Advice from the maternity hospital to the homemaker

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Online lectures included in the package

• Postpartum time — Midwife Kairi Ansper
• Women's Rights and Legislation — Social Worker Marita Ilmoja
• Breast milk and breastfeeding — midwife Liis Raag
• Caring for a newborn — midwife Kairit Pärlis
• First aid for infants and toddlers — anesthesia nurse Lii Luhaäär

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Content of online lectures

• Flow of postpartum days; stitches; constipation; pelvic floor exercise; menstruation and sexuality; mental health; partner support; when to start exercising.
• Actions with the newborn from the first days: navel care, eye wash, diaper change, butt wash and various ways to raise the tit.
• What is the correct sucking technique and the best breastfeeding positions; how to deal with tender nipples; how to knead the milk and what to do so that breast milk lasts a long time and the baby gets a full belly.
• How to name a child; about maternity benefits and parental leave.
• Instructions for quick first aid in case of fever, risk of suffocation, falling, burning, respiratory arrest.

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More recommendations

• In case of breastfeeding problems, consult Lactation Counselorhalf.
• The family center is designed for children from birth, sign up for a bath shower already in the first weeks of the baby's life. The entrance to the family center is located behind the maternity hospital (Sõle 23). Signing up for baby classes at the Family Center: https://www.veebiregistratuur.ee/285/