Maternity care Delivery: at home or in the hospital Caesarian section Indication protocol Delayed maternity care Maternity care after adoption Breastfeeding
				Nowhere in Europe is so much care given to a mother and her newborn baby as in the Netherlands. Maternity care is a unique way of providing care to a family, in their own surroundings, and their new born baby, by a professional. The aim is to enable the parents to be able to feel safe in taking care of their child themselves as the professional leaves them. A maternity care period starts following the delivery and usually lasts 8 days. During this period you will receive help and advice given by a fully qualified maternity nurse. Her main tasks will be: - physical care of mother and baby - giving information and instruction to the family - looking out for any possible complications - taking care of any other family members. Besides taking care of mother and baby there is also time for light household chores: keeping clean the lying-in room and the baby room as well as the bathroom and toilet facilities. This is a daily routine. Maternity care is sometimes seen as regular household help, but household actions are secondary to the main task of the maternity nurse: caring for the mother and her new born baby.