Six Week Checks

Your baby

This involves the following:

• Registration of your baby, including a complete birth history and possible complications during labour and after birth.
• Complete physical examination of your baby with the monitoring of his/her growth and development.
• Discussion of any possible problems, including feeding and care of your baby.
• Advise re-future immunisation plans for your baby.

Your Doctor will also carry out a Cervical Smear and would discuss with you future family planning. This should also give you the opportunity to discuss the Vaccination Programme with your Doctor.

You

This involves the following:

• Discussion re-problems encountered during the pregnancy, labour and postpartum (post-delivery). Carrying out a Cervical Smear and postnatal examination. Discussion re-future family planning.
• Discussion re-problems encountered with you specifically, for example, breast engorgement.
• Carrying out a Cervical Smear and postnatal examination.
• Discussion re-future family planning.