In this Study Session, you have learned that:

• The postnatal period is the period immediately after delivery until six weeks.
  
• During the postnatal period, the mother and the baby require good health care, and this care is called postnatal care.
• The postnatal care has three components: The first one is called early detection and management of complications, the second one, promoting health and preventing disease, and the third one, providing woman-centered education and counselling.