Postpartum and Breastfeeding

After giving birth, your body changes. The uterus needs time to gradually return to its pre-pregnancy state. You will have lochia (the bleeding that comes from the place where the placenta was attached), your breast starts creating ilk and feelings may become intense.

The postpartum period is a unique and tender time. It deserves care, understanding, and patience.

I visit you at home and stand by your side with whatever may arise. Together we talk through everything that concerns you, from physical changes and personal care to your baby’s needs and breastfeeding. I am there to support you as you adjust to your new reality, scientifically, emotionally and with compassion.

Detailed services for the mom

  • Psychological, physical and emotional support
  • Promotion of "40-day culture" of rest and recovery
  • Presence and active listening in case of sadness and melancholy
  • Support finding new roles for all family members
  • Checking vital signs
  • Blood tests to assess iron levels and hematocrit in collaboration with a gynecologist
  • Palpation of uterine recovery
  • Restoring pelvic floor and abdominal muscles with gentle exercises
  • Assessment of wound healing or cesarean section
  • Promotion and support of breastfeeding
  • Sleep/Co-Sleep counseling
  • Breast milk pumping and preservation and storage
  • Breast and nipple care
  • Counseling on postpartum nutrition
  • Monitoring of lochia
  • Body care and hygiene
  • Contraception counseling
  • Help with discomforts such as edema, varicose veins, hemorrhoids
  • Assessment of any early signs of pathology and referral to a specialist
  • Counseling and support on anything you find concerning
 

Comprehensive services for the newborn

  • Monitoring and supporting your baby’s natural adjustment to life outside the womb (breathing, temperature, muscle tone and reflexes, heartbeat, skin color and circulation, and overall health)
  • Neonatal jaundice monitoring and transdermal (bloodless) bilirubin measurement
  • Blood collection for the metabolic disease test (Guthrie Test)
  • Weight monitoring, weighing
  • Umbilical cord care
  • Baby's skin care (less is more)
  • Assessment of normal newborn variations (such as moulding of the head, cephalohematoma, newborn rash, milia, vernix, harmless vascular marks, temporary breast swelling, etc.
  • Baby's first bath
  • Physiology of newborn sleep, safe co-sleeping
  • Updating a child's health booklet
  • Newborn handling, burping, colics, diaper changing
  • Training on how to "translate" baby's communication signals
  • Growth and weight assessment in collaboration with a pediatrician
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