Mothers - Postpartum teaching?

Specialties Ob/Gyn

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Hi everyone! This question is geared more towards mothers but for anyone with experience in childcare, please feel free to answer as well.

I am doing a teaching plan for my Labor and Delivery/Postpartum rotation. We will be teaching actual patients. So my question is: What topic would you, as mothers, wish you would have been educated on or what topics do you believe new mothers would benefit from learning about prior to discharge?

Some examples would be bathing, postpartum blues, breastfeeding positions, latching, etc.

The RNs I've shadowed so far have been pretty good about education so I'm hoping to find a consensus about which topics aren't usually taught on but should be addressed.

Thank you! :)

How about teaching intact care of male boys, and that no medical org in the world recommends it. I've been to quite a few "classes" for parents and nothing was ever brought up about this human rights issue. People are still swimming in misinformation.

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Thank you all for your suggestions! I just presented today to three different patients (two first-time parents and one P 1) and they all said it was really helpful. And I got full points on the assignment (woohoo! :woot:). Thank you all again so much.

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Specializes in Obstetrics.

TOTALLY AGREE on the normal behaviors for breastfeeding topic. Also, normal newborn behaviors in general, for the first few weeks. Even the first 24-48 hours for breastfeeding would be fabulous.

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Explain the physiology of the newborn's high suck need in the first 3 dol.

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Specializes in Med Surg, Specialty.

I know this is an older topic but I would have liked to have more information on what to expect with infant feeding patterns at home, specifically cluster feeding. Also, I did not feel that I got good help with latching while my baby and I were there for a week. I had a lot of trouble with it, but ended up getting some good tips from LLL, specifically to use my breast pump till letdown happened, so the baby latches easier and has 'instant reward' for latching.

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