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...

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Vaccinations-Inoculations During Pregnancy

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Uterus

Description # The uterus changes radically during pregnancy and puerperium. # Size and Weight Decrease # Immediately after childbirth, the u...

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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...

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Tests During Delivery

Description The following tests and examinations are necessary for insuring the safety and health of mother and child. Uterine contractions ...

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Stomach

Description Some mothers are surprised to discover that their stomachs are still large after giving birth. The stomach will get smaller, but...

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Stages of Labor

Description Labor describes the uterus' efforts (contractions) to push the fetus out of the birth canal. Stages Childbirth labor is cont...

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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...

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Sexual Activity after Childbirth

Description # Sexual activity (coitus) may resume when bleeding has subsided. # Bleeding and infection are remote 14-21 days after childbirt...

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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;...

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Puerperal Fever

Also known as Childbed fever Description # Infection after childbirth is generally puerperal fever, and rise in body temperature is an impor...

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Puerperium

Description # Puerperium is the period from termination of pregnancy to the involution of the uterus, traditionally 6 weeks. # Involution of...

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Postpartum Exercise

Description # Postpartum exercise has the following effects: It helps the woman return to her prepregnancy weight or condition. # It tighten...

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Postpartum Depression

Definition Postpartum depression occurs in 8-15% of postpartum women, 3-6 months after childbirth. Depressed mothers have less social intera...

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Postpartum Care

Description # Puerperium, the time when the physical changes caused by pregnancy return to their pregnancy state, lasts until 6 weeks after ...

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Postpartum Blues

Description "Postpartum blues" is a mood disturbance experienced up to 70% of postpartum patients within 3-6 days after delivery. ...

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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...

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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,...

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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...

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Perineotomy Region

Description # Many germs inhabit the surrounding perineotomy region, but childbirth wounds can heal quickly without medical intervention. # ...

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