RETROGRESSIVE CHANGES DURING

POSTPARTUM

Group 2
To be submitted to: Prof. Lorna Carpio
By: Romero, Kyra Xristela L.
Uttoh, Suzanne, P.
 WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY
RETROGRESSIVE CHANGES DURING
POSTPARTUM?
CONT.
• Many of the physiologic change are
retrogressive in nature; that is, changes
that occurred in body system during
pregnancy are reversed as the body
returns to nearly pre-pregnancy state.
 Definition of Postpartum/Puerperium Period
• Postpartum or Puerperium Period : it is a period that
start from delivery until 6 week after that or until return
reproductive organ to the non-pregnant state.
• Puerperium is divided into immediate postpartum (first
24 hours), early postpartum (first week), and late
postpartum "from second week till end of six weeks".

 Definition of Retrogressive
• Involution of the uterus and vagina
Theory of involution
• After delivery, the uterus gradually decreases in size and descends into its
prepregnancy position in the pelvis—a process known as involution. Involution
normally begins immediately after delivery, when the firmly contracted uterus
lies midway between the umbilicus and symphysis pubis. Soon after, the uterus
rises to the umbilicus or slightly above it. After the first postpartum day, the
uterus begins its descent into the pelvis at the rate of 1 cm/day (or 1
fingerbreadth/day) or slightly less for the patient who has had a cesarean
delivery. By the 10th postpartum day, the uterus lies deep in the pelvis—either
at or below the symphysis pubis—and it can’t be palpated.
THE DIFFERENT RETROGRESSIVE
CHANGES INCLUDES…
UTERUS
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