Supporting maternal transition: continuity, coaching, and control.

The transition from maternity services to community child health services on discharge from hospital occurs at a potentially vulnerable time for women in their transition through the childbearing/early parenting continuum. Their experiences contribute to their developing maternal efficacy and parenting skill. The ideal attributes of services that aim to support women and their families during this time include continuity of care, service integration, and birth in accessible, community-based contexts.

Investigating the use of social media to help women from going back to smoking post-partum.

Objective: To investigate the social factors that would help women who had quit smoking due to pregnancy from returning to smoking after delivery of their baby.

Methods: Women who attended their first antenatal check-up at a general public hospital were invited to participate in pre- and postpartum interviews.

Results: A total of 24 women were interviewed pre- and postpartum.