Sentences with phrase «weeks after a vaginal delivery»

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Most doctors say six weeks after a normal vaginal delivery and she is good to go.

The bleeding is lighter than after a vaginal delivery and usually only lasts up to 6 weeks.

You'll appreciate the extra set of hands plus many women with stitches (either from a C - section or vaginal delivery) might not be allowed to drive in the first week or two after giving birth.

My daughter was born at 37 weeks, 2 days after a difficult unmedicated labor, and vaginal delivery.

Research also suggests that women who use hospital - based birthing centers are more likely to have a normal vaginal birth and more likely to be breast - feeding six to eight weeks after delivery than those who give birth in a typical hospital setting, said Ellen Hodnett, a professor of nursing at the University of Toronto and a review author for the Cochrane Collaboration Pregnancy and Childbirth Group.

Try limiting to women age 20 - 44, with at least high school education, delivering week 39 or later, with babies weighing at least 2000 grams and vaginal delivery, dying within 28 days after delivery.

For best effects, the hips need to be bound the first week postpartum after a vaginal delivery and within 4 to 6 weeks postpartum after a cesarean section.

Urinary incontinence (UI) has an effect on quality of life during the postpartum period.1, 2 Fear of UI is one of the most common reasons for maternal demand for cesarean delivery.3, 4 The muscle strength of the pelvic floor returns to the antepartum value 6 — 10 weeks postpartum in most women.5, 6 However, UI symptoms after delivery do not resolve in the long term in some women.7, 8 Studies have variously concluded that the prevalence of UI changed9 or did not change within 6 months or 1 year postpartum.10, 11 A higher prevalence or incidence of UI has been observed in women who had a vaginal delivery than in women who underwent cesarean delivery.10 — 18 In contrast, a recent study found that vaginal delivery was not associated with postpartum UI.19 The long - term protective effect of cesarean delivery has not been determined.20 Validated and reliable questionnaires to evaluate UI, including severity and quality of life, are needed for postpartum evaluation.21 However, comparisons of UI severity and the effect on daily life between women who have had vaginal and cesarean deliveries are scarce.22

No association between vaginal delivery and interference with daily life was observed after 6 weeks, which supports a previous study.22 Additionally, the prevalence of moderate or severe UI in the vaginal delivery group was higher than that in the cesarean delivery group at 3 — 5 days, perhaps because pelvic floor muscle strength is significantly reduced at 3 — 8 days after vaginal delivery, but this is not the case after cesarean delivery.6