Postpartum Care
Your midwife will visit you during the postpartum period to check on you and the baby, answer questions and assist with breastfeeding and other aspects of infant care. These visits usually occur on the 1st, 3rd and 5th days or 1st, 2nd and 4th days with another visit between 7 and 14 days postpartum. Then we ask that you come to the clinic for visits at 2, 4 and six weeks. Of course, a midwife remains available to you 24 hours a day by pager for urgent concerns for you and your baby. During postpartum care there is ample opportunity for questions and feedback about the care that you received from us and we provide you with copies of your records for your personal use, as well as a letter with details for your family physician, if you wish. We ask that you fill out an evaluation form at the end of your care to help us reflect on our practice and remain responsive to the needs of our clients.
While midwives do not provide medical advice after the six-week period, ongoing support for breastfeeding, infant care and parenting issues can be found through our postpartum support group and our breastfeeding support group. These are free programs that run will out of our clinic. Please refer to our current calendar for dates and times or look up the schedule on our website. Our community advisory board is open to all clients and we welcome your input and participation in making our care the best that it can be.