period+of+childbirth
21postpartum depression — depression common in women during the period following childbirth …
22accouchement — the period of childbirth • What was a euphemism in French becomes doubly so in standard English use: Queen Victoria had taken a personal interest in the Empress s accouchement and has sent... one of her ladies in waiting to be present… …
23confinement — the period of childbirth Literally, no more than be cooped up, as in prison. Standard English: The women continue working down to the day of their confinement. (Mayhew, 1851) Thus to be confined, which might be taken as being unable… …
24steg month — obsolete the period around childbirth when a husband might copulate extramaritally with relative impunity From being a gander in northern English dialect, wandering about while the goose was hatching the goslings, a steg became an… …
25post-natal — adjective occurring in or relating to the period after childbirth. Derivatives post natally adverb …
26puerperium — /pjuəˈpɪəriəm/ (say pyoohuh pearreeuhm) noun the period following childbirth during which the organs of reproduction are returning to normal, usually lasting six weeks. {Latin} …
27post-natal — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ occurring in or relating to the period after childbirth. DERIVATIVES post natally adverb …
28post-natally — post natal ► ADJECTIVE ▪ occurring in or relating to the period after childbirth. DERIVATIVES post natally adverb …
29postpartum — [pōst΄pär′təm] adj. [L < post , POST + partum, acc. of partus, a bringing forth < parere, to bear: see PAROUS] of the period following childbirth …
30postnatal — adj. characteristic of or relating to the period after childbirth …
