You and Your Baby: Information after Birth

After you have your baby at Sunnybrook, your health care team has information to review with you. This information ensures you, and your baby, stay healthy after you leave the hospital. It also helps you understand the many changes your body will experience after delivering a baby. We really appreciate you answering these questions, it will help ensure we deliver the best information, in the best way, to you and future patients!

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* 1. How do you like to receive health information?

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* 2. During your hospital stay, we talk to you about several topics, including:
  • Importance of rest and our visiting policy
  • Forms: birth registration and health care information
  • Mobility and self-care
  • Vaginal discharge and perineal care
  • Bladder and bowel function (including hemorrhoids and constipation)
  • Pain management
  • Breast care
  • Nutrition and postpartum exercise
  • Family planning and birth control
  • Your emotions following delivery

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* 3. We also review your baby's health, and teach you about:
  • "Back to sleep" recommendations
  • Diapering and cord care
  • Bathing
  • Feeding and burping
  • Bowel movements and wet diapers
  • Newborn behaviour, including sleep habits, crying and fussing
  • Jaundice
  • Circumcision or uncircumcised care
  • Car seat safety
  • Sibling adjustment

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* 4. Your health care team will help you with breastfeeding, and discuss:
  • How to latch your baby
  • How often to feed your baby
  • Sore nipples
  • Engorgement
  • Infant feeding cues
  • Hand expression
  • How you can tell your baby is feeding well

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* 5. The last area we cover relates to you and your baby leaving the hospital.  We will talk to you about:
  • Our breastfeeding helpline and Breastfeeding Clinic
  • Follow-up care and appointments for you and your baby
  • When to call the doctor
  • When to resume normal activity (for example, exercise and sex)
  • Upcoming vaccinations for your baby

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* 6. Do you think the information you will receive will be:

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* 7. Is there any additional information you would like to see covered while you are still at the hospital?

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* 8. Your health care team has a checklist they review with you before you leave the hospital.  Would you like a copy of the checklist to refer to during your hospital stay?"

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* 9. If you answered yes to question 8, how would you like to receive this postpartum checklist?

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* 10. Thank you very much for sharing your thoughts with Sunnybrook's Women & Babies Advisory Group. We appreciate your input and time! Please feel free to add any additional comments below.

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