Postpartum Women:

Terms Related to Postpartum Women

• Puerperal Infection

  An infection occurring in the puerperium or postpartum period.

• Obstetrical Analgesia

  The elimination of sensibility to pain, without the loss of consciousness, during labor, delivery, and possibly the postpartum period, usually through the administration of narcotic ...

• Fertile Period

  The normal physiologic discharge through the vagina of blood and mucosal tissues from the nonpregnant uterus.

• First Trimesters

  Period of pregnancy from the first day of the last normal menstrual period through the completion of 14 weeks (98 days) of gestation.