Home Visits From a Midwife (From Birth to 4 - 6 Weeks)

Home visits provide an opportunity for you to discuss any concerns you have about your health or the health of your baby. Your midwife will assist you with breastfeeding and will monitor your baby's growth and development. Your midwife will visit you the day after you get home. You will then receive between 5 and 10 visits until your baby is around 4-6 weeks old. It is important to let your midwife know where you are, if you are planning to stay at another address after the birth.

Franklin Midwives believe that postnatal care is a vital step toward successful breastfeeding, post birth recovery, emotional wellbeing and your transition to being a confident parent. As with all stages of this journey your care is individualised. 

If you have had a home birth we will often see you twice a day initially to make sure the initial period is going well. It is a legal requirement that we see you within the day following discharge from a birthing facility. Then we take into consideration type of birth, type of feeding and any other factors which help us know how best to tailor your care to you.