According to the Danish Department of Health’s guidelines, the place of birth should offer the new family a “post-natal meeting,” preferably with the midwife who delivered your baby.
However, the new family rarely gets this offered. Either because it was not provided at their place of birth, or because the offer was drowned in all the other information you also get as a new family.
Nonetheless, many women and their partners need to discuss their birth experiences. This enables them to work through their experience, thoughts, and worries.
These meetings are not only intended for women or couples who have had long, complicated labors and births. Even though the delivery may seem ordinary and uncomplicated from a health professional’s perspective, there may be issues you need to discuss with someone.
Furthermore, we must discuss any discomfort caused by perineal tears, resuming a sex life, possibly birth control, pelvic floor exercises, and incontinence.
To clarify any questions that may arise after birth, we would like you to send us a copy of your birth journal before the meeting.
This helps us prepare for the meeting, and you will leave the session feeling well-informed and having had a chance to talk through what you felt was necessary.
If you are a member of the private health insurance company “Danmark”, you get a 30% reimbursement for your “post-natal counseling” with a private midwife.