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1st week first post partum

Place for changing diaper. Buy milk pump before and start using 1 week before Otherwise there would be engorgement Buy waterproof bed sheet for mother and baby. There would be abdominal pain for first few week. It may be dialysis rectile, muscle disorientated after giving birth. See doctor if this happen. Always prepare more shirt for mummy when go out, due to overflow of milk, engorgement. Mummy will easily get tired up to 2 months. Just rest at home. Bleeding might still have chance to happen up to 3 months, so avoid heavy activities.

Immediate post partum

Midwife will check contraction of uterus Watch for warning sign. The pee should be bright red, to dark red rusty color, to yellow then white. See doctor if not. Leg might be pain. see doctor Calf cramp, see doctor Tylenol medication for pain relief, 1st child normally OK, but 2nd or 3rd child are pain. Botoxyn or oxytixyn is to help to contract uterus, given by nurse immediate after delivery, may not need it and let nature do its work Go to toilet immediate after to help to give signal to body that pregnancy is over. Go to toilet often in confinement period as well Measure temperature pulse of mummy and baby Immediate after delivery, midwife will put baby to mother's chest, not need to breast feed immediately Sometime if cramp or painful, put baby back to that position on tummy as the memory position of the baby Sometime midwife will massage to help contraction of uterus. Tell them if pain. They might use high strength to massage sometime.