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In the field of obstetrics, lochia is the vaginal discharge after giving birth, containing blood, mucus, and uterine tissue. [1] Lochia discharge typically continues for four to eight weeks after childbirth, [2] a time known as the postpartum period or puerperium.
The length of postnatal hospital stay has changed internationally since the 19th century when giving birth at hospitals were first introduced. [5] Following World War II, the length of postnatal hospital discharge has been declining, leading to global increases in early postnatal hospital discharge. [5] [6] [7]
Mary Wollstonecraft, author of Vindication of the Rights of Woman, died ten days after giving birth to her second daughter, who grew up to write Frankenstein. Other notables include African-American poet Phillis Wheatley (1784), British housekeeping authority Isabella Beeton, and American author Jean Webster in 1916 died of puerperal fever.
Vaginal discharge, termed "lochia", can be expected to continue for several weeks; initially bright red, it gradually becomes pink, changing to brown, and finally to yellow or white. [66] At one time babies born in hospitals were removed from their mothers shortly after birth and brought to the mother only at feeding times. [67]
Early postnatal hospital discharge is typically defined as discharge of the mother and newborn from the hospital within 48 hours of birth. The postpartum period can be divided into three distinct stages; the initial or acute phase, 8–19 hours after childbirth; subacute postpartum period, which lasts two to six weeks, and the delayed ...
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