During, shortly before, or after birth.
Referring to the period just before and after childbirth.
Period of time occurring before and immediately after birth.
To the period a few months before and after birth.
Referring to the period beginning with the 20th week of pregnancy and ending after the first 28 days following delivery. Perinatal care, for example, is medical care provided during the first month of a baby’s life, particularly immediately following birth. The medical care typically provided to a baby immediately after birth includes suction used to clear mucus from the infant’s air passages and placement of an ointment, usually silver nitrate, in the baby’s eyes. An Apgar score is obtained immediately after delivery to help determine whether the baby needs special medical care. Circumcision may be performed on boys.
Relating to the period from about three months before to one month after birth.
Pertaining to the infant in the period shortly before and after birth. It is often (but not always) defined as beginning with the completion of the 28th week of gestation (pregnancy) and ending one to four weeks after delivery.
A term applied to the period starting a few weeks before birth, the birth itself and the week or two following it.
Concerning the period beginning after the 28th week of pregnancy and ending 28 days after birth.
The perinatal period refers to the time frame encompassing the weeks preceding and following birth, typically starting around the twentieth week of pregnancy and extending to one to four weeks after delivery.
Referring to the time encompassing the period shortly before childbirth and shortly after. The perinatal period is commonly defined as spanning from the 24th week of pregnancy to the conclusion of the first week after delivery.