The care includes prevention, elimination, early detection and cure of health complications (if any), counselling on breastfeeding, immunization, an interactive session on the importance of birth spacing and maternal nutrition, and so on..
The purpose of community midwife visits and appointments are to ensure the emotional and physical health and wellbeing of you and your baby, including support with feeding and caring for your baby.
More frequent visits may be arranged as needed..
Most women will be discharged after a week and a half to two weeks.
Some women and babies will be supported by midwives a little longer, up to one month after birth.
At each postnatal check, you will be asked questions about yourself and your baby.
All the questions are important ways of picking up any problems..
Women in the postnatal period need to maintain a balanced diet, just as they did during pregnancy.
Iron and folic acid supplementation should also continue for 3 months after birth.
Women who are breastfeeding require additional food and should drink sufficient clean water..
The purpose of community midwife visits and appointments are to ensure the emotional and physical health and wellbeing of you and your baby, including support with feeding and caring for your baby.
More frequent visits may be arranged as needed..
Importance
Since medical complications can occur after a woman has given birth, postpartum visits can address any adverse effects that giving birth had on a woman's body, such as persistent bleeding, inadequate iron levels, blood pressure, pain, emotional changes, and infections..
The physical and psychological burden of pregnancy and childbirth can significantly weaken a girl's young body leaving her vulnerable to risk in future pregnancies.
Every pregnant woman needs access to prenatal and postnatal care to ensure her and her baby's health and welfare..
