I am not referring to home deliveries where there is obviously no hospitalization, but to deliveries that occurred in a hospital where six hours after giving birth we could go home with our baby. Sounds good, right?
It is a pilot program still in the experimental phase that is being carried out in the General Hospital of Alicante and was debated in the last National Midwifery Congress. It is part of the new measures focused on the humanization of childbirth and is aimed exclusively at women who have had low-risk deliveries.
Normally, after birth, mothers and babies remain in the hospital under observation for the next 48 hours until they are discharged in case of vaginal delivery and a few more days if they have been caesarean section.
The alternative is for women who opt for voluntary discharge to have four home visits, at 24 hours, at 48 hours, at 6 weeks and at 12 weeks.
The percentage of women who could benefit from “high express” would be one third. At the moment, according to the results of the test program, the profile is of women over 30, in 73% of their second pregnancy, there have been no readmissions and in a high percentage breastfeeding has occurred. It implies a warmer environment for the baby and the mother, a smaller separation between them and a more favorable family environment.
I don't know about you, but the 48 hours of hospitalization became eternal for me. We were monitored (the baby and the mother) once a day, the baby was vaccinated and they brought me some pain reliever. The observation was not more than that, because fortunately no complications arose. If I had the option, I would have chosen the discharge at 6 o'clock. And you? What do you think of this option?
