Postpartum Care
The postpartum period is a time of recovery, adjustment, and new beginnings. Dr. Ajita Basu, a compassionate Brisbane obstetrician, provides comprehensive postpartum care to support your healing and well-being. She helps with postpartum recovery, breastfeeding challenges, and emotional changes, ensuring you feel cared for and empowered.
Postpartum Care Overview
Welcoming your baby into the world is just the beginning of a new and beautiful chapter. The postpartum period, or “fourth trimester,” is a time of adjustment, healing, and bonding for you and your baby.
Our postpartum care services include:
- Postpartum Check-Ups: Regular follow-up reviews to monitor your recovery, manage any health concerns, and ensure your body is healing well after childbirth.
- Breastfeeding Support: Guidance on breastfeeding techniques, managing challenges like latching issues, and support for expressing or formula feeding if needed.
- Emotional & Mental Health Support: Compassionate care to help you navigate the emotional shifts of new motherhood, including screening and support for postpartum depression or anxiety.
- Physical Recovery Guidance: Advice on managing postpartum symptoms, pelvic floor health, C-section recovery, and when to safely return to exercise.
- Family Planning & Contraceptive Advice: Guidance on contraception options that suit your needs, whether you’re planning for more children or spacing future pregnancies.
Dr. Basu’s patient-centred approach ensures you feel heard, supported, and empowered during this delicate time. She is here for questions, health concerns, or reassurance as you adjust to motherhood.