intrapartum

/ ˌɪntrəˈpɑːtəm /

adjective

1. med of or relating to childbirth or delivery

   intrapartum care

Word History and Origins

Origin of intrapartum¹

C20: New Latin, from _intra- + partum, from partus birth

Example Sentences

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust bosses announced a three-month pause in "intrapartum care" - the period during labour and delivery - at the site in May due to "staffing absences".

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Health officers claimed the pause in intrapartum care will have "quite a small impact on the Hartlepool population", with the Rowan Suite previously only taking bookings for pregnancies considered to be "low risk".

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Intrapartum care covers the start of labour up to the birth of a baby.

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Maybe it would have worked in another age, if a birth attendant would have waited even longer or worried less about the baby; maybe it would work today if our tolerance for any intrapartum risk were higher.

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Of more than 1 million singleton births in Scotland between 1985 and 2004, the researchers found 539 newborn deaths -- a rate of 0.05 percent -- with 273 deaths attributed to intrapartum anoxia.

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