Kraamzorg

Maternal care, and home have recently given birth and infant care or weekly maintenance, kraamzorg in Dutch, means a professional care of mother and child, including the supply of other family members, during the immediate post- birth period following, the puerperium. Also, the term postpartum aid is used for out-patient care around birth. The term mothers nurse is a job title for a corresponding freelance work in Germany.

The job description of kraamverzorgster ( job title of the person who performs the kraamzorg ) applies after the origin as typical Dutch. There, home births are widely used and there widely usual infant and Wöchnerinnenpflege goes well beyond a domestic help. Thus, it is envisaged that a mothers nurse ( kraamverzorgster ) in connection required to take care of mother, child and family ( kraamhulp ) to an outpatient childbirth for several days. There is common that the kraamverzorgster takes over next to the care of the new mother and the infant the care of the family. She also assists in the entertainment of guests come to visit the traditional during the week time ( " kraamtijd ").

A mothers nurse has given birth to practical help after the birth of a baby, so get used to mother and baby together at home and recover from the birth. In particular indication (eg, premature birth aspirations ), benefits can be taken even in pregnancy to complete.

Earlier in extended families and many home births were often competent family members there when mother and child had to be cared for by a birth. Nowadays, grandmother and sisters do not usually live in the same city fathers are often highly professionally clamped and many women are often left to cope with the difficult period after giving birth alone. A professional have recently given birth and infant care is a service that closes this gap.

Tasks of mothers nurse

The main task of a mothers nurse is to assist the mother in caring for her baby to advise on health issues and to assist it to the organization of the household to the side. there

• Taking care of them is a complete diet have recently given birth and their family.
• It ensures much order ( with tidying up and cleaning) and for much the employment of older children as necessary.
• She takes the time to talk through everyday problems and possible solutions.
• Supports and advises in the areas of breastfeeding, infant care, pregnancy, regression, stress management and relaxation.
• Know them as a healthy postpartum should run, is help people to help themselves, making in emergency first aid and calls under certain circumstances the competent midwife or the doctor.

Entitled to have recently given birth and infant care after birth

By April 2007, according to § 197 RVO, for reasons of equal treatment of mothers who give birth at home, with those who take maternity hospital to complete, for the Entbindungstag and at least for the first 6 days after delivery home help after § 199 RVO granted. Since April 2007, however, these " six -day rule " of § 197 RVO is deleted. 2012 were transferred during pregnancy and motherhood as § 24c - 24i in the SGB V with the care - realignment - law benefits.

Maternal care and the use of a mothers nurse is therefore governed by § 24c 4 home care / home help 5. This is usually the bulk of the cost is covered by health insurance. Here you can to § 24c, g, h and refer § 38 SGB V. In medical indication (eg caesarean section, mastitis, postpartum depression ) certified by a doctor or midwife can be further extended by the period of use.

Demarcation

Unlike a Doula

The activity is quite similar to a doula, but the latter is more concerned at the time before and concentrated immediately after birth and more with emotional events surrounding the birth, during the lying-in women and infant care and maternal care more with the practical support of the mother is involved and the newborn. She cares intensely about the child.

Unlike a domestic help

A domestic help usually only cares about the budget, but is not specialized in postpartum and infant care. Week care is loud Midwifery Act midwife reserved activity. Those who exercise a week care, must be designed by a teacher for being a midwife. A mothers nurse is a support for all health and psychological problems that can still show up in addition to the everyday problems after the birth of a child.

Unlike a midwife

A midwife comes after birth and into the house to check the well-being of mother and child. She has to worry only limited time and can not additionally to all sorts of practical things such as housework, nutrition and older children generally.

Training

In the Euregio ( Bentheim ), a pilot project was started in the training after the Dutch model of kraamverzorgster is offered. Reason for the project is both a personnel shortage in this occupation in the Netherlands, on the other hand also a growing need for domestic support in Germany, caused by an increasingly shorter hospital stay after birth as well as the influx of Dutch families in which half of the births than home births take place.

In Germany, in particular training as a " hebammengeschulten mothers nurse " in Germany's first and so far only private mothers nurses school in Gießen- Rödgen place in Hesse. The school was launched in 1996 by the founder of the first German birthplace, Dorothea Heidorn and conducted ever since. Your work will 1998 eV supported by the connected to the school club for mothers and family care, which mediates Germany far mothers nurses.