Postpartum care in your home

Postpartum home care is available to all women for the first 10 days after giving birth, whether they give birth at the Reykjavík Birth Center or elsewhere. Contact us here for more information about the service and to put your name on our list.

Families receiving care from our team of midwives have priority for lactation consultation services, should they need it.

In the first days after the birth, a midwife comes to your home to provide you with education and support, assist with breastfeeding and monitor the well-being of mother and child. The education is health-promoting, encourages self-confidence in the role of parent and increases parents' insight into the symptoms of possible deviations and / or problems. The midwife's home visits are always individualized and therefore different and depend on the needs of the mother and child at each time.

A midwife in home care respects the attitudes, desires, beliefs and values ​​of women and their families. The different cultural backgrounds and special circumstances of the mother and family at any given time are always taken into account, such as the need for interpreting services or other specialized support.

A midwife in home care gives you good advice regarding the care of the baby and information on where you can go if further treatment or follow-up is needed. She also supports you in your adjustment to parenting.

Midwives' home care after childbirth is free of charge for parents and midwives receive full payment from the Icelandic Health Insurance (Sjúkratryggingar Íslands). The midwives of the Maternity Home follow the professional guidelines for home midwifery services from the year 2014 published by the Office of the Medical Director of Health https://www.landlaeknir.is/um-embaettid/greinar/grein/item14900/Heimathjonusta-ljosmaedra