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- 1. following childbirth or the birth of young: "the custom of postpartum abstinence"
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Period beginning immediately after the birth of a child and extending for about six weeks
The postpartum period begins after childbirth and is typically considered to last for six weeks. There are three distinct phases of the postnatal period; the acute phase, lasting for six to twelve hours after birth; the subacute phase, lasting six weeks; and the delayed phase, lasting up to six months. During the delayed phase, some changes to the genitourinary system take much longer to resolve a... Wikipedia