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Home maternity care can give you immense care and relief if you are an expat and expecting mother in Dubai

 

Home maternity care
Home maternity care

Motherhood is a special journey, one that most women plan in advance and one that imbues their life with a new set of emotions and expectations. Cutting across geographical boundaries and linguistic divisions, motherhood is an emotion that has a universal appeal. And yet every mother is different and special in a different way. Every mother has their own unique set of needs and demands and that’s why professional maternity home care is most valuable in today’s world.

Apart from the constant love, support, and care of loved ones and the father of the child, most mothers require a sustained and daily dose of maternity care at home. This is especially true if the mother is an expat and living away from her immediate family in Dubai or UAE. Holistic maternal care at home in addition to booking a qualified obstetrician and gynaecologist is paramount.

Hence, a qualified midwife comes into the picture when it comes to pregnancy care at home.

An expecting mother goes through a series of physical and psychological changes including changes in appearance and body weight as well as a sudden increase in mood swings, sudden cravings, and sudden bouts of depression. All the hardships, the sleepless nights, the bouts of anxiety, the change in eating habits as well as the jittery nervousness that pregnant women have to often overcome and can be overwhelming under the lack of proper guidance. To be able to have someone qualified in the vicinity who is engaged in giving her proper care, attention, and counselling is a boon for pregnant women staying away from family or dealing with frequently travelling family members.

Similarly, after delivery most mothers require well-balanced, holistic newborn and postnatal care at home as the process of real motherhood only begins after being discharged from the hospital.

Here’s a list of maternity care and newborn care services that a good, certified midwife in Dubai must be able to provide:

  • Regular supervision of the nutrition and diet of the expecting mother and monitoring of bodily changes, day-to-day routine, and sleep cycle.
  • Assisting with moving around, day-to-day activities, physical exercise in consultation with the appointed doctor, and assisting with meals and daily hygiene and cleanliness at home.
  • Guiding through the process of prenatal pain, depression, nausea, sleeplessness, and assisting with the periodic schedule of medical check-ups and routine tests.
  • Maintaining healthy and positive communication with the expecting mother and giving valuable guidance.
  • Guiding the family through the process of preserving the umbilical cord once the baby is born.
  • Taking care of the baby’s hygiene and sterilization of feeding bottles.
  • Taking care of post-circumcision as part of home maternity care service.
  • Assisting with breastfeeding and monitoring the breastfeeding cycle is a vital part of home nursing care for mothers. Breastfeeding introduces a new set of emotions for the mother and facilitates a special bond between the mother and the child. A well-qualified maternity nurse should be able to make this process easy and smooth for the mother and impart accurate knowledge regarding the same.
  • Assisting with breast care of the breastfeeding mother.
  • Assisting the mother with measuring and formula feeding the baby the right amount and proportion.
  • Maintaining a proper diet chart of the baby once the baby starts consuming cooked food.
  • Maintaining a proper diet chart of the mother as the mother must get all the proper nutrients for a speedy recovery. A healthy mother will ensure a healthy child.
  • Assisting the mother in understanding and establishing the sleep cycle of the newborn such that she can develop her own sleep cycle around that and both get proper rest.
  • Assisting with maintaining proper postnatal cleanliness and dressing of the wound.
  • Recording the growth of the baby and monitoring the same.
  • Changing soiled nappies and keeping nappies clean.
  • Washing the baby’s clothes and giving the baby a bath is also part of a midwife’s role.
  • Assisting with 24/7 newborn care so that the new mother can get optimal rest to recover fully and resume daily chores. In fact, this 24/7 newborn care is the most important duty of a maternity nurse.
  • Encouraging and motivating the mother post childbirth in order to deal with postnatal depression, body weight perception issues, and resuming a normal relationship with the spouse is also part of a well-trained midwife.

And at Nightingale Dubai, we provide professionally certified maternity nurses and midwives who are equipped to deal with the concerns and challenges of modern-day pregnancy and postnatal care. They are not only medically trained to deal with day-to-day monitoring of baby growth and sleep cycle but are also psychologically equipped to guide a new mother through the process of recovering post childbirth.

