postnatal care
Post-delivery medical attention
Postnatal care is medical attention given to a mother and newborn in the weeks following childbirth.
It includes monitoring the mother's recovery, checking the baby's health and development, and supporting breastfeeding: The midwife scheduled a postnatal care visit for the following week.
Also called postpartum care.
- immunizationsInjections conferring disease resistance
- anxiety managementControlling excessive worry
- skin-to-skin contactDirect bodily touch, unclothed
- postpartum recoveryPhysical healing following childbirth
- newborn screeningMedical tests for infants
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- caregivingcaregiver, nurture, look after, watch over, tend to
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- family welfarechild welfare, family benefits, family allowances, family protection, child support
- home healthcarenurse visit, home nursing, home health aide, home health, skilled nursing
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postnatal careprenatal care
Medical oversight for expectant mothers
antenatal care · prenatal services · prenatal screening · fertility treatment · maternity care
postnatal careend-of-life care
Care for the dying
palliative care · hospice care · geriatric care · terminal care