Matresence Support Program

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A personalized support and care program to ensure your wellbeing through pregnancy and postpartum. A complementary care program for women during pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period in Norway Becoming a mother is one of the most profound transitions in a woman’s life. Yet in Norway, this transition is often navigated with limited continuity of care, short hospital stays, and fragmented follow-up once a woman returns home. Matresence Support is designed as a supplement to the public healthcare system. It offers continuous, holistic, and individually tailored care for women throughout pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period, with particular emphasis on the first weeks at home after birth. Why this support is needed Many women experience: - A lack of continuity in care across pregnancy, birth, and postpartum - Being left largely alone shortly after returning home from hospital - Limited space to process the birth experience - Insufficient practical and emotional support during a vulnerable period - Strong expectations to cope independently at a time of deep physical and emotional change International research and experience show that the absence of continuous postpartum care can contribute to exhaustion, isolation, breastfeeding challenges, emotional distress, and difficulties with early bonding. Inspired by best practice in Europe: In several European countries, comprehensive postpartum support is considered essential: In Germany, women are entitled to extended follow-up by a midwife in their own home, with a strong focus on the mother’s recovery as well as the baby’s wellbeing. In the Netherlands, families receive kraamzorg – daily, home-based postpartum care during the first days after birth. This care includes support with infant care, feeding, rest, nutrition, and practical household tasks. Matresence Support draws on these models and adapts their core principles to the Norwegian context, working alongside the public healthcare system rather than replacing it. What Matresence Support is Matresence Support is an individually tailored care program that accompanies a woman through the transition into motherhood: - pregnancy - preparations for birth - the postpartum period and early motherhood There is no fixed template. The content of the program is defined in close collaboration with the woman before it begins and is adjusted continuously as her needs evolve. You are not meant to do this alone.