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Etching (Germany, c. 1731) illustrating the uncleanliness of the mother after giving birth, according to Jewish law. The Book of Leviticus states that a mother should be considered unclean for 40 days after giving birth to a boy and for 80 days after giving birth to a girl. The scene shows a mother in bed eating, surrounded by women and children.
[citation needed] The amount of discharge may increase due to vaginal infection, and it may disappear and reappear from time to time. This discharge can keep occurring for years, in which case it becomes more yellow and strong-smelling. It is usually a non-pathological symptom secondary to inflammatory conditions of the vagina or cervix. [5]
[13] [2] The discharge is usually white or slightly gray, and may have a musty smell. [13] [2] The normal discharge of pregnancy does not contain blood or cause itching. [13] The pH of the vaginal discharge in pregnancy tends to be more acidic than normal due to increased production of lactic acid. [13]
Lochia serosa which persists to some weeks after birth can indicate late postpartum hemorrhaging, and should be reported to a physician. Lochia alba (or purulenta) is the name for lochia once it has turned whitish or yellowish-white. It typically lasts from the second through the third to sixth weeks after delivery.
Women who have an anal tear are less likely to have resumed sex after six months [10] and one year, [11] but they have normal sexual function 18 months later. [12] Assisted vaginal delivery using suction or forceps is correlated with increases in the frequency or severity of painful sex, [8] the delay in resuming sex, and sexual problems. [13]
In the U.S. there have been two main avenues of wet nursing: One, the profession of wet nursing, has a long history of abuse and is bound by monetary exchange — or in the case of the antebellum ...
The rule of not wearing white after Labor Day does not have an exact known origin. However, some historians believe that while, on the one hand, it had to do with simply dressing appropriately for ...
A niddah (alternative forms: nidda, nida, or nidah; Hebrew: נִדָּה nidá), in traditional Judaism, is a woman who has experienced a uterine discharge of blood (most commonly during menstruation), or a woman who has menstruated and not yet completed the associated requirement of immersion in a mikveh (ritual bath).