Advantages And Disadvantages Of Maternity Care

Throughout the pregnancy there are a lot of decisions a woman needs to make one of them is, does she want to breastfeed or bottle-feed her child.

Advantages Disadvantages

Breastfeed - It creates a bond between mother and baby.

- Breast milk has every nutrient a baby needs, for an optimal growth and development, in the right quantities.

- Breast milk has a lot of antibodies, so the babyies chances of getting sick are less.

- You always have it when you need it.

- It is for free. - Most women do not like to do it when other people are around.

- It can be hard at the beginning.

- There are chances of breast inflammation.

Bottle-feed - You can do it wherever you want as long as you have a bottle.

- Everyone can feed the baby as long as they

All women have the right for at least 24 hours maternity care spread over eight days, and a maximum of 80 hours. The average number of hours is 49 hours. The number of hours, of maternity care, a woman gets is discussed during the intake interview. But when there is need for more maternity care it will be discussed with the obstetrician, after this conversation the number of hours might get extended. For example, this happens when a woman has not recovered well enough or when complications occur. The amount of maternity care someone gets also depends on the family composition. And they will take the situation into account, like when someone has been in the hospital for a couple of days the number of hours usually gets shortened. The woman can also chose herself to get less hours of maternity

They also learn the woman and her partner how to care for their baby for example bathing the baby, clean the diaper, but also how many times they need to feed the baby and how much they need to feed him. If a woman decides to breastfeed her child this will take a lot of guidance. Because they need to explain in which position a woman needs sit to feed her child, in which way the baby attaches to the breast the best and how many times the baby needs to be fed. There also is an increased risk for breast inflammation, but there are ways to prevent this, so they need to explain and take care of this as well. If a woman does not want to breastfeed but bottle-feed her child the maternity carer needs to show the parents how they make it and what the best way is to feed their child. Every day they tell them how much they need to give their child. They also assist with the domestic work, like vacuuming, dusting, changing bed linen and cleaning the bathroom and toilet. The maternity carer checks the baby and woman every day, when she thinks something is going wrong, she will discuss this with the obstetrician. The obstetrician comes every other day to check on the family and to see if everything is going as planned. The General Practitioner also comes along a lot to meet the new patient, most of the time they check the baby again. On the fifth day