Pregnancy and Postpartum Package
The pregnancy and postpartum package includes individualized online and in-person educational sessions lasting approximately 2 hours, as well as comprehensive postpartum support up to 28 days of life, with 2 in-person consultations:
• 1st online consultation, including taking the medical history and deciding on the session plan and its timing during pregnancy
• Online session on birth plan:
- Provision (in advance) of birth plan and postpartum plan templates
- Evaluation of the documents prepared by the couple and follow-up on their completion with suggestions for improvement
• Online session on breastfeeding:
- Physiology of lactation
- Golden hour
- Positions and latch (simulation)
- How to know if the baby is receiving enough milk
- Expression and offering of breast milk to the newborn (simulation)
- Provision of videos
• In-person session on labor:
- Physiology of labor Childbirth, Delivery, and Immediate Postpartum Care
- Pain relief methods (simulation)
- How to pack your hospital bag (providing a pre-package list and checking it on the day of the session)
• Individual online session on postpartum care:
- The immediate postpartum period
- The first week - basic needs of the mother (rest, nutrition, hydration, perineal care, breast care, mental health, warning signs) and the baby (feeding, sleep, elimination, hygiene care, safe transport, warning signs)
- After the first week (warning signs of maternal mental health, contraception, and newborn health monitoring)
• In-person session on newborn care:
- Simulation of baby bathing, diaper changing, and umbilical cord care
- Babywearing simulation
- Support in preparing the home: where the baby will sleep, where to change diapers/bathe, car seat, equipment, materials, and Essential clothing (list provided)
• Postpartum consultation, between the 3rd and 6th day of life:
- Observation of breastfeeding, guidance on correcting latch and positioning
- How to maintain good milk production and how to stimulate production, if necessary
- Complete physical examination of the mother (including laceration/episiotomy, breasts)
- Treatment of surgical wound, if it was a cesarean section, with application of a new dressing
- Laser therapy on nipple and perineal wounds / cesarean section wound, if necessary, to stimulate healing and improve pain
- Complete physical examination of the newborn, including weight
- Screenings for the newborn, if not performed - heel prick test, vision, heart and jaundice)
• Postpartum consultation, between the 10th and 15th day of life:
- Observation of breastfeeding, guidance on correcting latch and positioning
- How to maintain good milk production and how to stimulate production If necessary:
- Complete physical examination of the mother (including laceration/episiotomy, breasts)
- Removal of suture material, if cesarean section was performed
- Laser therapy on nipple and perineal wounds/cesarean section wound, if necessary, to stimulate healing and improve pain
- Complete physical examination of the newborn, including weight
• Unlimited breastfeeding support. If further postpartum consultations are needed, they will be conducted online or in person at no additional cost
• Unlimited clarification of doubts via video call, phone call or WhatsApp, throughout pregnancy and postpartum.