Horstmann, Liebhaber, and Kohorn (1970) reported on the administration of Cendehill rubella vaccine to seronegative and seropositive women in the puerperium. Their study was conducted in New Haven, Connecticut. This paper gives the results of a similar but smaller study made on women delivered at Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital. It was undertaken to ascertain whether it is safe, effective,...

INTRODUCTION The puerperium is a stage that produces changes and adaptations in women, couples and family. Effective coping, during this stage, depends on the relationship between the demands of stressful or difficult situations and the recourses that the puerperal individual has. Roy (2004), in her Middle Range Theory about the Coping and Adaptation Processing, defines Coping as the ''behavior...

HOSHIAT, H., TAKAHASHI, K., FURUHASHI, N., WADA, Y., UEHARA, S. and SUZUKI, M. Cytoplasmic Estrogen Receptors of Rat Mammary Glands during Pregnancy and Puerperium. Tohoku J. exp. Med., 1982, 136 (2), 195-202 The variation of cytoplasmic estrogen receptor in the mammary gland during pregnancy and puerperium was studied to determine the role of estrogens in the mechanism of lactation. Cytosol es...

A 38-year-old multiparous woman with post thyroidectomy hypoparathyroidism developed pruritic erythematous patches with multiple pustules on its margins on her thighs and groin accompanied by fever few days after delivery by caesarean section. Impetigo herpetiformis was diagnosed based on the typical clinicopathological findings. The patient was treated with intravenous fluids, calcium, Calcitr...

THE marked changes in hormone production in pregnancy are associated with changes in metabolism and function. Much of the work which has been done and is being continued in the Clinical Research Unit of this department is concerned with the changes in body composition in normal and abnormal pregnancy and the puerperium and in the uterine activity in la;bour. The earlier endocrine work had been ...

OBJECTIVE To document the beliefs and practices of traditional midwifes in regard to pregnancy, delivery and puerperium. METHOD Taking advantage of a training course for 160 local traditional midwives from the Media and Huasteca regions of San Luis Potosí State, Mexico. Two of the teacher-nurses interviewed 25 of them, supported by a member of Náhuatl and Tenek communities. The participant's ...

Total cortisol and progesterone in the maternal peripheral sera were determined by radioimmunoassay. Total cortisol was measured in 196 sera, and progesterone in 203 sera obtained randomly throughout pregnancy. And serial estimations of both steroid hormone levels were also made simultaneously in 6 normal pregnant women during late pregnancy, labour and puerperium. Total cortisol and progestero...