Background and aim: Postpartum period is an exclusive period after birth which can act as a potential stressor and could be accompanied with psychological disorders. Social support could play an important role in maternal mental health. Considering various stressors and different levels of social support for women, this study aimed to compare postpartum stressors as well as social support level...

Using a protected triple lumen device, Neisseria gonorrhoeae or Chlamydia trachomatis, or both, were isolated from the endometriums of five out of 35 women with clinical postpartum endometritis compared with none of a control group of 30 puerperal women without endometritis (p less than 0.05) in Nairobi, Kenya. These sexually transmitted agents were also found in 12 cervical specimens from wome...

An intrauterine contraceptive device (iucd) is a widely acceptable reversible method of contraception for spacing of births. We determined the efficacy and safety of immediate postpartum iucd insertion during cesarean section. One hundred twenty two women with term pregnancies delivering by cesarean section between January 2012 to June 2013 were included in the study. A copper iucd (cu T380A) w...

Postpartum headache is described as headache and neck or shoulder pain during the first 6 weeks after delivery. Common causes of headache in the puerperium are migraine headache and tension headache; other causes include pre-eclampsia/eclampsia, post-dural puncture headache, cortical vein thrombosis, subarachnoid hemorrhage, posterior reversible leukoencephalopathy syndrome, brain tumor, cerebr...

Episiotomy is a very common operation but little is known of its short-term or long-term morbidity.A prospective study was designed to record postpartum perineal discomfort and to investigate the presence and persistence of dyspareunia following episiotomy in 140 primigravidae. A comparison was made between those whose perineal skin was sutured with a subcuticular polyglycolic acid (;Dexon') st...

Background: Postpartum maternal health status is essential to improving a postpartum mother's quality of life. The most common complaints in mothers are back pain and the syphilis region abdomen. These arise due diastasis rectus abdominis (DRA). Objective: To overcome DRA by using Bengkung-belly bind.Methods: This research was conducted on who experienced independent practice midwives Curup Cit...

OBJECTIVE To compare the maternal outcome, in terms of postpartum infection, of deliveries conducted by trained traditional birth attendants (TBAs) with those conducted by untrained birth attendants. METHODS The study took place in a rural area of Bangladesh where a local NGO (BRAC) had previously undertaken TBA training. Demographic surveillance in the study site allowed the systematic ident...

In this case report, we present a of 38-year-old woman with no cardiac history and risk factors who was admitted to the hospital spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) after pregnancy. Twelve years later, she suffered recurrent SCAD during her menopause. is rare occurrence acute syndromes recurrence even more rare. seems occur predominantly in females be related hormone levels. At first ...

During pregnancy, asymptomatic widening of the symphysis pubis by about one third is normal and considered physiological. However, peripartal relaxation of the symphyseal and sacroiliac ligaments may cause significant complaints conditions including pain and gait dysfunction. Usually, patients are treated by the application of pelvic binders and bed rest up to several weeks. Surgical stabilizat...

This study was conducted to compare the analgesic efficacy of four commonly used analgesics namely ibuprofen, analgin, paracetamol and aspirin in post-episiotomy pain. The subjects were healthy postpartum women on the obstetric service of Goa Medical College, each of whom received only one experimental medication. Subjective reports were used as indices of pain intensity or relief. Ibuprofen wa...