Puerperium

A 32-year-old woman attends her general practitioner for the six-week postnatal check with her healthy son. She says she is coping, sleeping when he sleeps and…

Pre-internship · middle twist

A 29-year-old woman brings her six-week-old first baby to the general practice for his immunisations. Asked how she is, she says she has felt flat since about t…

Clinical rotations · common

A 29-year-old woman is seen at home on day nine after the birth of her first child. Her husband says she has not slept for three nights, is talking rapidly abou…

Pre-internship · middle twist

A 31-year-old woman presents 12 days after a vaginal birth with increasing bleeding, fever and lower abdominal discomfort. Her temperature is 39.1°C, the uterus…

Clinical rotations · common