Editing Obstetrics (section)

===Postpartum period===
{{Further|Postpartum period}}
The [[World Health Organization]] makes a distinction between the use of ''postpartum care'' when it concerns the care of the mother after giving birth, and ''postnatal care'' when the care of the newborn is concerned.<ref name="WHO">{{cite web |title=WHO Technical Consultation on Postpartum Care |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK310595/ |publisher=World Health Organization |access-date=30 June 2020 |language=en |date=2010}}</ref>
[[Postpartum period|Postpartum care]] is provided to the mother following childbirth.

A woman in the Western world who gives birth in a [[hospital]] may leave the hospital as soon as she is medically stable, and chooses to leave, which can be as early as a few hours later, but usually averages a stay of one or two days; the average postnatal stay following delivery by [[caesarean section]] is three to four days.<ref name="pmid26857705">{{cite journal | vauthors = Jones E, Taylor B, MacArthur C, Pritchett R, Cummins C | title = The effect of early postnatal discharge from hospital for women and infants: a systematic review protocol | journal = Systematic Reviews | volume = 5 | issue = | pages = 24 | date = February 2016 | pmid = 26857705 | pmc = 4746909 | doi = 10.1186/s13643-016-0193-9 | doi-access = free }}</ref>

During this time the mother is monitored for [[bleeding]], [[bowel]] and [[Urinary bladder|bladder]] function, and baby care. The [[infant]]'s health is also monitored.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Types of Delivery for Pregnancy |url=https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/9675-pregnancy-types-of-delivery |access-date=2022-04-30 |website=Cleveland Clinic}}</ref>