Service
Postpartum Care
Checkups in the weeks after birth to monitor healing, mood, breastfeeding, birth control and overall recovery.
Also called: after birth care, postnatal care, fourth trimester
Who Can Help with Postpartum Care?
- OB-GYNs
A physician who provides care for pregnancy and childbirth and for women's reproductive health, including exams, birth control and menopause care.
- Midwives
A trained provider who cares for women during pregnancy, birth and after delivery. Certified nurse midwives also provide gynecology care.
- Birth Centers
A facility outside a hospital where midwives help healthy, low-risk patients give birth.
Where Practices List Postpartum Care
Cities where practice websites say they offer it.
- Phoenix, AZ (205)
- Denver, CO (150)
- Madison, WI (116)
- Washington, DC (95)
- Oakland, CA (91)
- Houston, TX (87)
- Virginia Beach, VA (74)
- New York, NY (72)
- Dallas, TX (47)
- Austin, TX (45)
- Norfolk, VA (45)
- Hattiesburg, MS (44)
- Chesapeake, VA (40)
- Huntsville, AL (33)
- Clifton, NJ (32)
- Snellville, GA (32)
- Boise, ID (29)
- Cincinnati, OH (29)
- Fountain Valley, CA (29)
- Fayetteville, GA (28)
- Las Cruces, NM (23)
- Minneapolis, MN (22)
- San Bernardino, CA (19)
- Omaha, NE (17)
- Ventura, CA (17)
- Asheville, NC (16)
- Brookline, MA (16)
- Nashville, TN (16)
- Las Vegas, NV (15)
- Weslaco, TX (15)
- Fort Worth, TX (14)
- Tulsa, OK (14)
- Arlington, TX (11)
- Plano, TX (11)
- Homer, NY (10)
- Nampa, ID (10)
- West Palm Beach, FL (10)
- Durham, NC (9)
- Goodyear, AZ (9)
- Hanover, NH (9)
Related
General information, not medical advice. Ask a provider about postpartum care and what is right for you.