The word "puerperal" refers to the period immediately after a woman gives birth. Full definition
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17 Up to a quarter of all women giving birth in European and American hospitals in the 17th through 19th centuries died of puerperal fever, an infection spread by unhygienic nurses and doctors. (discovermagazine.com)
Death rates in childbirth finally began to drop in the 1930s with the introduction of sulfa antibiotics that were highly effective against the streptococcal bacteria responsible for most cases of puerperal fever. (slate.com)
Sometimes called puerperal psychosis or postpartum psychotic depression, this type of postpartum depression will develop in around one to two in 1,000 women. (verywellmind.com)