After a baby is born, there are still plenty of hospital visits that both the child and mother are expected to attend.
According to Dr. Melissa Nass of Boston Medical Center, babies are supposed to be seen by a doctor within 48 hours of birth, followed by several other visits including a weight-check visit, a jaundice visit, and a one-month checkup.
For some patients, just getting back and forth to the hospital that many times can be an issue depending on access to transportation and child care. Even well-resourced patients say that’s a big ask, Nass said.