332 - Chapter 15 -
Postpartum Adaptations
complete solution (graded
A+)
Reva Rubin's Three Phases - answer
✅✅Taking-in phase: Time immediately after
birth when the client needs others to meet
her needs and relives the birth process
Taking-hold phase: Second phase
characterized by dependent and
independent maternal behavior
, Letting-go phase: Third phase in which
woman reestablishes relationships with
others
Postpartum Period - answer ✅✅Critical
transition period for woman, newborn, and
family physiologically and psychologically
Puerperium: period after delivery of
placenta, lasting for 6 weeks, "fourth
trimester"
Possible definition: changes in all aspects of
mother's life that occur during the first year
following birth of child
Maternal physiologic and psychological
changes
Mother and family adjustment to new
family member
Reproductive System Adaptations - answer
✅✅Uterus
Involution: contraction of muscle fibers;
catabolism; regeneration of uterine
epithelium
Lochia: rubra, serosa, alba
Afterpains
Postpartum Adaptations
complete solution (graded
A+)
Reva Rubin's Three Phases - answer
✅✅Taking-in phase: Time immediately after
birth when the client needs others to meet
her needs and relives the birth process
Taking-hold phase: Second phase
characterized by dependent and
independent maternal behavior
, Letting-go phase: Third phase in which
woman reestablishes relationships with
others
Postpartum Period - answer ✅✅Critical
transition period for woman, newborn, and
family physiologically and psychologically
Puerperium: period after delivery of
placenta, lasting for 6 weeks, "fourth
trimester"
Possible definition: changes in all aspects of
mother's life that occur during the first year
following birth of child
Maternal physiologic and psychological
changes
Mother and family adjustment to new
family member
Reproductive System Adaptations - answer
✅✅Uterus
Involution: contraction of muscle fibers;
catabolism; regeneration of uterine
epithelium
Lochia: rubra, serosa, alba
Afterpains
