Necessary preparations for delivery time
- Selection of a proper doctor
- Selection of a suitable place for delivery
- Selection of midwife or nurse to take care immediately after childbirth.
- Keeping clothes and other essentials ready for the mother
- In case of delivery at home, selection of a trained midwife
- Arranging essentials for the newborn baby
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Important Points of Maternal and Post-Natal Care :-
- The immediate care of a newborn child is done by the doctor, nurse or a trained midwife.
- After childbirth mother needs a lot of rest. Mother should take nutritious food along with avoiding laborious work.
- Lot of caution and patience is required to take care of the newborn.
- Breastfeeding by mother provides the nourishment to the baby. In some cases when mother cannot breastfeed, the baby has to depend on milk of cow, buffalo, goat or preserved bottle milk .
- Clean the bottle properly after formula is prepared.
- Before taking the baby for bath check the warmth of water and keep important articles such as bath tub, boric lotion, oil, towel, clothes, powder etc, ready.
- The baby needs some practice to defecate in a pot. Gradually he learns to do it by himself.
- For a good sleep, baby’s bed should be clean and soft.
Maternal and Post-Natal Care Questions-Answers
1. Who takes care of a newborn?
(a) Doctor
(b) Nurse
(c) Trained midwife
(d) all of these
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2. What is given to eat to a mother after normal delivery?
(a) Stodgy food
(b) fried food
(c) Spicy food
(d) kedgeree, porridge
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3. The milk other than mother’s milk which is given as nourishment to the baby is called —
(a) Colostrum
(b) formula
(c) Pasteurized food
(d) fat rich milk
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4. | Which bottle should be used keeping in mind its cleaning?
(a) small- mouth
(b) wide mouth
(c) Round mouth
(d) narrow mouth
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5. The temperature of water used for baby’s bath should be
(a) Too hot
(b) too cold
(c) Neither hot nor cold
(d) none of these
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