Definition of "postpartum" [postpartum]

• Of or occurring in the period shortly after childbirth: postpartum complications. (adjective)

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• "And I-- I would have what they call postpartum panic attacks, where, literally -- I don't know how people couldn't see that, I was shaking so bad internally."
• "A very small percentage of women will experience what is referred to as postpartum psychosis, a serious but rare illness affecting one to two of every one thousand new mothers."
• "These early months are called the postpartum period."