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PAINFUL MICTURITION AND PERI NEAL SORENESS : About a quarter
(25 .91i ) of the sUb j e c t s s e e n c Olllpl ained o f burning p a in a t
mic t urit i on , an d 111 (3 0 . 9'> c ompl a ined ot pe r i ne al s oreness.
In 73 s Ubj ects , perineal s or en e s s was i n a s s oc iation with an
episiot omy wound, and i n 25 with a pe rinea l t e ar. Three other
sUbjects had pe r ineal s orene s s associated with other perineal
lesions , na mely Bartho lin's abscess (2) and vu l v a l ulcers ( 1) .
BREAST COMPLAINTS: With the exception of one SUbject with
lactation failure du e to failed milk produ ction, all the
mothers (33 9) ....ith living i nfants wer e bre as t -feeding . The 19
mothers Who were no t breast feeding had l os t their babies at
de ; ivery or duri n') the early neonatal pe r iod. Of t he moth ers
who were breast- f e e d.i ng , 10.6\ (38) c omplained o f nippl e
sor e ness and / or c r acks , a nd 1.7\ (6) c ompl a i ned of pai n fUl
s wel l i ng o f the breast t issue itself. Four su bject s com plained
of both nipple SOreness and breast t i s s ue s ymptoms .
SWELLI NG AND/O R PAIN I N LEGS: Si xtee n women ( s .4\) had
co mp l a i nt s of pain and o r swe lling of their lower l i mbs . In
five subjects the s ymptom wa s noticed before del i very; i n 11
it devel oped after de livery.
OTHER HEALTH COMPLAINTS : Ask ed if they had other health
complaints other than those e nqu i r e d about above , 134 ( 37.3)