Description Many problems may occur during puerperium, the period from the end of the third stage of labor until the involution of the uteru...
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Daily Life
Description The rate at which a woman recovers after delivery, feels less discomfort, and has the ability to be active differs from person t...
Forceps Delivery
Description # Forceps delivery uses large forceps (i.e., a large, spoon-shaped instrument) that assists delivery by holding the baby's h...
Fetal Monitoring
Description Delivering a healthy child without harming the mother is a key objective of childbirth, so monitoring the changes in the baby...
First Stage of Labor
Description # This stage can be divided into the ready period, during which time the uterus dilates to 3 cm, and the active period, when reg...
Hospitalization
Description When nearing the time of delivery, it is very important to know when to go to the hospital. The following is a discussion of the...
Management of Delivery
Description Various difficulties and conditions can occur at the time of delivery, requiring procedures to relieve the mother, and safeguard...
Human Milk Feeding
Description # The saying "breast is the best" has its origin in biologic merit. # Studies have confirmed that even undernourished ...
Labor Signs
Description Many changes, like fetal lightening, irregular uterine contractions, and an increase in vaginal secretions, occur 2-3 weeks befo...
Miscarriage
Also known as Abortion Description # The fetus is unable to survive outside its mother's womb until approximately the 24th week of pregn...
Perineorrhaphy
Also known as Episiotomy repair Description # Perineorrhaphy is the surgical repair of the perineum, usually after an episiotomy has been ma...
Perineotomy Region
Description # Many germs inhabit the surrounding perineotomy region, but childbirth wounds can heal quickly without medical intervention. # ...
Perineum and Vagina
Description The body prepares for delivery by releasing hormones from the placenta and making the vagina more elastic and wider. A warm sitz...
Physical Changes After Birth
Description The body's ability to recover after childbirth is remarkable. While some areas will not return to their same original state,...
Postpartum Activity
Description There are individual differences, but in the absence of complications, a mother can walk within a few hours of delivery; after a...
Postpartum Blues
Description "Postpartum blues" is a mood disturbance experienced up to 70% of postpartum patients within 3-6 days after delivery. ...
Postpartum Care
Description # Puerperium, the time when the physical changes caused by pregnancy return to their pregnancy state, lasts until 6 weeks after ...
Postpartum Depression
Definition Postpartum depression occurs in 8-15% of postpartum women, 3-6 months after childbirth. Depressed mothers have less social intera...
Postpartum Exercise
Description # Postpartum exercise has the following effects: It helps the woman return to her prepregnancy weight or condition. # It tighten...
Puerperium
Description # Puerperium is the period from termination of pregnancy to the involution of the uterus, traditionally 6 weeks. # Involution of...
Puerperal Fever
Also known as Childbed fever Description # Infection after childbirth is generally puerperal fever, and rise in body temperature is an impor...
Resumption of Menstruation
Description If the woman is not breast-feeding, menstruation returns within 6 weeks of delivery. After 3 months, 70-90% of women menstruate;...
Sexual Activity after Childbirth
Description # Sexual activity (coitus) may resume when bleeding has subsided. # Bleeding and infection are remote 14-21 days after childbirt...
Sitz Bath
Description All new mothers should know the benefits of a sitz (hip) bath. 1. It prevents inflammation around the perineotomy region and red...
Stages of Labor
Description Labor describes the uterus' efforts (contractions) to push the fetus out of the birth canal. Stages Childbirth labor is cont...
Stomach
Description Some mothers are surprised to discover that their stomachs are still large after giving birth. The stomach will get smaller, but...
Tests During Delivery
Description The following tests and examinations are necessary for insuring the safety and health of mother and child. Uterine contractions ...
Uterine Atonic Bleeding
Description Uterine atonic bleeding is massive bleeding during puerperium (the period from the end of the last stage of labor and the return...
Uterus
Description # The uterus changes radically during pregnancy and puerperium. # Size and Weight Decrease # Immediately after childbirth, the u...
Vacuum-assisted Delivery
Description A bowl-like apparatus is attached to a baby's head and the air between the baby's head and the apparatus is sucked out t...
Amniotic Fluid Examination
Also known as:- Amniocentesis Indications for amniocentesis 1. The mother is 35 or older at the time of delivery. The probability of fetal m...
Cesarean Section
Description # This surgical method of delivery requires that an incision be made in the mother's stomach and uterus so the baby can be r...
Breast Cancer Detection
Description American Cancer Society Recommendations for Early Breast Cancer Detection: Doctors recommend you begin practicing breast self-ex...
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