postpartum
IPA: poʊspˈɑrtʌm
noun
- The period immediately following childbirth.
- (informal) Ellipsis of postpartum depression. [(psychiatry) Depression experienced by a parent, usually the mother, after childbirth.]
adjective
- Of a mother: after giving birth (often defined as within 30 days after childbirth).
adverb
- After giving birth.
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Examples of "postpartum" in Sentences
- PGP can begin peri or postpartum.
- Postpartum pelvic floor dysfunction.
- Postpartum and post abortion insertion.
- This is referred to as postpartum pre eclampsia.
- Is this a bestial analogue to postpartum depression.
- Intravenous oxytocin is the drug of choice for postpartum hemorrhage.
- This abnormality can continue postpartum until the end of the first year.
- Postpartum depression isn't related to child murder, postpartum psychosis is.
- Postpartum psychosis is the most severe form of postpartum psychiatric illness.
- Services will include preconception counseling, prenatal care visits, and postpartum checkup.