Immediately after the birth, on going assessments are performed with recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics and American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. They have identified that vital signs of blood pressure, and pulse, uterine position, and bleeding should be assessed every 15 minutes for the first two hours after birth. The temperature is then measured twice, four hours and eight hours after birth. This is to guard against postpartum infections, previously known as childbed fever or puerpal sepsis, one of the main causes of maternal mortality.
Postpartum physiological changes
Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome
Postpartum infections
Complications of pregnancy
Obstetric transition
Lactational amenorrhea
Maternal physiological changes in pregnancy
Postterm pregnancy