The parenting charity is calling on the NHS to improve postnatal care immediately, after finding many women feel their needs are not being met, leaving them feeling confused, abandoned and let down.
The report, Postnatal Care – a Cinderella story?, examined women’s experiences of NHS maternity services based on a survey of 1,260 first-time mums. Of those surveyed, 42 per cent thought there were only "sometimes" or "never" enough midwives to help them in hospital, as opposed to "always" or "mostly" enough. And 57 per cent said they did not get all the emotional support they needed in hospital within the first 24 hours.
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