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Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics Horsens Hospital, Horsens, Denmark. <jats:italic>Population.<\/jats:italic> A total of 1871 women who gave birth at a regional hospital in Denmark over a one\u2010year period (2007\u20132008). <jats:italic>Methods.<\/jats:italic> Data were collected by a questionnaire given to the women and combined with data from general practitioner and hospital records. <jats:italic>Main outcome measures<\/jats:italic>. The distribution of different infections, as well as the overall occurrence of any infection, was evaluated according to mode of delivery and breastfeeding status (stopped\/continued). <jats:italic>Results.<\/jats:italic> Within four weeks after delivery, 24% of all women had experienced one or more self\u2010reported episode of infection. Breast infections (12%) were most frequent, followed by wound (3%), airway (3%), vaginal (3%) and urinary tract infections (3%), endometritis (2%) and \u201cother infections\u201d (2%). Of the women with an infection, 66% (265 of 395) contacted their general practitioner, while 9% (37 of 395) had contact with a hospital. A significantly larger proportion of women with a postpartum infection stopped breastfeeding (21%) within the first four weeks after delivery compared with women without infection (12%; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a00.001). <jats:italic>Conclusions.<\/jats:italic> Postpartum infections were common, and the occurrence is likely to be underestimated if based on hospital medical records only. 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