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Maternity nurses are medical angels who can lead you through a healthy, positive, and stress-free pregnancy

Mother with baby
Mother with baby

Mothers are at the center of the human life cycle. Unborn babies get their nutrition from their mothers’ right in the wombs and doctors across the world consider breast milk to be the most nourishing and purest form of nutrition for newborn babies. A baby’s wellbeing is intrinsically tied to the mother’s wellbeing. A healthy mother means a healthy child, and by extension, a healthy family.

While the thought of welcoming the new member of your family must be on top of your mind, there are a few medical parameters that you need to consider as you plan to have a baby.

A lot of the diseases found in children under five is accounted to undesirable maternal health conditions as well as lack of proper care administered during pregnancy and baby delivery.

If you are planning to become a mother, you should take an all-round approach towards your health as you are going to embark on a fulfilling, yet vulnerable journey. Your body and mind is going to undergo a lot of changes in the coming months and you must be prepared to deal with the new physiological developments and emotional switches.

Thus, proper maternity care is important to protect your body and help your baby’s development throughout gestation.

In addition to having your counterpart and family around for support, a trained and certified midwife can bring a holistic bouquet of professional care, childbirth-related education, and care for childbearing women and babies.

In fact, maternity nurses bring more than you may think. They can assist you with the entire process of pregnancy and its related challenges and complications and even after childbirth.

In the challenging lifestyles of today where your partner can’t sit back at home on too many working days, and when elders of the family themselves require medical attention, the role of the midwife becomes even more important. Such care is also effective in the case of single mothers or mothers living alone due to certain circumstances.

A professionally trained midwife can give a range of services to take care of the health and welfare needs of pregnant mothers as well as that of their babies during the important stages of pregnancy.

The areas of Maternity nurses specialization include the following:

  • Prenatal and postnatal awareness at home: Creating prenatal awareness is a form of an education program that enables mothers to be fully informed and aware of their bodies during pregnancy. Since pregnancy is a critical time for to-be-mothers, the right knowledge helps them reach a sound state of physiological and emotional wellbeing beforehand and also embrace childbirth in a more prepared and better equipped state.
  • Regular check-ups: This involves monitoring the health of both mothers and babies during various stages of pregnancy through ticking off of the vital parameters. If required, the midwife can assist in scheduling a thorough medical check-up. This process also helps in keeping the family updated with the evolving stages of the pregnancy.
  • One-to-one parent training and education at home: The maternity nurse is also responsible to educate the partner parent in easy one-to-one sessions at home on how to share responsibilities for parenting.
  • Maternal mental health care: This is the most crucial area of holistic wellbeing for mothers. Pregnant women often suffer from stress, anxiety, and prenatal as well as post-partum depression. A maternity nurse is best suited to be the perfect counselor to counter feelings of self-doubt and negativity among to-be mothers and guide them through this process like an expert friend.
  • Pregnancy hygiene control and wound care: The overall hygiene levels should be proper and highly regulated during the period of pregnancy, and hence, the role of a midwife becomes critical in maintaining that. A trained midwife will bring a gamut of sanitation kits and first-aid tools to maintain cleanliness of the concerned mother-to-be and to administer timely wound dressing.
  • Post birth mother and baby care: This involves helping mothers deal with the post-partum process and recovery.

Midwives are professionally trained to address the unique problems that soon-to-be mothers might face in a home environment. Additionally, given their experience at labor wards in hospitals, maternity nurses are organically tuned to think about prenatal care from a woman-oriented approach. Pregnant women need the constant attention and guidance of a trained and caring person, and a home nurse does just that.

Here’s a quick look at some of the most vital services provided by maternity nurses:

  • Preparing pregnant women for labor pain so that they are emotionally ready to deal with it.
  • Intimidating family about signs of labor and taking immediate action, informing hospitals, calling for ambulance etc.
  • Preparing mothers-to-be for normal delivery.
  • Working with contingency plans and dealing with emergencies when things do not go according to plans.
  • Preparing mothers-to-be/families for Cesarean deliveries.
  • Dealing with intense labor pain situations.
  • Providing the family with information on stem cell collection.

Caring for the caregiver of children is of paramount importance. So, at Nightingale Dubai, we make sure that you have a friendly face providing professional support, encouragement, and medical care to you throughout your pregnancy with our first-class midwife services in Dubai.

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Maternity Nurses and Midwives: What to Expect

Maternity Nurses and Midwives
Maternity Nurses and Midwives

There are so many things to consider when caring for a newborn baby. The professional assistance of a maternity nurse will help you through the new experience.

