Postnatal & Newborn Care
Your baby has arrived! Learn how to take care of yourself and your newborn at home.
Postnatal & Newborn Care
The Public Health Agency of Canada’s Your Guide to Postpartum Health and Caring for Your Baby provides you and your family information about postpartum health and parenting a new baby. This guide is available as a PDF here.
Circumcision is an optional surgery which removes skin from the head of a penis, called foreskin.
In Canada, Vitamin K is routinely given to all newborns. Your baby will receive a supplemental Vitamin K injection given with a needle within the first few hours after birth.
The Saskatchewan Health Authority supports the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI). BFHI is a global program of UNICEF and the World Health Organization.
Breast milk is a natural food for your infant. Breast milk is the only food your baby needs in the first 6 months of life.
Various hospitals in the Saskatchewan provide frozen pasteurized donor human milk for sick and fragile babies. There are also locations available where you can donate your milk.
The first few weeks after the birth of your baby are times of adjustment. Caring for yourself is just as important as caring for your new baby.
Having a baby is a special time in your life. You may also be learning to care for your new baby.
Health and wellness programs and services are available for parents, newborns, and families.
The Newborn Hearing Screening Program provides a hearing screening test to your newborn baby before they are discharged (sent home) from the hospital.
Newborn Screening is part of your baby’s routine care. The Roy Romanow Provincial Laboratory (RRPL) conducts testing for congenital disorders in every newborn after 24 hours of age