puerpera

English Thesaurus

1. a woman in childbirth or shortly thereafter (noun.person)

hypernym	:	female parent, mother,
definition	:	a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother) (noun.person)

derivation	:	puerperal,
definition	:	relating to or connected with or occurring at the time of childbirth or shortly following, or to the woman who has just given birth (adj.pert)

derivation	:	puerperal,
definition	:	relating to or connected with or occurring at the time of childbirth or shortly following, or to the woman who has just given birth (adj.pert)