I worked as something similar to this in
London, where it is called a maternity nurse, I was employed
through nanny agencies mostly. Maybe that would be a good starting
place.
However, to work as a maternity nurse it
was not necessary to be a midwife or even a nurse for that matter, it was
sometimes just young girls with baby experience. So she should set out with a
clear mind as to what qualifications she wishes the person to have. The job
was live in, and was mostly baby orientated i.e.: bathing, feeding etc, but
some small housework was involved, usually just by being a member of the
household as opposed to job title.
Karen
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Subject: [ozmidwifery] POST NATAL
HELP
I have a client single mum 1st
babe looking for helpwith every thing after babe .any
contacts
She is birthing in a private
hospital in May and lives in Port Melbourne in Victoria
jan
This is
what she wrote
"My mom
told me that after she gave birth, she had somebody who stayed with her and
helped with the baby and the house work and all that. She called this
person a nurse maid. I thought that perhaps this would be a doula.
But, I've looked on the internet for information on doulas and they seem to be
birth partners".However I have you as my birth attendant.
Who is
it who can stay with me and give me after birth support when I get home?
Where do I look for this information?
Because
the biggest thing I seem to be combatting is the isolation, I think this
is important to get handled. I spoke to my ob/gyn and she doesn't know
much about doulas. Can you tell me how to go about arranging this after
birth support.
