Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Postpartum infection" and "Society guideline links: Obstetric hemorrhage".)

International

●World Health Organization (WHO): Guideline for iron supplementation in postpartum women (2016)

●WHO: Recommendations on postnatal care of the mother and newborn (2013)

●WHO: Technical consultation on postpartum and postnatal care (2010)

Canada

●Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC): Guideline on pregnancy and maternal obesity – Part 2: Team planning for delivery and postpartum care (2019)

●SOGC and Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology (CSEP): Guideline for exercise in pregnancy and the postpartum period (2018)

United States

●American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): Committee opinion on physical activity and exercise during pregnancy and the postpartum period (2020)

●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Policy statement on incorporating recognition and management of perinatal depression into pediatric practice (2019)

●ACOG: Committee opinion on emergent therapy for acute-onset, severe hypertension during pregnancy and the postpartum period (2019)

●ACOG: Committee opinion on employment considerations during pregnancy and the postpartum period (2018)

●ACOG: Committee opinion on optimizing postpartum care (2018)

●ACOG: Committee opinion on postpartum pain management (2018)

●ACOG: Committee opinion on screening for perinatal depression (2018)

●ACOG: Committee opinion on access to postpartum sterilization (2012, reaffirmed 2016)

●ACOG: Committee opinion on health care for pregnant and postpartum incarcerated women and adolescent females (2011, reaffirmed 2016)

●ACOG: Committee opinion on immediate postpartum long-acting reversible contraception (2016)

●US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF): Final recommendation statement - Depression in adults: Screening (2016)

United Kingdom

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Clinical guideline on antenatal and postnatal mental health – Clinical management and service guidance (2014, updated 2020)

●NICE: Quality standard on antenatal and postnatal mental health (2016)

●Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG): Best practice in postpartum family planning (2015)

●Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN): A national clinical guideline for the management of perinatal mood disorders (2012)

Australia-New Zealand

●Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG): Mental health care in the perinatal period (2018)

●Centre of Perinatal Excellence (COPE): Australian Clinical Practice Guideline – Mental health care in the perinatal period (2017)

●Queensland Clinical Guidelines: Maternity and Neonatal Clinical Guideline – Perinatal care at the threshold of viability (2014)