postpartum

CEFRC1

/ˌpəʊstˈpɑː(ɹ)təm/

adjective · adverb · noun

Türkçe translations

Translating…

In plain English

01
adjective
Relating to the period after a woman gives birth.
02
adjective
Extra detail
The period immediately following childbirth.

Examples

Obstetrics deals with pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period.
Mennad talked about postpartum depression.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 5
Parts of speech: 3
Citations: 5
Synonyms: 3

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meaning

After giving birth (often defined as within 30 days after childbirth).

adverb

Extra meaning

After giving birth.

noun

Extra meaning

Ellipsis of postpartum depression.

More examples

In context

Postpartum was hard. When I first thought about having a baby, postpartum wasn't on my mind at all. I was just excited to have a brand-new baby that I could call mine.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

Many new women suffer from blank depression during the weeks following childbirth.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

Nearby

Citations

The word in print, with each source given in full.

A non-hormonal birth control capsule that women can insert just before sex. A rape kit that gives victims more agency and streamlines the evidence collection process. An overhauled design for a 150-year-old tool used in postpartum vaginal tearing.
2021 June 8, Jacqui Palumbo, “These innovative designs are tackling taboo health issues for women”, in CNN
Nothing surprising there (although one relative of mine unequivocally LOVES being pregnant), but what particularly struck me was her complaint that it had messed up her feet, of all things. They had spread out and flattened under the weight of pregnancy, and hurt. It was getting on for a year postpartum and her poor feet were only just getting back to normal.
2012 January 10, Amy Fleming, “The mother of all maternity shoes”, in The Guardian
Postpartum was hard. When I first thought about having a baby, postpartum wasn't on my mind at all. I was just excited to have a brand-new baby that I could call mine.
2019, Maranda Bower, Supported in Postpartum: Stories of Rejuvenating Wisdom, page 54
Brooke made a face at her. “You've always been disgustingly resilient. I had postpartum with Geoffrey. It was grim. But I know you'll be up and singing Christmas carols by tomorrow morning, checking on the roof project, telling everyone what to do.”
2014, Christine Rimmer, The Earl's Pregnant Bride, Toronto, ON: Harlequin Enterprises, →ISBN, page 216
When you were two months old … I was having a really hard time. Out-of-my-mind hard. I probably had postpartum and I hadn't dealt with, well anything, regarding the rape. I had dropped out of school, my parents knew I was pregnant but that was all they knew so they were pissed. I was beyond alone.
2021, Carey Crim, “Never Not Once”, in Lawrence Harbison, editor, The Best Women's Monologues from New Plays, 2020, Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 99

Keep postpartum

Looking a word up is the easy part. LexUp remembers which words you have met and brings them back at the point you were about to forget them.

Download on theApp Store Get it onGoogle Play

Origin

adjective

1844, from Latin post (“after”) + partum (“giving birth”), form of partus, from pariō (“to give birth”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to bring forth”).

Deep Dive

adjective

adverb

noun

More examples

Related

Quick test

Many new women suffer from blank— depression during the weeks following childbirth.

Nearby

Origin

adjective

Many new women suffer from blank depression during the weeks following childbirth.