Effect of Health Teaching on Improving Post Partum Minor Discomforts

Postpartum period is the time from the delivery of the placenta through the six weeks after the delivery. Minor discomforts during postpartum period included for the present study are breast engorgement, perineal discomfort, urinary retention, constipation and after pain. The results of the current study revealed that 64.7% of the postnatal mothers had inadequate knowledge regarding postpartum minor discomfort and their management; however one time teaching helped to improve their knowledge. The knowledge gained supported the postnatal mothers for early identification of discomforts and preventing further complications. Health teaching aimed to educate, support, and counsel mothers who had recently given birth had effective effects to manage postpartum minor discomforts as after pain, constipation, urinary retention, breast engorgement and episiotomy pain.