CPM Certified Professional Midwife

Category - The Postpartum Period

Puerperium is the approximately six-week period following childbirth, during which the mother’s reproductive organs revert back to the pre-pregnant state. Which of the following statements is true about normal puerperium?
  1. Abdomen remains tremendously distended
  2. Pulse returns to normal
  3. Temperature is at least 100 degrees F. (37.7 degrees C.)
  4. Uterus becomes prolapsed
Explanation
Answer: B - Pulse returns to normal

In normal puerperium, the following occurs:
1. Pulse returns to normal
2. BP returns to normal
3. Temperature returns to normal
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