All reported health problems were developed in the postpartum period except for high blood pressure and anaemia starting mainly during pregnancy. Only one study in the literature looked at health problems emerging strictly after giving birth. MacArthur. reported symptoms starting within three months of giving birth and lasting for at least six weeks. A lower proportion of back pain (14%), depression (9.1%) and tiredness (12.2%) are reported in that study, restricting the reporting of symptoms to the ones that were experienced for at least six weeks anytime during the postpartum period. Although comparison as such is difficult, the findings indicate the need to extend our understanding of postpartum morbidity and look at the aetiology of these problems within the general health status of the mother, the pregnancy and the birthing process itself as well as in the circumstances surrounding the postpartum period.