and nursing (Post-partum days 6 to 21).
Following that awful experience, it was documented in my file (many times!) from my first post-partum doc visit onward that if/when I should ever have another child, it would be a scheduled C-section.
While autoimmune (Hashimoto’s) thyroiditis is the most common, there are other forms of thyroiditis, including post-partum thyroiditis, De Quervain's (also called subacute or granulomatous) thyroiditis, and viral thyroiditis, among others.
How do you manage post-partum, when people are usually bringing food and holding babies?"
Post-partum depression is not caused or aggravated by epidurals.