TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - The Puerperium A1 - Moretti, Felipe A2 - Posner, Glenn D. A2 - Dy, Jessica A2 - Black, Amanda A2 - Jones, Griffith D. PY - 2015 T2 - Oxorn-Foote Human Labor & Birth, 6e AB - The puerperium is the period that begins after the delivery of the placenta and lasts until the reproductive organs have returned to approximately their prepregnant condition. The puerperium is usually considered to last 6 weeks. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Medical CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - obgyn.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1106378981 ER -