In my country about 30% baby's are born at home, 60% of pregnant women choose homebirth, half of them is sent to hospital based care during pregnacy or labour. Most hospital births are very short stay (sometimes just a couple of hours pp) and at home mothers get trained help for about 5 days, multiple hours a day  (used to be 8 days and more hours a day, but decreased for gouvernmental money matters). Traditionally one major task for the maternity nurses at home was regulation of visitors. She did some householdwork, cared for mom and baby and rest of the family, kept visitors limited in number and time. House doctor or midwife comes in every other day for mom and baby. 
Now, with decreasing days and hours per day, there is less time for additional tasks other then mother and baby care and visitor problems may be rising. Other problems as wel. I know of new moms that will wait to nurse baby till the nurse returns hours later!

Nina Berry <[log in to unmask]> wrote: I wonder if home-birth mothers feel 'interrupted' by visitors.


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