Puerperium: definition, signs and symptoms, local and general changes  . Process of obstetric care to the new mother and the newborn in the hospital and after discharge. Clinical documentation.

The new mother: emotional, relational and physical needs; care needs, evaluating well-being of women, the death in childbirth, the new mother with baby disease, baby blues and postpartum depression; specific needs of the mother with complications arising from childbirth.

The baby: reception; bonding and skin-to-skin attachment early breast; hospital care and discharge; rooming-in, and SIDS prevention; feeding, hygiene, welfare assessment of the newborn and relative  correct information / education to women.

Lactation: biology of lactation, composition and benefits of breast milk, breastfeeding on demand / supply , positions for breastfeeding; observation / evaluation of nursing, and the refusal of the breast initiative "Baby Friendly Hospital": the 10 steps for breastfeeding breast, breastfeeding counseling, pathology and breast-feeding (engorgement, sore nipples, mastitis, etc).