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POSTPARTUM meaning : 1. relating to the period of time after a baby has been born: 2. during the period after a baby…. Learn more. Postpartum is the period following childbirth, typically six weeks but can last longer. It involves physical, emotional, and mental recovery and care for new mothers and their babies. The postpartum period is the time after childbirth, typically lasting six to eight weeks. It has three phases: acute, subacute and delayed, each with different health risks and challenges for mothers and babies. postpartum pituitary necrosis necrosis of the pituitary during the postpartum period, resulting from an infarct; it is often associated with shock and excessive uterine bleeding during delivery, and leads to variable patterns of hypopituitarism. Called also Sheehan's syndrome.
