pu·er·per·al 
(py-ûrpər-əl)
(py-ûrpər-əl)adj.
Relating to, connected with, or occurring during childbirth or the period immediately following childbirth.
[From Latin puerper, a woman in childbed : puer, child, boy; see pau-1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots + parere, to bear; see -PAROUS.]