Following delivery, rapid changes in maternal physiology occur, affecting maternal physical and psychological well-being.

Some of these are normal and expected, while others represent complications…sometimes serious complications.

Section I. CHANGES OF THE POSTPARTAL PATIENT

6-1. GENERAL

6-2. CHANGES IN THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM FOLLOWING DELIVERY

6-3. CHANGES IN THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM FOLLOWING DELIVERY

6-4. FACTS ABOUT THE URINARY SYSTEM FOLLOWING DELIVERY

6-5. FACTS ABOUT OVULATION AND MENSTRUATION FOLLOWING DELIVERY

6-6. FACTS ABOUT BREASTS AND LACTATION FOLLOWING DELIVERY

Section II. PSYCHOLOGICAL NEEDS OF THE POSTPARTAL PATIENT

6-7. GENERAL

6-8. PHASES OF THE RESTORATIVE PERIOD OF MATERNAL BEHAVIOR FOLLOWING DELIVERY

6-9. POSTPARTUM “BLUES”

6-10. MATERNAL ADAPTATION FOLLOWING DELIVERY

6-11. SPECIAL NURSING CARE NEEDS OF THE SINGLE MOTHER

Section III. COMPLICATIONS OF POSTPARTUM

6-12. POSTPARTAL HEMORRHAGE

6-13. HEMATOMAS

6-14. UTERINE SUBINVOLUTION

6-15. PUERPERAL INFECTION

6-16. THROMBOPHLEBITIS

6-17. MASTITIS

6-18. THE CESAREAN SECTION DELIVERY

6-19. POSTPARTAL PSYCHOSIS

6-20. GRIEF-STRICKEN MOTHER

Lesson 06: Self-Test