産婦

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: Written 産婦 and read さんぷ, it denotes a woman in childbirth or in the immediate postpartum period.
• Basic usage: It appears in care provided during delivery and shortly after birth.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Different stage from a pregnant woman
  • The focus is labor and recent delivery rather than pregnancy in general.