{"id":613,"date":"2016-08-03T14:40:34","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T18:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/obgyn\/?page_id=613"},"modified":"2016-08-03T14:40:34","modified_gmt":"2016-08-03T18:40:34","slug":"what-do-birth-sisters-do","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/obgyn\/special-programs\/birth-sisters\/what-do-birth-sisters-do\/","title":{"rendered":"What do Birth Sisters do?"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Develop a unique &#8220;sister-like&#8221; relationship throughout the perinatal period that allows her to impact the mother&#8217;s lifestyle choices and the health status of mother and baby.<br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Have <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">prenatal home visits<\/span> that focus on creating a relationship, identifying needs and providing childbirth and parenting education.<br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Assess whether the mother\u00a0is lacking essential resources: housing, food, and baby care items. Refer mother\u00a0to resources, if needed.\u00a0<br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Offer physical and emotional comfort, translation and advocacy for the mother <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">during labor.<\/span><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Facilitate communication between the mother and provider which promotes safety and satisfaction during labor and birth.<br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Go to<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> Postpartum home visits<\/span> and provide assistance in the transition to motherhood, help around the house so that the mother can rest; education on breast feeding, parenting and infant care; and making connections to needed medical and social services.<br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Play an important role in supporting the positive childbearing traditions of the mother&#8217;s culture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Develop a unique &#8220;sister-like&#8221; relationship throughout the perinatal period that allows her to impact the mother&#8217;s lifestyle choices and the health status of mother and baby. Have prenatal home visits that focus on creating a relationship, identifying needs and providing childbirth and parenting education. Assess whether the mother\u00a0is lacking essential resources: housing, food, and baby [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8891,"featured_media":0,"parent":42,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/613"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8891"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=613"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":614,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/613\/revisions\/614"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}