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Why Should You Consider Professional Care After Giving Birth to a Cesarean Baby?

post cesarean care at home
post cesarean care at home

With a growing number of cesarean births a new branch of caregivers has emerged. This new branch of caregivers is none but midwives, nurses who have specialized training to take care of the mother who has undergone C section operation. These midwives are especially employed when the new mother is discharged from a medical institution and yet need support at home to get back to their normal lives and also recover from the post-operative stress.

What’s the need for special nurses after C section?

Where family members fail is routine monitoring of the health condition of the mother. A midwife in comparison maintains a chart of her health condition through the day, recording periodically the body temperature, blood pressure, checking the bleeding frequency of the new mother. Wound care, heparin injections under any kind of special circumstances or any developing health complication of the mother, the nurse would promptly report the same to the doctors at the centre from where she has been employed. She should be also an expert in monitoring the medicines to be taken by the new mother during the postnatal phase. She can monitor the health condition of the mother and can advocate SOS medicines in case the patient developing any kind of complications. For quicker action, she can even inject medicines if required.

Your maternity nurse will provide baby care to the newborn when you are hardly in a position to take care of your baby due to your health condition after a c section operation. The maternity nurse assist you with feeding bathing of the baby, maintaining the cleanliness of the household so that the mother or the newborn doesn’t catch any infection. The maternity nurse will teach the mother how to breastfeed her baby. New mothers face a lot of difficulties with the techniques of breastfeeding so the midwife will be of great support. Newborn care would involve creating proper sleep patterns for the baby and the mother so that the mother doesn’t feel deprived of sleep. Sleep is essential in the mother’s recovery and restoration to normal life. The after delivery care nurse will also monitor the medication for the baby if suffering from mild fever and other common ailments.

After delivery care for the mother also takes into account the counselling that is being provided by the nurse to mother. Maternity, especially for the first-time mother, is a new phase in life that one needs to get used to and at the same. The nurse often counsels the mother to slowly regain her composure about daily life, answers queries related to the change that has occurred in a mother’s life and also lend a patient ear to the mother to hear her experience of childbirth that she might likely to share with someone who could relate to it better.

In a fast-paced city like Dubai where the population comprises expats and others coming and settling from all over the world and smaller family sizes, it is advisable that you do fix a maternity nurse to help you cope with childbirth in the postnatal phase. More so when your spouse is also a working member. To book a maternity nurse don’t delay it to the last leg of your pregnancy, plan, interview and fix an appointment with a nurse right before you get into the delicate phase of childbirth. For getting a trustworthy nurse who is well trained and certified it is better if you visit a home nursing centre and request for a maternity specialist. In case you are going for a cesarean baby, which your family will get to know in the last minute, the centre will come to your help in that matter and provide a nurse who is well equipped to handle the scenario. With a specialist post c section nurse or midwife, you can easily and in a more calm and relaxed manner get across the most challenging part of your childbirth.

 

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All You Need to Know About Cesarean Post-Operative Care Before Going for Childbirth

post cesarean care at home
post cesarean care at home

Cesarean operations are common today and recommended as the safest option to avoid any health concerns related to you and your child during childbirth. Here’s all you need to know about Cesarean post-operative care, the time you are supposed to spend in the hospital including precautions to take, how to manage pain and including when can you go home.

POSTNATAL CARE AFTER CESAREAN DELIVERY

Care after C-section delivery begins with mother and baby being moved from the operation table to a smaller ward for observing their condition often called as the recovery room. After a few hours, you will be moved to the postnatal ward with your baby. It is here where regular checks will be undertaken to see if the anaesthesia is wearing off along with other regular checks for blood pressure, breathing, wound relief for the first few hours by a nurse. Your vaginal bleeding will also be monitored to ensure that your maternal pads are replaced in a timely manner. A catheter to drain urine from your bladder is likely to be removed after 12 hours of your operation. You will be made to wear compression stockings to reduce any risk of blood clots. In the postnatal ward, you will be on a drip until you feel ready for taking food and drinks.

AFTER CESAREAN OPERATION CARE

THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND WHILE RECOVERING

You are likely to feel wobbly and unsteady while you make an attempt to stand up and go for a walk to the bathroom especially with the catheter on. Let your nurse help you the first time around with such activities. Also, your abdomen area may feel heavy, consult your nurse so that she can give you some medicine beforehand.

You will be advised to drink plenty of fluids after removal of the catheter and your nurse may measure the amount of urine you are passing to check if there no problems with your urinary bladder. If you have any problem while passing urine you should tell your midwife about it.

The pain post cesarean operation will continue to persist and in certain cases may be for a week. For pain alleviation, you will be having painkillers. Make sure the dose of the painkiller is strictly monitored by the nurse as certain painkillers may be harmful to your baby as you would be breastfeeding.

It’s important to have some mobility after your C-section operation to reduce blood clots. At the same time, you should drink plenty of fluids and will be given a daily injection for blood thinning by your nurse.

When you get out of bed to have a shower you may feel a strong sensation of pain in your abdomen. Keeping your hand pressed against it will give you some relief.

For dressing of the wound, it should always be done by a nurse or under your nurse’s care and supervision. The first time the wound would be dressed will be after 24 hours of cesarean delivery. Don’t worry if your wound gets wet as it is waterproof. Your wound would be closed either by clips or stitches and it should only be removed in case of cesarean care only by a trained midwife after a week or so by visiting your home.

Vaginal bleeding post-cesarean delivery is normal and you should not panic. It would continue for two to six weeks after childbirth. The reason behind it is that the separation of the placenta from the womb.

Drinking prune juice, peppermint tea can help you improve your bowel movement post cesarean delivery.

Cesarean post-operative care ensures the best ways for you to bond with your baby with a midwife teaching you the right way to breastfeed and ensure that you and your baby has maximum skin contact.

If you and your baby are well, you will be released from the hospital between two to four days. In case you or your baby have any added complications then your stay could extend for a while. A mother is released after C-section delivery only when her mind is peaceful and at rest after an operation.

As an extension of postoperative care from the premises of the hospital to your home, health visitors, or midwife will visit your home at regular intervals to help you with medicines, health monitoring and even some time to put you in touch with other parents and local support groups.

We would recommend you to have trust on your midwife and follow her instructions as dutifully as possible and do not be afraid of a C-section surgery as with high standard cesarean post-operative care, the entire procedure will pass on smoothly and would be over in no time.

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