Tips and information

• Give birth in a health facility with a skilled health worker and that provides quality, safe and respectful care  
• Know that you have the right to be treated with respect and dignity during childbirth
• Have a companion of choice to support in labour and childbirth
• Put the baby to the breast and in skin-to-skin contact within the first hour after childbirth
• Know that the mother and baby should stay in the health facility for at least 24 hours after childbirth
• Keep the baby and the mother together in the same room and allow the baby to feed on demand