postnatal
adjective/ˌpəʊstˈneɪtl/
/ˌpəʊstˈneɪtl/
(North American English or formal post-partum)
[only before noun]- connected with the period after the birth of a child
- postnatal care
Oxford Collocations DictionaryPost-natal is used with these nouns:- depression
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