puerperal

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

puerperal
    adj 1: relating to or connected with or occurring at the time of
           childbirth or shortly following, or to the woman who has
           just given birth

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Puerperal \Pu*er"per*al\, a. [L. puerpera a lying-in woman; puer
   child + parere to bear: cf. F. puerp['e]ral.]
   Of or pertaining to childbirth; as, a puerperal fever.
   [1913 Webster]