Postpartum Health WisdomCard™
Our Guides and Physician Review team have organized the Top 10 Health Resources on Postpartum Health and compiled helpful research notes below.
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Research Notes on Postpartum Health
Postpartum care encompasses management of the mother, newborn, and infant during the postpartal period. This period usually is considered to be the six-week period after childbirth or until the reproductive organs return to their normal size. The physical and emotional care a woman receives during the postpartum period can influence her for the remainder of her life.
Fast Facts:
- Unless you have had a cesarean delivery, difficult birth or pregnancy complication, you can usually resume moderate exercise once you feel up to it.
- A postpartum mother may suffer from constipation or hemorrhoids.
- About 50% of postpartum mothers experience the baby blues. 10-20% of new mothers will experience postpartum depression
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Latest Headlines on Postpartum Health
What is Postpartum Health?
- Family Education: Postpartum Health Issues
- Childbirth Connection: Your Postpartum Health
- World Health Organization: Maternal and Newborn Health
- Healthline: Postpartum Care
- University of Iowa: Postpartum Care
What are Some Problems During the Postpartum Phase?
- About.com: What Postpartum Problems Require a Call to my Doctor?
- Mental Health America: Postpartum Disorders
- Organized Wisdom: Postpartum Depression | Postpartum Hemorrhage
- FamilyEducation: Warning Signs After Childbirth
What is the Postpartum Care After a Vaginal Delivery?
- Mayo Clinic: What to Expect After a Vaginal Delivery
- HealthGrades: Recovery From a Normal Vaginal Delivery
- Providence Health and Services: Perineum Care after Vaginal Delivery
What is the Postpartum Care After a Cesarean Section?
- BabyCenter: Recovering from a Cesarean
- Mayo Clinic: C-section: Birth and the Road to Recovery
- American Pregnancy Association: Cesarean Birth After Care
- C-Section Recovery: Practical Tips for Cesarean Recovery
- MedicineNet: Recovery After a C-Section
Exercise After Childbirth
- BabyCenter: Postpartum Exercise | Best Exercises for the First Month
- FamilyEducation: Exercise After Childbirth | Fitness and Physical Activity After Childbirth
- About.com: Quick Tips for Losing Postpartum Weight
Sex After Childbirth
- FamilyEducation: Sexuality After Childbirth
- About.com: 10 Tips for Great Postpartum Sex
- iVillage: Making Love After Childbirth: Do You Really Have to Wait?
- Dr. Spock: Painful Sex After Childbirth
- Prevention: Resuming Sex After Childbirth
Dads and Postpartum Health
- Postpartum Men: Helping Men Beat the Baby Blues and Overcome Depression
- CBS News: Do Men Get Postpartum Depression Too?
- BabyCenter: Can Men Get the Baby Blues?
- WebMD: Dads Have Postpartum Depression, Too
- Dr. Greene: Paternity Leave
Wisdom, Blogs, and Message Boards about Postpartum Health
- Babies Online: Postpartum Articles
- Families.com: Discussions About Postpartum Health
- Childbirth and Pregnancy Blog: Mom's Postpartum Health - Why New Moms Need Doctor Visits Too
Foundations and Support Groups on Postpartum Health
- Postpartum Health Alliance: Official Site
- Postpartum Support International: Official Site
- PPD Moms: Official Site
- Perinatal Foundation: Official Site
Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Postpartum Health
- Oxford Journals: Medical Journal Articles on Postpartum Health
- New England Journal of Medicine: Medical Journal Articles on Postpartum Health
- PubMed Central: Medical Journal Articles on Postpartum Health
- JAMA: Medical Journal Articles on Postpartum Health
- Google Scholar: Medical Articles on Postpartum Health
Clinical Trials on Postpartum Health
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Clinical Trials on Postpartum Health
- Center Watch: Clinical Trials on Postpartum Health
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- Contributor: Jacky Gamble
- Reviewer: Tara
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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- Contributor: Jacky Gamble
- Reviewer: Tara
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
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- Last update: Jun. 11, 2008
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.