![]() ![]() Women's personal beliefs about beneficial childcare practices shaped how they cared for their newborn's and their own needs during the early postnatal period in the hospital. This paper reports on the postnatal hospital experience. Using interpretive phenomenology, we analyzed interview and participant observation data collected during the postnatal hospital stay and at 6 and 12 weeks post birth. Purposeful sampling was used to enroll 15 mothers of diverse parity and educational backgrounds, all of who had given birth to a full term healthy neonate. We explored how new mothers experience and handle postnatal infant crying and their own tiredness in the context of changing hospital care practices in Switzerland. Yet, routine postnatal care often lacks effective strategies to alleviate these challenges which can adversely affect family health. They often face a combination of infant crying and personal tiredness. Today mothers rarely enjoy restful days after birth, but enter directly into the challenge of combining baby- and self-care. According to an old Swiss proverb, "a new mother lazing in childbed is a blessing to her family". ![]()
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