Caring for the mother

Due to my focus on breastfeeding promotion and protection during my masters, my focus sharpened towards overall health of mothers. It is striking to understand how vulnerable mothers are and always have been, and how we’re still witnessing a decrease in care options.

As a passion project and for future research, I would like to promote the concept of mothercarer’s into our healthcare systems. It exists already but not many women utilise it.

I would like to achieve that every woman has the opportunity to receive professional care from a Mothercarer after birth and for up to 3 years. They should be able to have someone watching over the shoulder, give non-judgemental advice and help with any questions.

Buying groceries, cooking or helping with the household.

This is an option in Germany that not many people know of, and it should be much easier to receive.

I’m working towards a bigger research project that proves the economic value and preventative benefits of such care on a system level.