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## she cannot walk unassisted<ref>Shabbos 129a</ref>
## she cannot walk unassisted<ref>Shabbos 129a</ref>
## she sees a flow of blood<ref>S.A. 330:3</ref>
## she sees a flow of blood<ref>S.A. 330:3</ref>
## if she is on the birthing table <ref>Rabbi Heshy Kahn (The Shtieble, Manhattan Beach, 5770) </ref>
## if she is on the birthing table <ref>Rabbi Heshy Kahn (What's Doing, Greater Connecticut, 3/3/11) </ref>
==Post partum halachic leniencies ==
==Post partum halachic leniencies ==
# For the first 7 days following the delivery of the placenta she is considered a ''choleh sha'yaish bo sakana<ref>Shabbos 129a, S.A. 330:4</ref>'' (dangerously ill). In days 1-3 post partum, if she<ref>M.B. 330:14</ref> or her doctor<ref>Bach 330:7</ref> feels that desecrating the Shabbat is not necessary, anyone may violate Shabbat (despite her wishes not to) if they even think she might be in danger.  The laws of  days 4-7 are more stringent, in that if she feels there is no need to desecrate the shabbos, then one may not do so for her, providing that the doctor agrees with her. From day eight and on she has the status of ''choleh sha'ein bo sakana ''and my only ask a non-Jew to do anything that she needs.<ref>S.A. 328:17</ref>
# For the first 7 days following the delivery of the placenta she is considered a ''choleh sha'yaish bo sakana<ref>Shabbos 129a, S.A. 330:4</ref>'' (dangerously ill). In days 1-3 post partum, if she<ref>M.B. 330:14</ref> or her doctor<ref>Bach 330:7</ref> feels that desecrating the Shabbat is not necessary, anyone may violate Shabbat (despite her wishes not to) if they even think she might be in danger.  The laws of  days 4-7 are more stringent, in that if she feels there is no need to desecrate the shabbos, then one may not do so for her, providing that the doctor agrees with her. From day eight and on she has the status of ''choleh sha'ein bo sakana ''and my only ask a non-Jew to do anything that she needs.<ref>S.A. 328:17</ref>