Postpartum vs. Antepartum

Postpartumadjective

after giving birth

Antepartumadjective

Describing the period before childbirth; antenatal

Postpartumnoun

The period immediately following childbirth.

Antepartumadjective

occurring or existing before birth;

‘the prenatal period’; ‘antenatal care’;

Postpartumadjective

occurring immediately after birth;

‘postnatal development’;