💛 Mum · 0 – 3 months

🧬 mum's body after giving birth

Postpartum recovery varies and deserves practical support and medical attention when needed.

What's Actually Happening in Her Body

1. What to prepare
Share chores, feeding support and appointments; respect privacy, pain and choices about touch.
2. What to check
Seek urgent care for heavy bleeding, chest pain, breathing difficulty, severe headache, fever or acute mental-health symptoms. Ask the maternity team about wound or pelvic-floor concerns.
3. In South Africa
For a life-threatening medical emergency call 112 from a mobile phone; 10177 for an ambulance. Give your location and follow dispatcher instructions.
4. In South Africa
Confirm your clinic or midwife obstetric unit, referral hospital, transport plan and after-hours contacts. Bring pregnancy records and your baby’s Road to Health booklet to visits; private medical-scheme arrangements and public referral pathways differ.

A local detail, or your own experience with this guide? Write to the team