peripartum period

These vulnerabilities, when affected by major hemorrhage or hypotension during the peripartum period, can result in ischaemia of the affected pituitary regions leading to necrosis.

Experiments designed and performed in the 1980s helped researchers understand the correlation between breastfeeding prior to a stressful event and the decreased stress response observed during the peripartum period.

For women susceptible to rubella who are given Rh Ig in the peripartum period, MMR should be administered as soon as possible following delivery to increase the likelihood that these susceptible women get vaccinated.