Which of these best defines puerperium:: (A) A period of 6 weeks following expulsion of placenta, (B) A period after 6 weeks of delivery upto 12 weeks, (C) A period of 24 hrs after delivery, (D) The entire peripaum period upto 6 weeks following childbih
Answer is A. Puerperium begins as soon as the placenta is expelled and lasts for approximately 6 weeks when the uterus and all other pelvic organs regress back almost to the non-pregnant size and function