The first months of becoming a new parent are all at once exciting and daunting. There are few things in life to compare to the pure joy of bringing your child home for the first. There are also so many things to consider when caring for a newborn baby. Throw in a perpetual lack of sleep or a difficult birthing experience and you might want to consider enlisting the professional assistance of a maternity nurse or midwife.

What is a Maternity Nurse?

A professional, qualified, registered nurse or midwife specializes in care for newborn babies and postnatal mothers. A maternity nurse provides nurturing, professional support, care and education for new parents on how to care for their newborn baby. They also provide parents the opportunity to rest and recover from the birth of their child.

A maternity nurse or maternity midwife is a knowledgeable, experienced, DHA registered healthcare professional who specializes in providing fundamental advice, support, care and relief to parents and newborn babies. They help ensure the first few weeks with a new baby are a smooth, comfortable, relaxed and highly delightful experience for everyone involved. Their assistance provides parents valuable time to rest and recover from the birth of their bundle of joy. They empower new parents to feel comfortable and confident in their ability to care for their new baby once the maternity nurse leaves.

Duties of a Maternity Nurse

Maternity nurses and midwives perform a wide range of duties aimed at providing relief and comfort for parents and their new baby. Based on your specific needs and requirements, they can provide care and observation 24-hours a day.

In the case of premature birth, you can request a nurse that has been trained in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). These specialized nurses are experts in providing the specific care required for nurturing a premature baby.

Maternity nurse duties:

  • DHA registered maternity nurses and midwives provide fundamental advice and guidance about feeding, bathing, clothing, and establishing routines and sleep habits for newborn babies. They also physically perform all of these duties with you, addressing all of your questions and concerns.
  • For those mothers breastfeeding, maternity nurses will observe, encourage and advise on breastfeeding, as well as provide breast care in the event of a  mild complication (such as a clogged duct).
  • For those mothers bottle-feeding, maternity nurses help ensure all feeding equipment is clean, sterilized and ready for use day and night.
  • Maternity nurses check on the baby’s well-being and growth and assist with mother’s post-natal recovery (to include post-circumcision care).
  • Maternity nurses will care for your baby, allowing you time to rest and recover, to include feeding, bathing, changing nappies and soothing the infant when they cry.
  • For those families with big brothers and sisters, maternity nurses also help integrate the new baby into the family, providing a smooth transition into the new family environment.
  • Night time maternity nurses and midwives, help establish essential sleep routines for the baby. They wake during the evening to feed and change the baby, allowing the parents to experience a good night’s sleep.

Types of In Home Maternity Care

Each family has their own unique needs, requirements, and schedules. Depending on your circumstances, a maternity nurse can come during the day or night. In some cases the maternity nurse can live with your family during the duration of their contract, providing 24-hour care and assistance after the baby is born.

Daily Maternity Nurses: can work up to 12 hours a day; up to six days a week. Daily maternity nurses are an ideal option for families unable to provide live-in accommodations for their maternity nurse.

Night-only Maternity Nurses: work during the night and early morning hours, up to 6 days a week. They provide essential relief and support for parents who are looking for extra sleep or for those situations where the baby is frequently waking during the night.

Live-in Maternity Nurses: reside in your home, in their own living quarters. They provide round the clock care and assistance for new parents and their baby.

Is a Maternity Nurse the Same as a Maternity Nanny?

No. While some of the duties performed by a maternity nanny are similar to that of a maternity nurse or midwife; a maternity nanny is not a registered medical professional. Maternity nurses and midwives are DHA registered and medically trained to care for postnatal mothers and their newborn babies. They are trained to administer medications, treat postpartum depression, provide advice on breastfeeding and much more. A maternity nanny is simply an in-home childcare provider without medical training.

Regardless of whether you require a maternity nurse a few hours a day, during the night or around the clock, Nightingale Home Nursing has a plan that will fit your needs. We take pride in knowing that our DHA registered nurses and midwives provide parents with the nurturing support and care they need to rest easy knowing their newborn will be cared for by a professional, experienced, licensed nurse or midwife in the comforts of their home. Contact the Registered Maternity Nurses and Midwives at Nightingale to learn more about how we can help you welcome your new baby!

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