Facilitating Postpartum Care with a Doula and Certified Nurse Midwife in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Qualitative Analysis of Maternal Experiences.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Mothers of infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) are at higher risk of postpartum complications than mothers of well infants. The Postpartum Care in the NICU (PeliCaN) study was an unblinded, randomized controlled trial of doula-supported, certified nurse midwife-delivered postpartum care for NICU mothers that reduced time to postpartum care for intervention participants. To establish acceptability and identify the most valuable core components of this care model, we conducted a qualitative study to understand the following: 1) the perspective and experience of NICU mothers in the intervention and control groups; 2) their receipt of and associated facilitators and barriers to postpartum care; and 3) the relative contributions of the doula and certified nur

SUBMITTER: Corson CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12799233 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature