BACKGROUND While many are familiar with postpartum depression, the phenomenon of postpartum post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is less well known and investigated. OBJECTIVES To assess the prevalence of postpartum PTSD in a cohort of women in Israel and examine factors affecting its development. METHODS Eighty-nine women completed several ratings immediately post-delivery and after a mon...

Bacterial infection related to epidural catheterizations could occur. In general, the incidence of postoperative infection at the insertion site is very low. Paucity literatures are reported for paraspinal muscle infection after epidural analgesia in parturient. We report a case of paraspinal muscle infection shortly after epidural analgesia in a parturient, who was subjected to because of thre...

STUDY DESIGN A follow-up study of women with pelvic pain during pregnancy. OBJECTIVES To evaluate prognostic factors for pelvic pain. METHODS Out of a cohort of 870 pelvic pain patients, 598 women, who delivered less than 42 months prior to the follow-up measurement, were selected for follow-up. RESULTS Data of 430 women were available for analysis with a mean follow-up duration of 18 mon...

Postpartum pain experienced by every woman has varying degrees of with different thresholds. Post partum is caused a tear in the birth canal / perineum due to an episiotomy aim preventing spontaneous perineal tearing and facilitating delivery. The research method used experimental pre-experimental design techniques. Experimental carried out find effect certain treatments under controlled condit...

Postpartum period is a crucial time both for the mother and baby. Complications during this phase can cause lot of mental trauma economic loss. A 36-year-old P5+0 lady presented with pain in abdomen fever second week postpartum. She had superficial right lower abdominal tenderness. Her normal vaginal delivery was uneventful. CT scan revealed collection between parietal layer rectus muscle exten...