puerperal
Following giving birth
Puerperal means relating to or occurring during childbirth or the period immediately following it.
The term appears mainly in medical contexts: puerperal fever is an infection of the reproductive tract after delivery, once a leading cause of maternal death.
The puerperal period typically refers to the six weeks after giving birth.
Inward-turning process
- fundalOf the fundus
- afterpainsUterine contractions post-delivery
- engorgementOverfilling causing swelling
- episiotomyPerineal incision during labor
perineum · colostrum · postpartum · postnatal · meconium · placenta · amniotic · oxytocin
Infant's emergence from womb
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
- parturitionAct of giving birth
- cesareanSurgical childbirth method
midwife · obstetrician · doula · contractions · birth · neonate · perinatal · forceps
Post-illness healing phase
- healingRestoration of health
- recuperationGradual return to health
- restCessation of activity
- involutionInward-turning process
restoration · nourishment · support · well-being · self-care · rehabilitation · postpartum · lying-in
Dangerous inflammatory infection response
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- childbedState during labor
- mortalityState of eventual death
- antisepsisPrevention of infection
streptococcus · epidemic · historical · contagion · hygiene · fever
State of being a female parent
- newbornInfant just delivered
- infantVery young child
- babyVery young child
- attachmentConnection or fondness
nurturing · bonding · maternal · skin-to-skin · kangaroo · cradling · swaddling · rooming-in
Mammary gland secretion
- breastfeedingLactation-based infant nourishment
- nursingMedical caretaking profession
- colostrumInitial postpartum milk
- sucklingUnweaned infant mammal
latch · letdown · engorgement · weaning · expressing · nipple · breast · feed
involution
Inward-turning process
- fundalOf the fundus
- afterpainsUterine contractions post-delivery
- engorgementOverfilling causing swelling
episiotomy · perineum · colostrum · postpartum · postnatal · meconium · placenta · amniotic · oxytocin · hemorrhage
childbirth
Infant's emergence from womb
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
- parturitionAct of giving birth
cesarean · midwife · obstetrician · doula · contractions · birth · neonate · perinatal · forceps · breech
convalescence
Post-illness healing phase
- healingRestoration of health
- recuperationGradual return to health
- restCessation of activity
involution · restoration · nourishment · support · well-being · self-care · rehabilitation · postpartum · lying-in · confinement
sepsis
Dangerous inflammatory infection response
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- childbedState during labor
- mortalityState of eventual death
antisepsis · streptococcus · epidemic · historical · contagion · hygiene · fever
motherhood
State of being a female parent
attachment · nurturing · bonding · maternal · skin-to-skin · kangaroo · cradling · swaddling · rooming-in · cradle
lactation
Mammary gland secretion
- breastfeedingLactation-based infant nourishment
- nursingMedical caretaking profession
- colostrumInitial postpartum milk
suckling · latch · letdown · engorgement · weaning · expressing · nipple · breast · feed · milk
puerperalprenatal
Before birth
antenatal · antepartum · prepartum · gestational · predelivery
- puerperal feverPost-childbirth uterine infection