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3) Minor Discomforts during Postpartum Period

 Overall objectives:

By the end of the lecture every student should be able to:

• List types of minor discomfort during postpartum period.

• Identify the most common postpartum minor discomfort.

• Clarify the mother needs and complains

• Apply a simple nursing measures which needed to alleviate mothers
complains and meet their needs.

• Reassure the mother and the family and explain to them the type of discomfort

and the nursing management needed to relief it.

Out line
 Definition.

 Most common postpartum minor discomforts.

1- After pain

2- Uterine subinvolution

3- Breast engorgement

4- Urinary Retention

5- Constipation

6- breast mastitis

7- Cracked Nipple

8- Insufficient milk supply

9- Leaking of breast milk:

10- Perineal Discomfort

11- Postpartum Blues (Depression)

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