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C. Health Supervision
1) Woman's 6-week postpartum
checkup
(a) Make sure you attend
to ensure your health. Moms often put off their own health care.
(b) If you have any signs of
illness, especially a temperature greater than 100.0 F, chills, abdominal
pain, increased bleeding, large clots, dizziness, continued headaches,
continued swelling in legs, do not wait for checkup. Call clinician (health
care provider) immediately.
(c) Discuss the type of contraception
you will use with your clinician. You will be informed of options, risks,
and appropriate time to begin.
(d) Remember that you will ovulate,
and therefore will be able to get pregnant before you see your next period.
Breastfeeding will NOT prevent pregnancy.
(e) If you used a diaphragm,
you must be reevaluated for one because your vagina is no longer the same
size, and the diaphragm may not be effective.
(f) Your clinician will recommend
when it is safe to resume intercourse. Condoms are recommended to prevent
infection.
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