Post Caesarean Care

Post Caesarean Care
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The caesarean section is a major surgery where the mother is expected to stay in the hospital
for a span of three to four days after the delivery to heal (National Collaborating Centre for
Women's and Children's Health, 2011). The mother is thus required to be cared for along with
her child as they both are often in a vulnerable physical and mental state. The post operation
caesarean care includes the regular monitoring of the vitals of both the mother and the child,
by healthcare professionals like nurses or midwives. This procedure includes checking of
blood pressure, haemoglobin saturation, heart rate, pain intensity and reactions to
administered drugs, which are required to be done frequently tested to detect any signs of
discomfort of the mother (Sagkal Midilli & Ciray Gunduzoglu, 2016). The midwives as well
as the nurses often administer intrathecal analgesics like morphine or patient controlled
analgesics, to help the mother cope the high pain intensity instigated by the caesarean section
(Moriyama, Ohashi, Motoyasu, Ando, Moriyama & Yorozu, 2016). The mothers, due to the
lack of motility during the post operation caesarean period, are often provided with urinary
catheters. Thus, the maintaining and regular cleaning of the catheters are crucial to avoid any
urinary infections which might raise medical complications. The mothers are also provided
with physiotherapy by the midwives and nurses to help improve their physical health (Stubbs
et al., 2014). Before discharge from the hospital, the mothers are often debriefed about the
hormonal, emotional, mental as well as physiological changes that they might face after
pregnancy and post caesarean operation.
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