Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Puerperal \Pu*er"per*al\, a. [L. puerpera a lying-in woman; puer
   child + parere to bear: cf. F. puerp['e]ral.]
   Of or pertaining to childbirth; as, a puerperal fever.

Source : WordNet®

puerperal
     adj : relating to or connected with or occurring at the time of
           childbirth or shortly following, or to the woman who
           has just given birth